It's funny how even in the Japanese region, the south korean players dominate.
The "good talent pool" didn't exist until the first half of this year. Only now are talents like Absol showing up. And I don't know what is OP talking about. This year is the one year where Koreans aren't overwhelmingly dominating, which are the signs of improvement. It will take another full year for more talents to show up.
This is what happens when imports take up the majority of spots. Local talents don't get an opportunity to develop.
It's getting better for japanese players tho. Compared to last year. Besides, it's not as if korean players dominating= japanese players are shit. New talents from Japan are coming out , so I'm optimistic about this .
It's also the fact that Korea is just another level in terms of talent pool and Japan having the higher salary really dampens player's development.
Separate the Korean players equally among apac region and you will see that Japan isn't as bad as everyone makes them out to be.