Japanese don't like rating products

[Elizabeth]

There's generalising, and there's generalising way too much.

Actually I don't have any particular bone to pick with the amount of generalising you do. Just the tendency to pick points to generalise over that always lean in the same direction.

At least make the effort to get a broader perspective on how things are handled in developed or developing neighboring countries, Korea & China for instance, where my sense is critics might be much less reluctant in expressing a personal / professional opinion. But perhaps not, there still may be more subtle restraints and norms against dictating taste or fashion or standards across large parts of Asia.