Japanese prisons are inhumane by American standards, but cheap and very effective. They don't allow prisoners to interact or form a prison culture, so they don't function as criminal training centers. Consequently, crime rates in Japan are among the lowest in the world, despite declining economic conditions and dense populations.
Extremely.
There is a reason they have the highest conviction rate in the world.
It’s not justice.
It’s the social expectation that the law officers are correct, no matter what.
If you are charged, you are guilty, as you cannot bring shame to the police.
No need to pretend they are just or proper.
Japan isn’t the only country with a brutal criminal justice system. Many of the other examples have high crime.
> When and how to speak. Strict silence is observed the majority of the time. During leisure times, talking should be done in a low voice so as not to disturb others. Utmost respect must be used when addressing guards or punishments will follow.
1. https://gaijinass.com/2017/03/30/brutal-realities-of-prison-...
Not just that, I think.
What's true of Japan is also true of parts of Western Europe.
>If someone is peeing on the street, they think oh how this makes my country look. In SF someone peeing in the street thinks aaah so much relief.
In France, public urination is viewed as an unofficial human right[0], but I don't think you'd have SF's problems in Paris.
It's just more "civilized" societies (with better education, law enforcement, social safety nets, regional investment, etc.).
The U.S. is a step towards Pandora from Borderlands (in scale, material social investment, and cultural ethos).
0: https://www.npr.org/2018/09/11/646567224/paris-tries-to-cont...
It's like how killer whales share their sense of self with others in the pod.