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Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Yes that's right Japan, everyone has an opinion about them from: Chinese pensioners to lovers of "Reaganism" to teenagers to middle aged adults. We all have our opinions about Japan whether it be do with the appauling acts of imperialistic invasion or the entertainment there.. BUT there is one issue I'd like to write about. EVERY SINGLE COUNTRY has it's dark sides but Japan's issues in many cases aren't unheard of but in many cases been swamped/overlapped by it's struggling economy or by issues like the US army's military base in Japan. This issue is somewhat disturbing and also alarming. So here goes..
People in Japan are put under immense pressure to perform. Those who can cope mentally and physically come out with remarkably good lives *or at least decent lives*.. Those who can not cope.. well that's a completely different story.
In Japan workers/students are told not to bring their emotions to work (i.e if your not in a good mood don't bring it to work/school)...This leads to many problems as you may now. It may worsen ones problems.
An interesting thing is the amount of pressure which is put on Japanese students. Kids are expected to learn hiragana and Katikana characters before they even walk. By the time they get to school they are expected to know basic Kanji. Plus Japanese students read the most books in the world per year.. they read 96 books in their schooling years, followed by the United States with 49 while students in China only read 4 books in their schooling years.
Many people in Japan have been " Karoshi" (Death from overwork). Infact there have been 627 cases of this per year. Infact according to the OECD Japan is #1 in suicide rates (for every 100,000 people,24.4 of which commit suicide).
There is a lack of Mental health awareness in Japan. Suicide has not been made illegal in Japan, if one has a problem they are either told: Ganbatte or "not in my family someones depressed". Either way its not helpful. There are few psychologists in Japan, infact theres only a handful and its nearly all Gaijins. If one goes to a doctor in the West *i.e: Australia,France, Canada* by law they must refer you to a specialist but in Japan the doctors do something which is rather unusual. * Refer to the 2 videos at the end*
The Darkside of Japan : JFAQ46 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_jEBaMGjBE
*His intro bit is kinda scary so watch during day*
Re: The Darkside of Japan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S8BscEKCN4&feature=watch_response
(I absolutely love this guy's videos... very big fan of his)
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