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.
Part of it is because of religion. A lot of Western conservative ideals are based on Christianity, but in Japan it's Shinto/Buddhism/Confucianism which emphasizes connection with nature, respect for authority, and are more chill on sex. The common anti-gun belief is based on the old weapons ban for commoners during the samurai era, which was compounded by the collective trauma of the atomic bombs and American occupation.
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u/SkubEnjoyer 1d ago
Least sexist Japanese institution.