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I've lived in Japan for nearly a decade on and off now, and have never heard of parents comparing their children's TOEIC scores, nor talking about classic poetr
by reustle 4y ago
I've lived in Japan for nearly a decade on and off now, and have never heard of parents comparing their children's TOEIC scores, nor talking about classic poetry. School level competition exists, but I don't think these are the points they focus on. Those seem more like China specific things.
- karmasimida 4y agoMight not apply to Japan that much. But this is 100% to other Asia's advanced economies, those with Chinese ethnicity majority or heavily influenced by Confucianism historically. China/HK/Taiwan/Singapore/Korea No one can escape this. Japan is actually an oddball here, I think Japan had never imported the 科举 system from China, that might be the key
- fomine3 4y ago科挙 was somewhat imported but it seems that now there are just less competition compared to China/Korea (except richer parents in metropolis). Perhaps that's part of a reason why their birth rate is lower.