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Serious question, why do the Japanese make it so hard for foreigners to buy their stuff?
This is apparently even true for nonphysical goods, such as video games.
It's always been true, Japan only started international trade under threat of violence.
I've finally ran into this problem myself as I'm trying to buy some special fur for a fursuit, and the only online store selling it (run by the factory itself) ignored my email asking if it shipped to NZ even though I had the decency to ensure that my message was translated symmetrically by Google.
