I worked for Japanese companies for years and there's one thing I learned; they think they know what the American market needs better than the American market does.
Typical response will be (if you actually get a body to talk to) is to smile and say yes, yes yes. Translation no no no.
I've walked out of 4 hour meetings doing power point dog and pony shows, charts, graphs, 8 x 10 color glossy photos with descriptions on the back of each one.... thinking from the response, that we had convinced the powers that be we had an opportunity to gain market share and improve margins, only to be met with silence from then on while our compeatitors seized the opportunity and kicked our asses.