Probably because or Politian's have failed us hard with selling out the country to multi national businesses so we don't get full profits and royalties so we can't build nice higher advanced things as we have less money and since the Greens become a party and pushed the woke agenda too much. Kids running around with machetes, stealing cards, breaking into homes and cops do a great job arresting them but courts let them out.

Throw in COVID lockdowns and people aren't as warm and friendly anymore.

Essentially the Aussie banter and larakin behaviour is gone unless you go to a country town that hasn't had much change.

Japan is a wonderful country with a very unique culture. All civilizations have pros and cons, but since post WWII Japan has cultivated a very distinct feel with an Asianic background in values but also embracing Western Economics which together have made Japan a force in many fields - tech, art, ethics, cuisine, etc...

I would love to live in Japan some day, or at least visit there, seems like such a great country in videos I have seen of it. Nice blend of beautiful rural areas and flashy cities, a culture of politeness and cleanliness, beautiful women with cute mannerisms. 

Japan definitely isn't without it's downsides though:

-While most countries outside of Africa are now in population decline due to falling below the 2.1 child per woman level of population replacement, Japan's birth rate has fallen off more than most, all the way down to 1.15 children per woman on average, with 1.59 million deaths in 2024 and only 686k births, leading to a net loss of over 900k population in 2024 alone. They have a huge older baby boom population from before their bubble economy burst in the 90's, and as the older population significantly outgrows the younger population, it's going to end up putting a huge financial burden on the smaller younger population to care for that much larger elderly population. Those aforementioned beautiful rural areas have seen an exodus of population as the youth crowd into the cities for job opportunities, ghost towns are all over the place in rural Japan and more are created each year.

-Their work culture, while productive, is far from ideal from a quality of life standpoint. They have a tendency to work themselves to the point of depression and even suicide. The pay isn't great either, even college educated people can often only afford a small house or apartment, which is going to make that financial burden placed on the working age population as the elderly population grows even worse. 

-Loneliness is becoming a bit of an epidemic in Japan, more and more hikikomori pop up every year, what the Japanese call shut-ins or extreme agoraphobes, people who don't leave their houses for months or years at a time and live in near total isolation, only interacting with delivery men or their families. The number of hikikomori has risen to over 1.5m, roughly 1.2% of their population. Even among the non-hikikomori, there is still alot of loneliness, something which Pajderman mentioned noticing in Japan above. It's part of what lead to their huge population decline, Japanese youth and young adults are interacting with each other less and less, and it's leading to lower romance and marriage rates and by extension lower birth rates.

Japan is great. I lived there for two years. Every time I go back I am reminded why it is such as special place. It definitely has it downsides though. But I love every chance I get to visit.

I mean... okay. This just sounds like you're deciding how things are without actually interacting, it's a very weird conclusion to make. 

Sure, that is a valid take. It is mostly a feeling after all and not a scientific study. Just wanted to give another different view. 

I think what I try to convey is the lack of possibilities to interact. Something I think is possible to notice even without me trying to interact. 

You’re literally blaming all the ills of society on a nebulous buzzword attached to a fictional agenda and an event from 5 years ago.

The problem with this sort of thinking is you’re not critically thinking, and therefore not even considering the actual causes of any of the issues. You blame politicians while simultaneously parroting the braindead BS of politicians.

Ok so what are the cause?

Australia has changed since COVID, where I live we were in lockdown for over 200 days, 6 times in 2 years. Post COVID most office workers didn't go back to the office at all, and now in the last 12 months they are being forced back into society to go into the office they don't know how to function with others around them.

States with heavy labor and green influence have watered down crime laws on youths to a point organised crime gangs use them to do the dirty work as they know the kids won't get jail time. Only now with an election around the corner they are panicking and making promises to fix our broken laws.

Come to Brazil.
It's the literal opposite from Japan.