It does and it doesn't. To them it's a trade-off and they're pretty aware of the upsides and the down. They really like the upsides and they all complain the do

It does and it doesn't. To them it's a trade-off and they're pretty aware of the upsides and the down. They really like the upsides and they all complain the downsides, but they kind of accept that to have the things they're really proud of as Japanese that in part stems from doing all the things that grind on them. One of the best examples of "Japan works for Japan, except when it doesn't" is the intersection of mental health and the Japanese way of solving problems. It's important to keep the peace with people, even if you're only pretending to, and that's a higher value than determining what's actually true in a given situation. So, whereas Western people try to get to the bottom of things and figure them out which requires ruffling some feathers, Japanese people very often simply ignore problems in the short term because it keeps the peace while accepting the long term outcome will blow up into a much bigger problem, but oh well because "there's nothing we can do about it". This kind of behavior is super perplexing as Westerner until you grok how it works on a fundamental level as you try to solve problems in a Western way and people wind up getting upset with you, though they often don't say it directly to you. The mental health situation there sucks because they don't know how to help family members who are experiencing difficulty, so the situation goes from bad to worse but of course "there's nothing we can do about it" and "there's no point talking about it" and this is the best thing to do even if it's all just to pretend everything is fine right. There's a reason they have hikikomori phenomenon. And sadly around half of those in mental hospitals could have avoided it if their family simply helped support them properly during their time of difficulty. Source: watched my sister-in-law who was by all accounts a normal, and amazing human being, legit be driven insane by Japanese society.