Japan has been the shit even in the year 1601. Don't gonna lie.
https://www.google.de/books/edition/The_Principal_Nauigations_Voyages_Traffi/tGDhn_ZWqRUC?hl=fr&gbpv=1&pg=RA3-PA80&printsec=frontcover

Just read old textes. They are astonished by the Japanese people!