We had a discussion about this very subject not to long ago...and I think it was Cecil,brought to my attention..which I already knew ...just gave it no thought.
That the cameras we use JIM are made in CHINA,very few from Japan,if you can get a s40 made in Japan "Hang on to it"
Much better quality.
But to get to the root of this debate,they are made here assembled in the USA,and have a good warranty to back them up.
Just not much anymore that is not made in China,I was going to make a promise to myself one time ,anything that was not made in the USA .....I would not wear it,until I found out I would be running around naked and barefoot.This has politics written all over it ...but we will not go there.