To I disagree, you're free to disagree, but I can tell you the world view of Japan is based mainly on what people see in the media, what they see in movies, television, and pop media. Is this true for everyone no, but its argueable its true for most people, including myself before I actually traveled to Japan.
The question being poised is what people think at first, or for those who never traveled, and probably never researched at first, not what is fact. When people think of France, the image of the Eiffle tower immediately comes to mind, why? Because thats what is seen in the media, movies a lot.
If you were to ask what people's impression of America, the fact is its widely different depending on age, older generation, younger generation, depends on one's life experiences, and ones exposure to media etc etc.
It varies greatly.
For example, if you were to as an American about their view of Japan, it too would vary greatly, some might see it as a very conserative society, while others might see it as a very liberal society, others might think of it only in terms of Anime, some might see it as a high tech nation, while others might think people still live in bamboo houses.
If you want a generic answer, the generic answer would be similar to that found in other parts of the world, and as mentioned already: Bigger houses, bigger cars, pretty much just bigger everything, food portions etc.
As for the Capitals I think its the tendency for people to think the more famous and sometimes the more populous city to be the capital city, if you were to ask a bunch of people what the Capital of Austrailia was, you'll probably get A LOT of people who would say Syndey, or Perth, or Melbourne, but in reality the Capital is Canberra. Of course this doesn't work if you ask Austrailians.
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