In terms of framing as a Western narrative... This is an article in the Mainichi, a major Japanese newspaper. Original Japanese version here: https://mainichi.jp/articles/20210111/k00/00m/040/021000c

As long as people don’t ruin my view of Germany being the EU version of Japan kinky preferences and all

Leaving the sex out of it, a common statement is that England is the Japan or Europe.

There are actually remarkable similarities in culture which are possibly influenced due to both being iland states.

https://bccjacumen.com/uk%E2%80%93japan-closer-than-you-thin...

These do not dive all that much into sexual media however. The Anglo-Saxon is infamously sexually traditional and repressed, and the Englishman second only to the Australiaman. Australia recently actually banned the import of Japanese pornography.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDmbo5dxgQg

He's wrong, however — Eromanga Sensei is far from the worst. I would love for him to take a stab at Night Shift Nurses or Aki-Sora — the latter so amazing that even Tokyo itself made laws to contain it's carnal sins against mankind.

To me Japan is more like asian Switzerland.

The tidyness, amazingly punctual trains, mountains and general conservatism make both those countries stand out.

Man, you have not been major city areas if you think japan is tidy. Sure, compared to the US it maybe is, but a lot of european countries are better. But travel a bit further from the city centres in japan and you’ll start seeing all those illegal trash sites at quiet mountain roads and yards full of old trash.

I live in Aomori prefecture, and I have seen everything you describe first hand. Not to mention all the decaying abandoned buildings and the super dirty beaches.

I wonder how much it's the fault of the ridiculous Japanese trash collection system. Sorting the trash in 20 different bags that you can only dispose of once a month... No wonder at some point people just get fed up and throw it away in a somewhat hidden place.

Well, I must have fallen prey to the narrative yet again.

That being said I can see an illegal trash site from my window, so I guess my reference point may be pretty far away from both the Swiss and Japanese standard.

both own currency is considered stable.