So Japanese fans of Final Fantasy have a couple notable differences from all of us.

1. Final Fantasy IV is their golden child. VI is fine and all but it has nothing like the cult following it has here. IV is hands down the best of the "old school" to them.
2. XIII is amazing over there. I think we all know about this. It's been documented since the start that the Japanese developers were perplexed/annoyed by the poor reception XIII had over here. We also see the disconnect between West and East in how Bravely Default outsold LR over here. (or so i hear)

I think we're all in agreement on everything else...? We both love VII and X by and large. Japan doesn't seem to give a crap about FFXII though. Then again it was never huge over here either.