i think the niceness is for tourist sake, and not for everything else.
Comment on Japan’s Birth Rate Set to Break Even the Bleakest Forecasts
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 3 days agoJapan is super racist despite the polite facade. It also doesn’t help that they have a “work and drink yourself to death at the expense of having a life” culture.
America certainly does similar things, but we don’t bother polishing the turd with politeness.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 days ago
cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
So not having babies would be extra pressure to fix at least one of these things.
I don’t see the problem.
phutatorius@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Americans, on average, work more hours per year than Japanese people (1765 vs 1691). Per capita alcohol consumption is also higher in the US than it is in Japan.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Doesn’t really change what I said? Just because we drink more and work more doesn’t mean what I said isn’t happening.
pulitzercenter.org/…/karoshi-deep-look-japans-unf…
The difference is in the US we probably do it because we get paid poorly and are stressed out due to societal and economic reasons. So we work a lot and become alcoholics because stress, advertising, whatever.
In Japan, it’s expected you work a lot and drink with the boss.
cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
And that’s bad. It’s bad here. This culture should not reproduce and anyone who brings a child into this should be taken out back and shot.