> When i said western labs, i spiritually include japan, taiwan, south korean labs in that, since they generally have similar practices and rigor Are you imply

> When i said western labs, i spiritually include japan, taiwan, south korean labs in that, since they generally have similar practices and rigor Are you implying that the west is as corrupted as Japan? That is not something I can agree with. In case you got yourself isolated from daily news for too long, below is just some recent news regarding those common practices in japanese labs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_scientific_misconduct_allegations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_scientific_misconduct... most japanese major groups are falsifying their various type of data - just look at recent news since 2015 Hitachi admitted falsifying data on brake testing https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14508789 https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14508789 More fraudulent testing found in Mitsubishi Electric https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14630514 https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14630514 Accounting fraud by Toshiba https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Toshiba-s-chairman-Kobayashi-to-quit-after-aiding-scandal-reset https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Toshiba-s-chairma... Kobe Steel admits data fraud went on nearly five decades https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kobe-steel-scandal-ceo/kobe-steel-admits-data-fraud-went-on-nearly-five-decades-ceo-to-quit-idUSKBN1GH2SM https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kobe-steel-scandal-ceo/ko...