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It's referring to legal jurisdiction, not anyone's personal relationship with nationality or residence.

You will get the features when you're in Japan, and have them for about 2 weeks when back in the EU, then they will be disabled until you leave again.

I mean, borders still exist, and laws apply within borders. I don't believe that national (or supra-national in the EU's case) sovereignty is yet a dinosaur of the past.