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Most likely Japan just have better customer protections. Amazon only able to sell open-nox and co-mingled knock-off crap because US regulators are toothless.

Louis Rossmann have a video about fake electrical fuses sold on Amazon US with almost half a million views. Literally the product that can burn your house to the ground:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B90_SNNbcoU

Did Amazon US at least pulled these off store? Nope.



> just have better customer protections

Maybe. Or it could be simply relying on being a high-trust society. Screw up with consumers, and people will talk about it and shame you night and day.




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