Japanese culture is deeply anti-individualist and frowns on excessive displays of status. It's interesting to compare the countries distribution of wealth. Jap

Japanese culture is deeply anti-individualist and frowns on excessive displays of status. It's interesting to compare the countries distribution of wealth. Japan has the lowest wealth Gini coefficient in the world (aka more equality) while the US is the 5th most unequal country: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_distribution_of_wealth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_distribut...