I'm not American nor Japanese. This isn't a topic about politics, but it made me think about the Japanese culture.
Let's say that an old man is candidate for an important seat in the elections. His friends and political party dislike the other candidate and are counting on him. However, the old man isn't vigorous anymore and has problems to perform speeches. Then, many people think that he should resign and let another fellow of his party take the job.
I have been watching anime since my childhood. Everything I know about Japan is from anime and it may not be the real world. If the old man were an anime character, it is expected that he would acknowledge that he isn't strong for competing in the elections and would resign and let a better fellow succeed him.
Now I think about the real world. Western people are individualist and don't give up their pride while Japanese people have humility. If that circumstance happened in real Japan, would you expect that the Japanese old man resign and let someone else succeed him?
by Zaleru
