A brief comment on the trash can point: you’re technically right that there are no trash cans and that you have to wait until you reach a business or residence before you discard your trash. In reality, there are 7/11s, Lawsons, and Family Marts every two minutes in a major city, and basically everyone happily pops in and discards their trash - nobody is holding onto a coffee shop for an hour due to a lack of trash cans!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I read somewhere that without Tokyo and Osaka, Japan's per-capita GDP resembles Romania's. Which would certainly match my experience living in the Japanese countryside for two years.
I'd be interested to see if A) that's true and B) how it compares with other countries. I have a feeling most nations would tumble down the board if the top two cities were removed.
A brief comment on the trash can point: you’re technically right that there are no trash cans and that you have to wait until you reach a business or residence before you discard your trash. In reality, there are 7/11s, Lawsons, and Family Marts every two minutes in a major city, and basically everyone happily pops in and discards their trash - nobody is holding onto a coffee shop for an hour due to a lack of trash cans!
Definitely true. It's just great that the system works!
This didn't aged well, like all economic predictions.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I read somewhere that without Tokyo and Osaka, Japan's per-capita GDP resembles Romania's. Which would certainly match my experience living in the Japanese countryside for two years.
I'd be interested to see if A) that's true and B) how it compares with other countries. I have a feeling most nations would tumble down the board if the top two cities were removed.