Le Mans Winner -First Japnaese winner

The Arc only if they are allowed start 24 hours before the rest of the field.

I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so

I was at Longchamp for the 2006 Arc when Deep Impact took his chance.
Never seen the place as busy as it was that day, Japanese fans and camera crews everywhere to watch their runner finish third.

*to watch their runner finish third -
*disqualified - banned substance found in sample

Indeed, but not on the day, they were still able to raise a sake to his valiant third whilst out and about on the Champs-Elysees

The only way the Japanese will win the Arc, is the same way that they got Kajima to win Le Mans, and that was to fix the result.
Just imagine the scenario. The Japs are allowed to enter their two best group 1 horses by the French authorities, and the rest of the world can only enter their best nought to seventy rated handicappers. The race starts and coming into the final furlong, unsurprisingly the two Japanese horses are miles ahead. However, the Japanese have a problem, because the Favourite is being beaten by the second fav, and that doesn't fit in with their breeding programme, so the jockey that looks like it's going to win gets a message from the trainer saying that his horse is lame, so please slow up and let your team mate win. This is basically how the 2019 Le Mans race was won.

Fernando didn't seem to mind

Alonso was clearly embarrassed.
I was there. The applauds for the winner were muted, the applause for second place were much more animated.

I always thought it was very Japanese to always act with honour