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A couple of thoughts...
My two youngest kids are half Japanese too, and though we live in Nepal, they still primarily eat a Japanese diet.
My youngest daughter was potty-trained quite early (her choice) - though with her too, the #2 stuff was harder - she just didn't like to sit on the potty as long as it took her to go. She also thought it was "gross" - the smell, and the clean up, and preferred to avoid it as long as possible. Then we had a problem when she suddenly regressed to partially going in her pants. It turned out the problem was partially her diet. Between all the rice, tofu, miso soup, etc., she was getting more constipated and so it took her longer to "go", and it was sometimes a little painful -- so she tried to wait. She also had more "gas" problems the longer she waited, and so she got used to the feeling of pushing to get rid of the gas - and sometimes made at least a small amount of #2 by mistake. (TMI, I know - sorry) I just wonder -- maybe the diet is something you want to think about if your son seems to have #2s that are too solid, or has too much "gas".
My youngest son was potty trained later (3+), and was fine -- until he started becoming a busy boy in school, and playing more independently. At about age 5, he suddenly started having #2 accidents again. Very weird. We tried everything (including not only making him change his clothes, but later in desperation, even having him rinse out his undies). Nothing really helped. We finally realized that he was just "holding it" too long - he had set bathroom times at school, and at home he was really active and busy, and didn't want to take the time to go #2 (#1 was faster! LOL!). We finally put him on more of a schedule - we realized after his after-school snack, he typically needed to go, and just asked him to go then - and to play afterwards. It helped he knew other people could "smell" him when he did, and he wanted to stop, so that worked for us, and now he's back to handling it on his own fine. He had just gotten into a bad habit.
Your son's issues may be different - but I just wanted to send along our situation, and my sympathy! I know how frustrating it is....
Cheryl
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