Asia and Japan, in general, is always ahead of other countries in development and crypto adoption. I think that Japan is a bit like a weird country, Sylo which is a communication application got quite popular becuase of the sticker market that Sylo is developing like Japanese people love these anime type of things.
Projects and team that currently are focused on DApp integration in their platforms like Sylo and few others are doing the right thing. DApps are the applications that are going to keep the blockchain tech alive.