Qwant has been blocking access from countries that have non-European languages ​​as their official language since around 2020.
It is still not available in Japan and other countries.

XユーザーのQwantさん: 「Some of you have reported difficulties using Qwant in several countries around the world. It is a difficult decision but we have decided to close access to our services in certain countries where we don’t believe to provide the expected quality of service. Our apologies for this.」 / X

I recommend using Stract, which builds its own index independently without relying on Bing or similar services.

The article introduced by OP overlooks a crucial fact regarding the description of the event held at Yasukuni Shrine.

According to an official statement from The Pokémon Company, the event in question was organized by “an individual certified for the Pokémon Trading Card Game,” and the company stated that this was mistakenly posted on its official website due to insufficient verification.

イベント告知に関するお詫び｜株式会社ポケモン｜The Pokémon Company

This was therefore a prank perpetrated by a malicious individual. It is incorrect to assume this event was officially organized by The Pokémon Company.

Currently, in Japan, it is a major issue that her party’s video has been viewed 160 million times on YouTube. Of course, the majority of those views are thought to have been for advertising purposes.

She is a far-right politician who advocates “countermeasures against foreigners,” but she paid a large sum of money to Google, a foreign tech giant, to win the election.

At the very least, online election advertising will likely be an issue for discussion in the upcoming Diet session.