A lot of places actually use Japanese pens and pencils. But those are not commonly sold in Europe or the US. It seems like Japan is pretty bad at exporting things outside of Asia.

That said Montblanc is not a small company anymore it belongs to Richemont SA the third largest luxury goods company in the world. When I wanted to buy a fountain pen I ended up buying a small German brand who's name I forgot. The Montblanc ones were expensive, so-so in the hand and generally not very pleasant to write with IMHO. I do generally like Rotring though.