Google's official blog has a post on a big (900 cow) dairy in Japan.
While most/many Asians may be lactose-intolerant, there seems to be enough exceptions to support a dairy industry.
Some googling found this paper by the Japanese Dairy Council which covers the ground from a to z.
A couple highlights--no. of dairy farms has declined from over 400,000 in the 60's to 20,000 in the 2010's, number of cows has been relatively steady at about 1.4 million or so. Consumption is about half in milk and half in cheese/butter. For anyone with more stamina than I there's an explanation of how milk is marketed and how the government's subsidy/regulation setup works.
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