  I think its great!! the Japanese realise that too maintain their traditions and culture they have too limit foreign influence, its a great example of how a almost single race society can be soo successful, you dont hear of race riots in japan.  Single race society? What is this single race you speak of? The 'Japanese race' like most Japanese people think, or the 'Asian race'? Geneticists would tell you there is no such thing as a Japanese race, and that Japanese people are of mixed Chinese and Korean. Also Japan's culture and writing came from China. Japan did not have a writing system before. And before 700 A.D. there aren't many records about Japanese history. Japan does have have as long a history as the popaganda says, but they feel complexed towards Chinese and Korean who were civilised much earlier than them. Japan's 'glorious' culture comes from China and Korea. Do you know the foods named kompeito, tempura, kastera? They are all Japanese foods which came from Western countries several centuries in the past. Kompeito and tempura from Portugal, kastera from Spain. Also the percentage of people who live below the poverty line in Japan is twice that of France, a country which is much more diverse.