Made in China

Several years ago, there was a huge temptation to purchase Japanese products. Japanese companies, recovered from the recessions due to the second worldwide, came to the market again; strong and confident so that they moved to the top of technology mountain.
And still many people are looking for Japanese products. However, the phrase "Made in Japan" is going to join the legends as the market is full of other east-Asian (especially Chinese) tools and materials.
Believe it or not, the Japanese stores are full of (electronic) stuff made in China, Malaysia,...
You can hardly find a device fully made in Japan. Even those labeled "Made in Japan" are using non-Japanese parts.
Here is the point: "Devices made in countries other than Japan, are of higher quality if going to Japanese market" says a Japanese salesman here.

Edit:
The truth is that the products of Japanese companies, whether they are made in Japan or any other country for non-Japanese, are not as good as those produced for Japan. This is in contrast to the policies of producers in undeveloped countries as they do their best to export their fine/high quality products.
The second point, I'd like to emphasize is that distributing factories around the globe may bring some advantages like reinforcement of the cooperations but is it a real collaboration? I believe that the answer is negative because the knowledge is not transferred to the poor producers only the machines.