Japanese scene

They have apparently a big playerbase as well as fanbase, but they keep importing koreans (which is bad for Korea too), Zeta was full japanese roster and they were pretty good, they have to keep developing their players instead of importing koreans (I'm talking about the last one Suggest).

racoons in anime >>>> crazy Racoons

It's hard for organizations to justify paying a group of 5 players under the assumption that they will eventually do better when they could instead sign 2 top-tier players from Korea, and have a chance to compete at international events. Still, I'm sure an all-Japanese team will eventually make it big - competing against stronger teams improves the whole region. The benefit of speaking the same language is immense.

Oh yea they will hear you for sure

It's good for Korean players because most of their scene are dead. If they want Korean players and teams to stay there, then they got to do something about the pro scene.

hmm

valorant is not big enough in korea + the system makes it hard to play in korea, I would be happy if japan and korea formed a region together