Society
Japan Pushes Back as Foreign Media Critiques Its Social Problems and Quirky Rules
An American paper's report that Japan lost three million people in five years, a survey ranking Japan's sleep as the world's shortest, and a viral overseas claim that Japan's purikura photo booths are 'gay discrimination' for barring solo male entry all drew pushback from Japanese commenters, who answered with data and a cool insistence that outsiders miss the local context.