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Have you lived in the west to compare it ? Its not any more rigid, but it is rigid in ways that have different society outcomes.

The west definitely has 'less' penalty for breaking the society norms. Maybe you get away with not having to be as strict with the societal requirements because you are gaijin ?

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I tried to offer my perspective to some extent in my reply to taurath above (or below).

And as for me being a "gaijin"? That's not even relevant, because my observations are based not on how people interact with me, but rather how my Japanese coworkers tend to communicate with each other on the numerous (almost exclusively open plan) work floors I have been part of for many years.

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