Yah. I just got one Japan Woodworker branded chisel to see what the fuss was about. Fit and finish were about the same as any other chisel in that price range. My JW chisel is comparable to my FatMaxes, but better than my Blue chips. Took about the same amount of time to tune it up to useablility. The "hollow" is poorly ground, not tapped out (in?). To be fair, it's the 1/8" size; maybe the tiny ones are built differently from the wider sizes.
With my whoppingly huge sample size of 1, I'd say that the JW brand isn't a good choice. For only a little more, one can get the ones Steve mentioned in his post.
Shure is purty, tho. ;)