I am surprised about how little Japanese representation and news there is in Bitcoin.

The main Bitcoin exchange is based in Japan, the creator of the whole idea has a Japanese name, they are the world's third largest economy, Nikkei is crashing, and they are the techiest country on earth? Why is it not catching on like wildfire there? I have not even seen any comments about Bitcoin coming out of Japan. Surely the idea behind bitcoin would not strike them as strange. Thoughts?



Here's a conspiracy theory for you:
(Just throwing it out there, I don't necessarily believe this, but worth considering.)

Japan gets tired of being under thumb of the US(troops in Okinawa, economy).
Japanese group comes up with brilliant idea of writing the first computer Financial Virus.
Japanese government endorses the plan to throw a wrench in the gears of the US global economy.
Japanese pride insists that at least the anonymous name be Japanese.
Virus released.
Satoshi Nakamoto(group) mines and stores 1M Bitcoins and quietly exits the scene.
Rest of the world runs around like ants trying to get rich implementing this new technology.
Japan sits quiet.
The world bows to the inevitable, the financial virus succeeds. Bitcoin is the world reserve currency, holdings have become more equally distributed.
Those 1M Bitcoins are now a gigantic geopolitical force.
Satoshi releases the coins to the Japanese government.
Japan is now by far the world's richest country, and by default becomes the superpower.
Japanese conquest dreams since World War II : realized.