Whenever you tell a normie that Japan is a much better place than Europe, they always reply with something like:
>umm actually Japan is le heckin' dystopia with high suicide rates, no babies being born, kids studying 20 hours a day, salarymen dropping dead at their desks, etc

But none of that is really true.

Japanese suicide rates are comparable to Europe
Japanese TFR is similar to Spain, Italy, Greece, Poland..
Japanese kids study 9 to 4, and they get to relax in clubs after school. Personally, I remember doing 8 to 6 plus homework.
Japanese workers do stay late, but unless there's a deadline, most of that time is just sitting around. And nowadays, even this appearance culture is disappearing.

So where do these stereotypes come from?

I realized that most of these stereotypes don’t come from Japan at all. They come from Korea.

High suicide rates? Korea
Lowest fertility in the world? Korea
Obsession with academics? 20 hours studying? Korea
Toxic work culture? Korea

Japan ends up getting blamed for issues that actually come from Korea, just because they’re both East Asian countries.