I live in Japan and have a Finnish friend. We talk plenty, but I think we'd both be perfectly fine saying nothing when there's nothing to say. There's lots of s

I live in Japan and have a Finnish friend. We talk plenty, but I think we'd both be perfectly fine saying nothing when there's nothing to say. There's lots of small talk in Japan, but a lot of it is pre-scripted by convention, so there's no pressure to actually engage with strangers if you don't care to.