Naoki Yoshida interview @Gamescom

[Mugiawara]

As for him catering to the "loudest" voices. All he does is cater to the JAPANESE community and even then it is things that fit in his set vision. He only listens to the voices that are convenient for him.

Have a hard time completely believing this.
Of course he's going to listen to Japan a bit. That is his home country but to say that's all he does [and I'm sure you gotta be stretching it a bit] gots to be untrue.
A lot of these nerfs for example, have to be because these forums cry so loud and the absolute hardest that he has no choice but to turn around and try to calm 'em.
Whether here or Reddit and maybe even review/articles.
I don't think the Japanese give up on a lot of things so easily as well, but NA/EU do so much and scream nerf so it's like "Uhh..." We're a bigger crowd than Japan.

Then again, I have not the slightest how the Japanese thinks about most of this stuff just from what I know mostly from this side.
Also, some things we ask for get skewered via translations. One time it was completely wrong lol.