"Do people really romanticize it, outside of certain delusional anime fans?" Are you kidding? Extremely low crime rates? Exceptional innovation, powerhouse i

"Do people really romanticize it, outside of certain delusional anime fans?" Are you kidding? Extremely low crime rates? Exceptional innovation, powerhouse industry, dozens of cultural imperatives, engineering marvels? It's one of the most civilized places in the world. Not easy. "refusal to open up or otherwise encourage mass immigration" And why would Japan turning into Brazil or America be a good thing? Why do so many people think that it's a cultural imperative to wipe out one's culture and join the globalized morass of cultureless consumers, killing themselves over the latest Nike's and deriving their identity via their smartphone brand of choice? Constantly warring over what historic culture owns what neighbourhood? What constitutes progress? No thanks. What you might consider to be 'authoritarian' - they might consider to be 'social cohesion'. Whereas you want to 'do whatever you want' they might consider 'one's responsibility towards society' as a more important social function. And FYI they don't have 'social issues' out the wazoo - the opposite. Mental health - it's an issue that is still considered taboo, moreover, with an aging population, amply problematic, no place is perfect.