>>17069967if you focus on the pre-ww2 era japan definitely took over most european social changes, i.e. abolishing feudalism, serfdom, removing most priviliges and roles the buddhist clergy had similarly to the christian clergy in the west. basically it was germany lagging 50 years behind.
also many cultures in europe (northern spain, ireland, scotland, norway, sweden, germany etc.) still have the same family structure as japan also with the same democratisation and feminisation you mentioned. US not having these family structures is inherited from the English and the English had the absolute nuclear family since when the Normans took over I believe.
