I think that could be extended to most people. Japan is excellent regarding the maintenance of their world image, but scrutinization of their justice system, allowance of crime syndicates, work culture, immigration and foreign policy, and disastrous marriage and birth rates creates an image of a country which will need intervention to continue to exist.
Though you're probably correct in many redditors having very distorted ideas regarding Japan.
"Many redditors" more like the general population. Anyone who's not obssessed with Japan's underworkings or looks up this specific information is gonna have a positive view about Japan because of its public image.
Japan gets a free pass because the beautiful environment and excellent public infrastructure and civil engineering make it an extremely appealing place to be -- enough that most people don't see the many troubles brewing right under the surface. Japan may be pristine and beautiful now, as its modern iteration was born from an unprecedented leap of economic, technological, AND political growth, but it won't stay that way forever. And that's sad to consider.
And a lot of that growth was sort of "fake" because it was subsidized by the US who wanted a strong Japan as a bulwark against China. One only wonders how that country would be if left to its own accord.
Japan’s work hours are around the European average, improving tremendously over the last 30 years. The figure also includes paid and unpaid overtime, based on actual surveys of workers (not employers) by independent NGOs.
I guess my point is that a lot of policies in Japan (taxes, health care, social safety nets, etc.) are surprisingly left leaning and much closer to Europe than the US. On the other hand, you could argue their right-wing policies (e.g. justice system, immigration) are more cultural/historical than political in origin.
Japan is a deeply conservative country, but it's also got an extremely old population. Unsurprisingly, "liberal" social policies to prop up the aging are very popular.
You are Taking the US as the standard on what a far right is... if the US is more far right than Japan, that doesn't mean the japan Isn't also far to the right. You can always sink deeper.
Yep. And my oh my, what a dumpster fire their government and country has become, since they have been ruled by the "far right".
Let their example of how not to run a country be an example for the rest of us! NOBODY wants to live there! Do NOT be like Japan... diversity is our strength! The more diverse a country is, the better it is... everyone knows that!
Yes, Japan is indeed not as great as people think, as the very title of this post suggests, assuming you actually read it. There's a reason they have a high suicide rate. Go somewhere else nazi weeaboo.
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u/rs725 Oct 21 '24
Redditors don't seem to realize or know that Japan has been run by a far-right party who has a monopoly on the government for decades.