Japan is very different from the West though, so you should clarify which parts you think actually apply to Japan too. E.g. Japan is well behind the curve compa

Japan is very different from the West though, so you should clarify which parts you think actually apply to Japan too. E.g. Japan is well behind the curve compared to the West when it comes to sex disparity in school dropouts or university attendance, though it's certainly moving in the same direction. (See http://www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org/ http://www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org/, and click on gender differences and then limit to education, you get women 7.7 men 7.6 in Japan vs women 7.3 men 6.3 in the US)