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The article makes an offhand comment about the popularity of NetBSD in Japan. Can anyone explain why that is?

I seem to recall good support for PC98[0][1] was seminal. Our friend ‘washbear has notes[2], which might be touching on (eg) KAME[3] too.

PC98 support grew from the facts on the ground: NetBSD and friends had Japanese-language mailing lists and irc channels, for decades

If you were a Japanese enthusiast who wanted to have a "real UNIX" on readily available hardware, NetBSD and FreeBSD were relatively more accessible

NetBSD did change their 'logo; to a single flag years ago. And I heard the same also.