To give an answer to the question you weren’t asking but to the question the title asks: yes, Japan’s Base Set was reprinted between 1996 until at least 2001 after The Pokemon Center Company took over from Media Factory. I was fortunate enough to track down a 2001 Base Set pack earlier this year - a very niche and little known rarity in the hobby (see www.elitefourum.com/t/guide-to-early-pokemon-tcg-history-1995-test-card-versions/31779/28).
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