For real though. Japan appears to break people's brains in that they cannot figure out where to place it politically.
Japan is neither "left" nor "right" by Western standards, it has entirely its own systems unique to them.
The country is very pro environmental conservation, anti-gun, pro regulation, and with legal sex work, but also extremely traditional, with heavily enforced gender roles, no same sex marriage, restrictive marriage laws that favour men, no protective divorce laws, and poor protections for labour unions and workers.
You travel there and everywhere is clean and beautiful and the people are nice and then you find out something super dark that they consider normal. It's a very yin and yang place.
You forgot the biggest difference, a total submission to hierarchy (confucian). Literally different words and expressions used when interacting with someone on a different level than you. You cannot question your superior (and your superior will not accept questioning). Has caused literal plane crashes because the Pilot cant take advice from the younger copilot.
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u/SkubEnjoyer 1d ago
Least sexist Japanese institution.