Quite frankly, Japan is fucked up in ways that would leave a post-doc psych major squealing with glee. Of course, so is the United States, but it's always fun to look at somebody else and laugh at their problems, from a safe distance, of course. ;)

Seriously, though, there is a large degree of resignation in Japanese culture. Shit happens, and they don't give a shit, especially if it happens to somebody else.