>>714356959Every game submission goes through a small handful of people for review before it gets added to the steam store.
There's one specific reviewer, Mary, who is a massive xenophobe who hates all things Japanese and will do a one strike permaban on any Japanese games that come her way.
Basically every dev has a 4/5 chance of having their game approved, but if the RNG lands them with Mary as the reviewer, it gets banned.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLPJGOS5lOs