re: It's on! Japan to resume commercial whaling.

Let me clarify something.

There is nothing wrong with being proud of your country and culture. But it never hurts to have self introspection on societal problems.

Japan has many problems stemming from balancing its modern economy with strict cultural norms. A perfect example of this is how much they work in comparison to western countries, yet it doesn't significantly increase their productivity.

That, and with unhealthy low birthrates, they wont have much of increase in productivity to begin with.

It's a more nuanced and concerning problem than Westerners are willing to acknowledge.