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You might want to challenge your assumptions and learn something in the process.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/11/opinion/editorials/tokyo-...

I'm reading. Thank you.

That’s an unrealistic assumption. It wasn’t even the same in your own part of the world fifty years ago.

You don’t learn by talking, you learn by listening. And you’re talking too much about Japan for someone who knew nothing about the place and extrapolated that it must be like Europe.

Who would tell me anything to listen about housing in Japan if didn't say anything about it? I never ever heard about housing being more affordable in Japan than in the rest of the world until today. Now I learnt something and feel happy and grateful about this.

By the way I still doubt it's so affordable there that I myself would consider it affordable. I would after hearing the majority of people who are homeless or live with their parents saying they seriously just prefer living this way.

I consider Japan to be a great example other countries should learn from in a number of ways though.

You should reevaluate this assumption. Japan is a famous, well known, and well studied counter example.