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Japan and the United States are both modernized countries that play a big role on the world stage. Relations between the two places are strong, but many US citizens have no clue as to how to the Japanese really live compared to their own lives. The standards of Japanese living can be seen through economic data, death rates, resources, and other things that can be represented as numbers. Compared to Japan, the United States has a better standard of living.
U.S. dominance in living can be seen through data of geography and population. Japan’s area is only 337,835 kilometers, which is slightly smaller than California. Despite its small size, the country is home to about 127,433,498 people. The United States is over twenty-nine times the size of Japan, and is populated by 301, 139, 947 people. Japan is very crowded, and people make sacrifices to their lifestyles to accommodate for less space. Less space means longer lines, more traffic, less housing, and little room for leisurely activities. With more people, competition for space becomes very stressful and at times expensive. In terms of area, Japan fails in comparison to U.S. standards.
The decreased standard of life in Japan can also been seen through data on the Japanese as a people. The death rate is higher than the United States. Japan has a rate of 8.98 per one thousand people while the U.S. only has a rate of 8.26 per one thousand. Japanese people are exposed to much less culture and diversity than the U.S. Japanese is the highest ethnic group in Japan, and only 2.5 percent are other diversities. These numbers lead to a more boring country and living. Almost everyone speaks the same language and has Asian characteristics. Even in terms of religion, eighty-four percent of Japan practices Shinto-Buddhism. The U.S. has a much more dispersed religious foundation, with the leading religion, Protestant, only at fifty-one percent. The U.S. has much more culture and dissimilarity.
The inferiority of Japanese life can also been seen through their economy. The Japanese only have a gross domestic product of $33,800 per person. The United States' is $46,000 per person. The U.S. has many more natural resources than Japan, especially in agriculture. Because of Japan's small area, the amount of products they can produce is limited. U.S. land allows for more space for things to be grown as well as being built. For instance, the U.S. can supply more dairy products and beef due to having the room to house the cows. Japan's exports also only total $665.7 billion while the U.S. topples that number with $1.14 trillion in exports. The United States also consumes more oil than Japan, a larger economy demands more oil.
The United States is also superior in terms of communication and transportation. Our number of airports, 14,947, is much larger than Japan's 176 airports. Though Japan is smaller in area, the entire population must use one of those 176 airports. The total kilometers of roadways is also significantly less than the U.S. Only 23, 474 km are used for roadways, while the U.S. has over 226, 000 km in roadways. Japan’s population isn’t much less than the Unites states’; all those people traveling on little road space would lead to major traffic problems. The same applies to railroads; Japan has much less space allotted for railroad passages. Japanese people also can only enjoy television from only 218 channels. In the U.S., citizens have the luxury of being able to flip through 2,218 stations.
U.S. dominance in living can be seen through data of geography and population. Japan’s area is only 337,835 kilometers, which is slightly smaller than California. Despite its small size, the country is home to about 127,433,498 people. The United States is over twenty-nine times the size of Japan, and is populated by 301, 139, 947 people. Japan is very crowded, and people make sacrifices to their lifestyles to accommodate for less space. Less space means longer lines, more traffic, less housing, and little room for leisurely activities. With more people, competition for space becomes very stressful and at times expensive. In terms of area, Japan fails in comparison to U.S. standards.
The decreased standard of life in Japan can also been seen through data on the Japanese as a people. The death rate is higher than the United States. Japan has a rate of 8.98 per one thousand people while the U.S. only has a rate of 8.26 per one thousand. Japanese people are exposed to much less culture and diversity than the U.S. Japanese is the highest ethnic group in Japan, and only 2.5 percent are other diversities. These numbers lead to a more boring country and living. Almost everyone speaks the same language and has Asian characteristics. Even in terms of religion, eighty-four percent of Japan practices Shinto-Buddhism. The U.S. has a much more dispersed religious foundation, with the leading religion, Protestant, only at fifty-one percent. The U.S. has much more culture and dissimilarity.
The inferiority of Japanese life can also been seen through their economy. The Japanese only have a gross domestic product of $33,800 per person. The United States' is $46,000 per person. The U.S. has many more natural resources than Japan, especially in agriculture. Because of Japan's small area, the amount of products they can produce is limited. U.S. land allows for more space for things to be grown as well as being built. For instance, the U.S. can supply more dairy products and beef due to having the room to house the cows. Japan's exports also only total $665.7 billion while the U.S. topples that number with $1.14 trillion in exports. The United States also consumes more oil than Japan, a larger economy demands more oil.
The United States is also superior in terms of communication and transportation. Our number of airports, 14,947, is much larger than Japan's 176 airports. Though Japan is smaller in area, the entire population must use one of those 176 airports. The total kilometers of roadways is also significantly less than the U.S. Only 23, 474 km are used for roadways, while the U.S. has over 226, 000 km in roadways. Japan’s population isn’t much less than the Unites states’; all those people traveling on little road space would lead to major traffic problems. The same applies to railroads; Japan has much less space allotted for railroad passages. Japanese people also can only enjoy television from only 218 channels. In the U.S., citizens have the luxury of being able to flip through 2,218 stations.