I think that the perception runs both ways - many Japanese people here enjoy being recognized as "polite", "super clean" and "obsessively precise", etc througho

I think that the perception runs both ways - many Japanese people here enjoy being recognized as "polite", "super clean" and "obsessively precise", etc throughout the globe. And for some weird things - eating raw squid or raw egg for example - people are secretly relieved as Westerners never understand the "true Japanese delicacy". It gives people a sense of superiority.