Several reasons I can think of.
Firstly Japan doesn't have as big a pc gaming industry as the west does. And thats where the majority of FPS games came from historically. Not consoles.
Secondly it could very well be an aversion to modern violence thanks to cultural embarrassment because of WW2.
Thirdly it could be because there isn't a massive gun culture like there is in America. Hence why games with samurai swords do well in Japan (because its part of their culture).
Fourthly it could be because of nationalism in regards to games. Western games in general don't do very well in Japan overall.
Finally the Japanese may just simply not like FPS and the Japanese developers are (not surprisingly) more in touch with what Japanese gamers want.
Its probably a combination of these factors and many more.
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