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[–] [email protected] 126 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Tbh, I don't expect any culture that considers tattoos to be taboo to be cool with weed.

[–] [email protected] 97 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, they have some nice things going for them but Japanese culture still very patriarchal and conservative overall

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 30 points 6 days ago

That plus a massive amount of inherent isolationism plus an extreme birth shortage and an already very aged population.

The writing is on the wall in many ways unless major, unprecedented changes were to be made. Japan in a hundred years will be unrecognizable without them.