It constantly amazes me reading these forums that paint the Japanese as elitist passengers who only can travel in groups on full service carriers to countries that pander to their wishes.
There are 127 million people in Japan with a higher percenage of "younger" age groups. These groups do not conform to the traditional Japanese perception and are quite happy to backpack around the world to countries of their choice and on carriers that offer the best value.
Fly a LCC anywhere and people wil travel on them.