Which leads to the freeta era post bubble economy for so any who didn't want the fate of a salaryman, and the subsequent population collapse and herbivore men.
Not exactly what I'd all a stellar record, when the ethnicity itself is at risk of phasing itself out due to the 'great society they've created. Im bi fan of Japanese culture, but tier society is nearly dystopic because of the social pressures, forced suppression, and ambivalence (if not outright xenophobia) towards anything they see as a threat to the established order of things: be it work related or otherwise.
Still, it's quite a rich culture with lots of to offer to the modern World, but I fear South Korea has surpassed them in everything they resoundingly dominated in the 90s.
..many people who fail (lose a job, divorce, illness, accident) become drug addicted, homeless, mentally ill and are left to their own devices.
..people are still referred to as “Black Americans” and “Asian Americans” instead of just “Americans” (similar in other countries) although they have lived there for generations, while there simply aren’t many non-Asian looking foreigners living in Japan for a long time.
..a barrage of articles on this site reports tens of thousands of workers being laid off, who worked hard and still got no job security.
I give Japan its fair share of criticism, but your take is easily dismissed as naive.
> ..people are still referred to as “Black Americans” and “Asian Americans” instead of just “Americans” (similar in other countries) although they have lived there for generations, while there simply aren’t many non-Asian looking foreigners living in Japan for a long time.
Why is this listed as a fault (or even listed under “most Western countries”)?
This is proud component of American culture. You’re more often to find people embrace this than see it is a con.
Nope, I explicitly qualified my statements. I’m sorry you expected a full list.
For another example, if you want to see drug addicted or mentally ill but untended to people then visit the train station of any major city in Germany.
I fail to see how listing every single negative issue from every Western country, while ignoring the negatives of Japanese society, and worshipping their positives, puts us to shame.
Or how kids from gaijins keep being one for their whole life, even if born and raised in Japan.
Or work to death culture.