Im an ALT and I’ve been asked to do a presentation on how the west (specifically the UK) is individualistic, Japan is collectivistic and basically show how different they are. Obviously there are plenty of examples of this, but I’d like to show that even though there is truth to this, that these are quite broad stereotypes that simplify things too much.
I’ve thought of examples of collectivistic behaviour in the UK and am interested in hearing examples of individualism and people standing out in Japan.