You seem to be missing the point. I am not saying that food or dating in Japan is the same as Europe (although I am not sure how you think childbirth works, I

You seem to be missing the point. I am not saying that food or dating in Japan is the same as Europe (although I am not sure how you think childbirth works, I can assure you that the core of the childbirth experience is quite the same across humanity). What I am saying is that when you compare things that are actually comparable - graduation rates, unemployment, drug abuse, illiteracy, child vaccination, etc - Japan is in many cases more clustered with the leading European countries than the US is. Furthermore, when it comes to things like sexual assault, Japan is far behind. On this basis, it is completely ridiculous to claim that Japanese people are the “most courteous and honest in the world”, unless your definition of a honorable society includes one where most women get groped on the subway as teenagers. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/03/sexual-assault-japan-girl-victim-170307101413024.html http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/03/sexual-ass...