Faux England.
There was a time when Japan appeared to be another England.The house of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha led Europe in the industrial revolution; The "heavenly leader" headed a Japan that led Asia.Both monarchies with feudal class structures. Both are Island nations.Both managed to combine attachment to tradition with a spirit of mordenization and became expansionist imperial powers.In many ways the England of the Far East.But since WW2 in industrial might Jp has left Eng far far behind.No doubt a case of capitalism without liberalism.Growth and maturation of capitalism can flourish without the evolution of a democratic political system.Which in many ways Jp is really NOT! The Blue-Bloods rule this side of town.
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By far the biggest problem is greed and a competitive spirit, where they walk over friends and family, in the Western world in general. The more money they get the more greedy they become, where Japan is different (or it was) in that they live modestly and save for retirement instead of flaunting their wealth.
What dictates the economy and the
society are not always what we
would think.
I think Japan is "beautifully complex."
and I think that about Astana too.*
into the society.