I like Japan's society and culture. There justice system IS kind of fucked, but, they are one of the least violent cultures on the planet, with one of the lowest violent crime rates of any civilized nation.
A HUGE part of that IS education and culture, and the expectation that people WILL contribute to the national character and have a respect for their culture and history and heritage.
It's hard to produce that in a country where it's a crime to even stand for the National Anthem. We don't have a national idenity here because everyone is everyone else's enemy, and no one is willing to find ANYTHING that is common enough ground for us to raise a culture around.
I wish we had a culture in this nation. That would prevent almost all of this bullshit.