Here's a study from 2013 on the topic. "Review of mental-health-related stigma in Japan" http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pcn.12086/abstract http://on

Here's a study from 2013 on the topic. "Review of mental-health-related stigma in Japan" http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pcn.12086/abstract http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pcn.12086/abstrac.... Japan has a long way to go toward accepting mental illness as anything but a character flaw.