'THE' Rickenbacker company (down the road in Santa Ana) has done its best
(worst?) at snuffing out ric copies/clones/replicas, etc., or at least the sale of them here in the U.S. but Tokai was still making them up in to the early 2000's as far as I am aware.
The Tokai ric copies that I've seen (only in Japan, not here in the States), the 325/330 clones, all had bolt-on necks (if that makes a difference to you or not--don't get me wrong, being able to replace them can be an advantage. I've broken the necks on about a 1/10th of all the set neck guitars I've ever owned). Somebody told me about 4 or 5 years ago that the Tokai rics were manufactured in Korea (if that makes a difference to you or not). If that's true, then that hasn't always been the case because I know the older ones were MIJ.
In Japan I've seen ric copies of all description (some good, some not so good) with all kinds of brand names on them (some without any name at all). The only MIJ rics I've ever had were made by Greco some time between 1975 and 1982
(pics below). Even though I'm positive that the Rickenbacker people sure don't think so, I've always considered the Grecos to be 'tributes' because of
how well they're made and, to me, they
'look' (except for what's written on the on the TR cover on the headstock logo and the "G" instead of an "R" on the tail piece) and
'sound' just like the originals.....