[Nyororin]

I agree with Tenchu on this.
Many Japanese brands are well known in Japan to produce their actual products outside of the country.

What matters, really, is the time invested in quality checks. Japanese brands tend to be more in depth and demanding when it comes to the quality of things they bring in for assembly.

For example - the factory will run it`s internal quality check and those pieces which pass are then checked by Japanese staff at the factory. They weed out even more problem pieces, and then send the packaged goods on to Japan where they are put through another quality check. If the factory has more than a set number of faulty pieces (usually 1% per shipment), they lose their lucrative contract... Something no one wants.

Any location is capable of producing extremely high quality goods - IF the top goes to the trouble of checking, double checking, and making sure that the factory and workers take responsibility. If they just order from some factory and don`t do a multi-layered quality check at every stage... No matter where they produce there are going to be serious problems.