I think this over-simplifies the issue. There were three main issues that enabled the Japanese to post such one sided victories over all opponents at this time, the first was the excellent standard of their pilots, who were the masters of dogfighting. The second was the superior performance of their spearhead fighters compared to most of their allied opponents, and the third was the superior mobility of their ground support echelons, that enabled the Japanese air formation to relocate far more efficiently than their opponents.
There were several types that displayed superior performance to the zero/oscar threat, principally the P-40, F4F and to a lesser extent the Hurricane (incidentally the brits were shipping out clapped out MkI at the end of 1941, not the more modern Mk IIs). However, at best these aircraft were only approaching the performance of the Japanese aircraft and not exceeding them. When used or placed in situations where the Japanese could still outnumber them, and/or faulty tactics were still used, the results were still in favour of the Japanese. However, where the defenders could be deplyed into situations where they could not be bushwhacked by numbers, and where proper tactical handling of the fighters was employed, the results were more promising.
With this in mind, the British Hurricane defence of Singapore should come as no surprise as a failure....the pilots were too few to man all the aircraft, the Japanese already had the airbases supressed, and the wrong tactics were used (again)
In Burm and China, however, the AVG, flying P-40s displayed a remarkable ability to outfly the Japanese. The group was the only allied formation that knew not to dogfight with the Japanese, and the distances separating the Japanese from their targets was such that the AVG could, and did react to the Japanese in good time.
The USN Wildcats also fared quite well, even from the very beginning because they could choose the moment and location of their targets, and strike in overwhelming local superiority of numbers. The Zero was never able to completely best the Wildcat at theis time in quite the same way as it did the Buffalo.
The Dutch did enjoy better success with the Buffalo than either the brits ofr the Americans, but more in the sense that the type was able to survive a little longer.....ther is little or no evidence to support any claim that the loss rates for the Japanese were much higher in the NEI than they were in any of the other campaigns....in other words, the Dutch got more time to shoot at the Japs, but faioled to make any appreciable difference. I believe this stems from the poor quality of the Buffalo, since it was impossible for the Japanese to "outflank" the Dutch, and the Dutch were able to generally dive on the Japanese (due to the better performance at altitude).
But while the Dutch Buffalo was "less bad" than the British version, it could not escape its fate as an outclassed and obsolete aircraft. The Dutch may have done better than anyone in the Far East, but this does not demonstrate the superiority of their equipment....