The problem with japanese market rejecting western games, is that the japanese has their own equivalent games in the market and the western companies don't push their games in the japanese market due to its relatively small size, when the japanese push their games in the west because the market is so much bigger.
For example the football games, i don't know how much EA pushes FIFA in Japan, but Konami had its own football game before FIFA started and as far as i recall, FIFA doesn't have much outside Europe and South-America, while ISS/PES has Asia better covered.
GTA had success in Japan, since there's no "japanese GTA" in the market, atleast not one that had been there earlier and establised a franchise there.
And of course the cultural differences such as western devs work more on the graphics side of things, when japanese focus on atmosphere instead. And japanese make generally better games.
Ei Kiinasti.
Eikä Japanisti.
Vaan pannaan jalalla koreasti.
Nintendo games sell only on Nintendo system.
