[niceguy1827]

This is common tactics in some parts of the world, for example Japan (I know for sure) and China (not so sure). In Japan you can sue for defamation and win a case even if the other party's speech is entirely true. This is why most Japanese Youtubers and other forms of media often refer to companies as "Company A" "Company B" so on and so forth.

[handsclean]

I’m curious to know how this hasn’t cratered product quality in Japan, since I’d think that preventing even deserved reputation damage would reward behavior normally only balanced by that reputation damage, like pulling a product quality bait and switch. Is there another uncensored system? Is there a quality difference between exports and own consumption?

[sonicanatidae]

I too am curious, since various products from Japan have good reps for quality.

Japanese commercial ice makers, are one example. Generally considered some of the best.

[nequo]

You don’t see the bad products because those don’t get exported. The ones that are considered some of the best are outside Japan where the companies cannot sue for negative reviews.

[sonicanatidae]

ahhh.. make sense..

Thanks!