Are you implying that the west is as corrupted as Japan? That is not something I can agree with.
In case you got yourself isolated from daily news for too long, below is just some recent news regarding those common practices in japanese labs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_scientific_misconduct...
most japanese major groups are falsifying their various type of data - just look at recent news since 2015
Hitachi admitted falsifying data on brake testing https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14508789
More fraudulent testing found in Mitsubishi Electric https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14630514
Accounting fraud by Toshiba https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Toshiba-s-chairma...
Kobe Steel admits data fraud went on nearly five decades https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kobe-steel-scandal-ceo/ko...