The three worst things about a country are all happening now to the states

They are financially screwed. 14 trillion dollars…come on.

They are physically screwed. One of the most unhealthy countries in the world.

They are mentally screwed. The graduation rate in Washington alone is 20%. The whole fact that the Jersey Shore cast was voted the most influential and interesting people of 2010 says it all.

Japan has the mentality of making and manufacturing their goods IN JAPAN. Which is the smart thing to do.

as an irish-born southwest virginia residing regular traveller, i’m pretty open to everything from rednecks to pikeys to rudeboys and most things in between, and you ask me and time and time again i’ll say america just has the best quality of life, and most of it stems from the sheer size of our country. you can be whatever you want in society or you can live miles away from anyone and not be a part of it atall, it doesn’t matter. in japan you’re forced into it because it’s such a small place in comparison.

Some said that Japan is somehow racist, but since I live in the country, instead of racist I would rather say protectionist or conservationist, and some individualist or egoistic.
They do not shake hand by tradition, not by salubrity. Referenced to the samurai eras. Japanese doesn’t bow by courtesy but by fear of the interlocutor, famous exchange of the business cards: unless they want to take something from you, as soon as they know that they are in a higher position than you, they talk a different langage and change their face expressions. When I look the Japanese, they remind me sheeps who become cows when they get in the subway. They belch and fart near you (men or women), they have their eyes concentrated in their phones or PSP, or their erotic mangas in front of kids, they act like they are alone in their world. As I used to say, Japanese live in an island and they became an island themselves. What some call manners is translated as hypocrisy in the West. They try to never express their sentiments in public, but they love their beers, and after few drinks, well, it is just like looking under a stone near the river…
Not speaking about that so stupid smile on their faces, expecting that would settle every problems.
The girls, you wrote, they look beauties from far, but they are far from Beauty. Look at their knees or their teeth, and you would understand why there is so many esthetic salons. Japanese love fashion in the way it could hide their imperfections. You can dress a pig like a top model, it always remains a pig: Fashion is made for the Ugly to look tasty, isn’t it?
Guys are machos because they are afraid of their girls, they don’t know how to handle them. Since a new study results made by Japanese scientists and sociologists, they noticed that Japanese males have more feminine behaviors than the precedent generation. They are weak. Japanese old generations made the same constatations and they try to ring the bells, but it is too late, maybe.
Do not mistaken, Japan is a pyramidal system (work, society, politic) based on the mass works. Corrupted, of course, even in front of your eyes, you could even see Yakuza’s shops and recruitment’s desks between two shops or restaurants. Nobody, not talking about the police, says anything. Japanese people do not like to talk about problems, that doesn’t mean there is no problem. Have you ever heard of the suicide statistic rates, the true one not the one they talk on TV or the press. There is a tremendous recession in Japan, but you can’t talk about it.
Train system? Surely one of the most expensive in the world. Perfection? You are joking, no? CEO is only thinking about his bonuses, the employee works only when his/her boss is around, unless they do something else. I work in a Japanese company surrounded by Japanese only, believe me or not but it is the reality, I wouldn’t say that they are lazy, but they are surely tired.
The food, well, it looks healthy from western countries, but it lacks some proteins or others, japanese drugstores sell an excessive amount of supplements (iron, magnesium, vitamins or else).
BUT when you understood all this and else, you are ready to get into the Japanese philosophy…It is not the country where you live that is not good, it is ourself that is not appropriated to the country. This is just a question of codes, available for all the world.