<span class="mention">@Tropeh8r</span>  Japan in particular hates standing out: physically or economically. They believe a lot more in a harmonious nation where everybody embodies the same mindset, because they're plagued wuth natural disasters. A moments hesitation could lead to death during a disaster, so culturally they stamp out whatever may cause the people to not cooperate. Humility and mutual respect is the goal, so yeah they're seen as pushovers.

 Asian culture in general has a hard time distinguishing between humility and self hatred, and betwe...