They might have some competition when it comes to the news that germany has really been upping their trade on bitcoin and is able to integrate it faster if all things favor the Germans. But its good that germany and Japan are having a kind of friendly competition when it comes to bitcoin as there might be some major countries who are watching and taking notes and that way we would have a much more stable influence on bitcojn and anything else
Japan is on its advantage on bitcoin because they are the fastest growing community with a good leaders that is open for the new technologies. Germany is now only making noise towards cryptocurrency and a competitor is always good for each nations to prove their excellence and excel in other countries.