ORIGINAL: apereira
There are more than 350 F3A pilots in Japan, I don't think they can produce that much more to cover Japan and the rest of the world, maybe is just that, they can't make enough airplanes. The 350 I got from the pilots standings from sakura f3a, I can be mistaken anyway.
For a country that has so few decent flying sites, they sure are enthusiastic & passionate on F3A.
Adrian