Could you elaborate on this? I had a friend who joked about paying a bribe in Japan or Taiwan, do you think it would work there?

No

Any reason why not? I'm genuinely curious about your previous comment.

I'm not the parent commenter, but no you can't bribe people in Taiwan or Japan.

If I told you the only way to deal with the Canadian government is bribes, would you believe me? Then why do you believe it when talking about equally advanced countries?

My apologies, looks like I need to level up my reading comprehension. I think I am still confused with smabie's authorative sounding comment, then. Why would he say that you can just pay a bribe?