I'm just gonna double post and say that things like this obviously don't just go for sweets. I worry for a person's sanity when they start preferring things just because it came from a certain country. I mean anime's cool and all, but I'd like it whether it was from Japan or from Wales (oooh...).
Liking something just because it's Japanese isn't far off from starting to add 'Kun', 'San' and 'Sensai' to people's names, and then wearing Naruto headbands in public and randomly glomping people or whatever that giant hug thing is called.
Alright, I went off one on there, but again I hope you see my point, I mean the original post even says "super suger injected shortbread", well...yeah, it's ******* shortbread! I could make the same thing in my kitchen with some preparation, why such a fuss just because it's Japanese?