As somebody who had Japanese gadgetry frequently around me 1995-2005 when I lived in Vladivostok, I find the premise silly. Japanese versions of PDAs, and mini

As somebody who had Japanese gadgetry frequently around me 1995-2005 when I lived in Vladivostok, I find the premise silly. Japanese versions of PDAs, and mini-PCs (exactly, PDA sized PCs) had zero problem both with display, and input of their language. 16x16 was the font standard. I frequently got second hand devices with data intact, and I wondered how in the world their font designers managed to pull it out. Second, Japanese devices had superb connectivity to anything from abroad, a completely 180° of the picture the guy draws. Clies, Zauruses were able to go to the internet by themselves in around year 2000, and every trendy gadget came with sync cables for those. I had sync cables for my MD walkman for both Zaurus, and Clie. I even saw Sony digital tape players coming with some digital audio i/o adapters. So, the author feels to me to have zero idea of what he is talking, just pushing the standard trope of "smart, but unimaginative Asians"