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I feel the Japanese struggle within their overcrowded society and that "specialization" is a way that one can have his own corner of freedom. If you go over the

I feel the Japanese struggle within their overcrowded society and that "specialization" is a way that one can have his own corner of freedom. If you go over there, you will notice that people work extraneously long hours, get paid little, and are constantly playing an intricate interaction model where seniority, class, sex, origins all play major roles. This is why so many went into video games, anime or manga. They need an escape. And just as you find that drive within their work, which is at the most strict expectation level, you can find traces of it in their hobbies.

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tluyben2 12y ago
Is Japan overcrowded? Because I don't think it is. Yes their cities are (I fail to understand the drive to live in a city, I see mostly disadvantages) but they have a large amount of unpopulated areas which, if people spread out, would not be considered overcrowded? Unlike the Netherlands where I'm from for instance, which is basically a big city.
- skrebbel 12y ago
  And Drenthe.
  - tluyben2 12y ago
    And Drenthe. Edit: I love HN, people care to downvote this joke on a sunday. Must be Drenthenaren who feel discriminated on. Sorry, it wasn't meant that way.
- sampo 12y ago
  Ca. 65% of Japanese are concentrated on this area: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiheiy%C5%8D_Belt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiheiy%C5%8D_Belt
- raverbashing 12y ago
  Japan is bigger than Germany However, I believe there are a lot of mountainous terrain, and a lot of small islands as well, which is difficult to populate I believe the tendency of congregating into the same place ends up coming from the culture as well (to find "the best place")