Makoto, a Japanese entrepreneur and XRP investor told Coin base that he is not selling his XRP share. There is a couple of reason for that,
the most common is that it's a popular crypto coin in Japan.
Kayamori also said, "XRP has a strong global fanbase, and a lot of people see this lawsuit as an attack on virtual currencies in general".
Soon the XRP will gain a good high and the predicted price for the XRP is $1 in the upcoming time, but the current market situation is very un-stable and un-predictiable.
Please read the complete report here:
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/japan-rallies-behind-xrp-ripple-230056022.html This is one man doing the talk, why said japan supports XRP as if it's Japan digital currency? There may be many XRP fans in Japan like the man said but your point is talking about two different things here, there are many XRP fans in other countries as well and this won't safe XRP from the lawsuit