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Western culture gives lots of value to things such as an individual's power, charisma, and free will. Western mythology reflects on that as well, with most of their gods and legendary existences being either humanoid (majority of Greco-Roman gods, the projection of the humans' thirst for domination) or strong, vicious animals such as wolves (example: Fenrir) or fantasy beings such as dragons and titans. Foxes are just minor pests that used to prey on small farm animals such as chicken, and they possess little to no threat for a human, therefore they aren't very respected in the historic Western societies.
While Eastern cultures do have respect for power, their culture is radically different. Foxes are known to be deceptive, cunning and sly in both the Western and Eastern cultures, and since the latter is also very superstitious, I guess those traits have found their place in Oriental culture and eventually, their people have evolved to respect the foxes enough to make them into one of the most important deities. Oriental societies also rely a lot on social manipulation to keep their people compliant, meek and loyal, which might have added to the fox fetish and resulted in creation of lots of stories where the foxes either cooperate with the human lords, assisting them with governing the masses, or subvert them and take control over the human society.