Is the technology really that far advanced. I understand it was in the 80s maybe? None of the devices I have are made by Japanese companies. None of the software I use is developed in Japan primarily. My car is but that's about it, but I picked it because of reliability not because of high tech features.
Granted this has been slowly changing because of startups spinning up as well as foreign company HQs. Still, wages for developers in Japan are terribly low in most scenarios.
They've made significant headway in the latter at least for consumer services.
> the "far-advanced technology" part just doesn't extend to mass-market consumer electronics in the same way any more.
Japan has leading technology companies in many industries that consumers just don't care about.