Japan's PC market difficult for non Japanese companies according to article

"Japan’s PC market has been notoriously hard to crack for non-Japanese companies, a difficulty due in no small part the average Japanese consumer’s preference for Japanese-manufactured goods"

Source:Eyeing a tough PC market, Lenovo brings ThinkPad production back to Japan

July 5, 2012 8:20 AM

Ricardo Bilton

http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/05/lenovo-thinkpad-production-japan/