[quote name='Zen Davis']Yes. Definitely.
In terms of education, the Japanese are hell bent crazy about it. Success and getting ahead is everything to their lives. In the States, it's gotten to be more about having fun than acheiving any level of success and that in and of itself leads to Americans doing some pretty stupid shit (like those dumbasses jumping on that gas(?) tanker). To the mother, it's just another sacrifice for the family.[/QUOTE]
yes....but the article is fake.
though it wouldn't be that big of a shock. in many families in Japan, the mother/son connection is the strongest of all relationships. that's why those hikikomori guys can live in their rooms for 20 years at a time...