What's your opinion on Japanese products?

They make some of the best pens out there.

Japan is an advanced democratic country that supports human rights and the rule of law. They’re cool in my book.

Japanese stuff is just really high quality. From cars to batteries.

Made in Japan became a sign of quality for a reason. I don't own much Japanese products, but they're usually good

Japanese, Korean and even some Taiwanese products are very good. They also make tat but in general it's still better than the chinesium stuff.

I have a Japanese rice cooker (neuro fuzzy rice cooker by zojirushi) and goddamn it is good.

I know Panasonic was a Japanese company and my microwave is by them as well. (I admittedly splurged and got a fancy model second hand but it is the most ridiculously impressive microwave I've ever owned and I can't go back.)

That's a BIG question! I mean, traditional arts and related products (like silicone or acrylic bentos) are generally really good, clothes are, as everywhere, from fabulously made and expensive to crap that falls apart if you sneeze at it from across the road, and there is WAY too much kawaii in everything, just -- ewwww! Stationary and office supplies tend to be better quality, but personal stationary, like fashion and interior design, suffers from terminal cutes. Anime and manga have become, imho, really repetitive and derivative,and if I see one more tourist souvenir featuring Hokusai's Great Wave, I will, so help me Daikini Shinten, invoke every tanuki pretending to be a tea pot to come tear every last copy to tiny bits of random fluff.

Now, where was I.... Oh, yeah. Good ceramics in Kappabashi.

A lot of products sold in Japan are made in China. But if you’re specifically talking about made in Japan products, it really really depends the industry.

Varying quality like any other country’s products