Tekken 7's Harada on the thorny subject of sexy swimsuits and Western sensibilities

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During a hands-on with Tekken 7 at Gamescom today, I spoke with Tekken's chief producer and director, Katsuhiro Harada, about a series of tweets he made recently with regards to Tekken 7's swimsuit content being released in the West.
When queried whether it would be made available in the US, Harada's now deleted reply was a short and sweet "Ask your country's SJWs. HAHAHAHAHA." He later apologised to another female fan, deleting the tweet and saying "this message is not for females," by which I think he might have meant, it was not directed exclusively at women.
I'm a big fan of Harada and Tekken in general, and have been for many years, so I asked him, does he feel genuinely constrained about what he can and can't do because of Western sensibilities? Does it really bother him?
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