Japan is a place where you can leave your phone on the table at a Cafe while you go to the bathroom and still expect it to be there when you come back, but God help you if you left your nice umbrella in the communal umbrella holder on a rainy day.
The crime rate and especially the murder rate compared the the US is shockingly different.
Japan is another world. When I was traveling there, I remember seeing dots on the highways so as to space your interval with the car in front of you. Another person in my group started laughing because that would be ignored in the US but the guy driving was confused and couldn’t fathom not following that rule. He was like, “why wouldn’t you do that?”
Cause America is the land of the selfish.
America has not yet been nuked
That’s a funny way to spell Earth.
EDIT: I meant that this isn’t just a US problem. There are way too many selfish people worldwide, and they are one of the many reasons we still haven’t made proper steps to avoid an ecological disaster. I don’t really get the downvotes.
They have those dots on the road in some parts of PA, specifically around Lancaster. Some people follow the 2 dot rule there, but most I’ve seen do not.
I’ve seen them on route 41 in PA and I can’t ever remember seeing anyone maintaining a two-dot following distance.
Our work culture is worse. They have some worker protections, and healthcare isn’t tied to employment.
Whoops wrong thread
Just use the two seconds rule, no dots needed
That’s a genuine culture shock (compared to America at least). Is it true, is there a good source on this story?
These types of “Japan so polite” stories are 50-50 real or absolute bullshit fabrication.
I question if it ever really happened just based on the logistics of passing anything around a huge crowd in an uncoordinated manner and having it end up at its origin point.
itt: Americans angry they will never experience this level of empathy
Some things I hear about Japan makes me feel like we should be more like the Japanese. But then I remember what their work culture is like.
Our work culture is worse. They have some worker protections, and healthcare isn’t tied to employment.
https://20somethingfinance.com/american-hours-worked-productivity-vacation/
And then Japan did a wholesome enslavement/genocide in Korea, China, and a bunch of other places 🥰
Unfortunately, the past war crimes, were horrific and the lack of accountability for them remains an issue. I can not speak for the average Japanese citizen but I have a feeling most of the Japanese people are ashamed of the cult of personality of their past leaders and wish the current government would handle things like the controversies surrounding Yasukuni Shrine differently. Much like most American’s don’t support Trumpism.
Trumpism
But do they support literally any other of our war criminal presidents? Why do you all act like America was somehow a force for good and not terror before Trump was elected?
I don’t exactly understand what is remarkable here. But maybe that is because I’m not from the USA.
As an American I’m surprised it found it’s way back to her
Where 99.8% of trials result in conviction 😅 I’d be making damn sure that ball made it back too.
Iirc part of the reason the conviction rate is so high is because either A) it’s a relatively minor infraction and person apologizes, claims it was a misunderstanding, accident, cultural differences, ignorance, etc and is then released, or B) they don’t think there’s enough evidence to convict, so they don’t even bother taking it to court.
That of course is because of the high shame/snitch culture and the fact that the police can hold you indefinitely and force confessions. Conviction rates that high often have many false positives too.
https://thediplomat.com/2019/01/japans-hostage-justice-system/
https://www.vox.com/world/2015/12/13/9989250/japan-crime-conviction-rate
It may be a nice police state but imo I wouldn’t want to live under those rules. Maybe a visit if I ever have money but yeah.
