Japan is overpopulated and expensive. The average consumer there lives in "the now", spending a large percent of their income on rent ('cause real estate is much more expensive in inner-city areas there) and electronics, rather than saving up for the future. Japan and its people suck. I can't understand why anyone would be so obsessed with their pathetic culture. North America is great, don't waste your time traveling to shitholes like Japan. If you're tired of being in America, go to Canada or Europe.