Fairly popular, just in smaller numbers because of the higher female population (not being sexist, being factual), and lower population overall compared to europe/usa.
Most of my japanese friends here have gaming PC's, and the local net cafe does BF4/COD tournaments on every other weekend, with fighting game tournaments the other two weekends a month.
While the overall amount of pc gamers here is lower, the number of pc gamers running higher spec machines compared to mid-low range is actually higher, pc gamers here go fucking all out on the parts spending.
In part because the component prices are cheaper and in part because the national average for salary is higher, too, cheaper parts and higher wage make for a lot of people buying high end gear.
