That's interesting, but I'm not sure I feel cheated. The best steak I ever had was "Kobe" from Ruth's Chris. The server said outright that it was from Australia, and detailed how they raise a similar breed of cattle as they do in Japan under the same conditions, massage the cattle every day, yadda-yadda-yadda. So they weren't trying to pass it off as Japanese meat - only Japanese style - and I suppose, using the trademarked name as a selling point.
But still, like I said: Best. Steak. Evah. It was almost $90 for 16oz, and it was literally so tender that I could hold my steak knife loosely between two fingers and run it back-and-forth with almost no downward pressure, and it sliced through easily. And the flavor was just spectacular.
It was something I may never do again due to the extravagant cost, but even if it was once in a lifetime, I don't regret it, and I don't regret that they sold it under the pretenses they did.