[presentation]

If anything most of my Japanese friends seem convinced that Japan is in freefall and that the rest of the world is somehow more civilized.

[suction]

They are probably politically members of the left-of-center minority, have lived abroad, or both.

[kobebeef]

Do you speak or understand any Japanese yourself? If you ever tune into channels like ABEMA Prime and look at their political discussion of Japan's future you'd see everyone from left to right on the political spectrum all share a very bleak view of Japan.