Losing face has nothing to do with quality or thoughtful design. Japanese products were synonymous with low quality cheap stuff in the 50s and 60s, and nowaday

Losing face has nothing to do with quality or thoughtful design. Japanese products were synonymous with low quality cheap stuff in the 50s and 60s, and nowadays they still make tons of crap, but those just don't make it out of the country for obvious reasons. I've been to Japan several times, and they have tons of useless low quality crap on sale in every corner.