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What surprises me is that the foreigners in Japan are the ones who are scared about that situation, Japanese people don't care that much.

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That's BS. Completely untrue.

You just aren't reading/listening to Japanese people on the subject.

No one is freaking out, but we're all tense at more or less the same level, as per our individual personalities.

I worked in a Japanese company for the last 2 months and people are not tense about it. Looks like you see it differently.

Western people are largely indoctrinated with the idea of life being sacred and the necessity to protect it all costs; many Asian cultures are much more matter-of-fact about death as the worldview is more cyclical than teleological and reincarnation is quietly assumed as the natural order of things.

Baloney. Bad clustering conclusion in your imagination.

I'm not sure what you're trying to say other than that you disagree.

Change western people to Americans and you might be correct. My experience is that a lot Europeans, New Zealanders and Australians tend to be pretty relaxed about world events. Not to say we don’t have our panic merchants but they do tend to be in the minority.

Sorry Canadians, I didn’t mean to lump you in with your southern neighbors.

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