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> neat and tidy compared to cluttered

People who think this have actually never been to Japan, most Japanese homes and offices are incredibly messy.

Reality should never stand in thr way of a good export-oriented myth :-)

You don't even need to go there, just look at Japanese websites.

I live in Japan and in the rare event that there is an online option when I need to do something related to government documents, banking, insurance, or the like, all I can think is-- "wtf is this, geocities?".

It's always a clunky, awkward, boxed in mess of text that is a miracle in the case that it actually works. But that's just the way it is here. Lots of elderly, and the elderly prefer a nice helpful receptionist, I guess?

According to my Japanese GF, the elders don't understand it either. She had to setup some banking services for her dad and it was a painful mess, but doing it in person is equally annoying. So at this point it is a fucking mystery who actually likes the system and why nobody tries to change anything.

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