Yay!! 100 Posts!
Hi all. Sorry that I am so very late. It was this week that I discovered that we've hit our 100th post! This is 101.
Reading through the posts of the last little while, I've felt the tone to be growing a bit more critical of Japan-land than loving. And I wondered why that is. At first I thought it may be because people tend to write more about bad things when they write journals and the like. But reading through, we seemed to write about both the good and the bad. Which led me to think that just maybe it's Japan that's becoming more of a negative place. Looking at the recent spike in violence in the news, it certainly could be said. So what's causing the change?
The older population of Japan often complain that the younger population are rapidly becoming more westernized, losing some of the important cultural values and aspects of old Japan. Many, including me, say it's for the better that Japan finally internationalize and realize Japan is only a teeny-tiny part of the world, a fact often forgotten. I suppose, if Japan opens its doors to the world, it lets in both the good and the bad. But I'm not certain the young are to blame for the recent changes in Japan. In the socially repressed and over-crowded country that Japan is, speaking or acting out is a definite taboo. As the younger generation develops and watches the world around them, they yearn to be like other countries, and speak just as openly. Though the process is slow, older Japan is finally modernizing itself and its culture. Though there are some important things that have been left unchanged.
One of the problems I have with Japan is its ignorance to human rights and proper law enforcement. While publically (and privately) sexually abused women and children are brushed off with a shrug, bike stealers and smokers in non-sanctioned areas, be aware. The police will use every resource and as many officers available to hunt you down. Something's definitely wrong with that. It's time the people of Japan learned liability for their actions and proper punishment when someone has so obviously done wrong. Don't you agree?
posted by Fudocom - Rei @ 8:49 AM
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