Big changes with google searches. It used to be that you could search for a keyword on google.com and then google.co.uk (UK) and google.co.jp (Japan) and get difference local results relevant to each location. Now Google will only show you results based on your current location, regardless of the TLD extension you use for the search.
This change has some basis in logic where people are usually looking for results that are relevant to them and in their area… but on occasion you may want to see what shows up in other