When I lived in Japan, the person who hired me was responsible for me on my renting apartment. It is standard practice in Japan, and works pretty well. There i

When I lived in Japan, the person who hired me was responsible for me on my renting apartment. It is standard practice in Japan, and works pretty well. There is the implicit belief that you have to respect others first."You" is not you as individual, but includes "your social group", your family, your boss, your company. In the US they can sue you for all kinds of stupid reasons and ask you millions(if you have them). In the US it is about the individual first, you and only you. It is the US the one who is different. Most of the world operates under a mixture of social responsibility for your actions and personal responsibility.