Why does Japanese culture in general celebrate cuteness?

I believe most of us who live in cities or other centers of culture and learning here in America have seen how much the Japanese love cuteness, and may I add, how sadistic some seem to get. I actually don't know enough about Japan to be 100% sure, but by looking at their media(manga, anime, game shows, music, movies) I came to the conclusion that Japan is obsessed with cuteness.

It it some sign of regression to a more innocent state(its so totally fake, you have mature people acting all innocent). I know the suicide rate is pretty high in Japan. Perhaps a mob of people celebrating innocence and not wanting to hear the plight of those who are depressed, maybe because of this mentality, is the reason the rate is so high.

The birth rate is also negative, women are taking the initiative, entering the business world...

Ive seen some Japanese game shows...they show women in almost nothing, and the guys are like drooling, but then they start doing things that look like it hurts..

Also, Japan and their pornography. Its incredibly sadistic in just 1 movie, you would htink its like that everywhere else(the movies i mean). Isnt sex about love and enjoyment? Why is it that sum1 is getting beaten up real bad? What happened to the men, they get like no screne time in there. What happened to equality? And they even make hentai...Their minds are somewhat perverted, no?

Why are women also adoring AV idols? I understand that they have the largest sex industry in the world. Women are becoming millionaires(in yen) because they enter the business...

About the guys, and their high suicide rate...I read somewhere that whenever a guy sees a sucessful girl, he gets depressed.
This part of the argument seems to target only the minority so ill move on...

About their media, kids learn these things from like anime. Sure there are some good stuff out there but they are not always in great number.

Well, you might like the movie Battle Royal or the Guinea Pig Series (Japanese snuff-like).

For one, my g/f is Japanese-American and she is just so friggin cute it's annoying. I mean she can be very annoying, but it all comes back to her cuteness. I call her my little bunny! And you're right, it is like innocence, because I have no desire to sleep with her. She is like a cartoon character to me. Funny what you say about suicide thing, she also gets sucidal ideation when chips are down and she doesn't want kids, but neither do I.

In Japan, can't stay competitive enough with kids. Incentives aren't enough now that women and men both in workforce so women have their own power man!

Cuteness may be way to take pressure off...like in good Chinese movie like "Untold Story" (based on true serial killer) ...but it is freakin scary movie but in middle they throw really funny scenes that make me not pass out from fear



Remember Japan is just small little island, lots of people, lots of competition equals lots of stress....so silliness way to deal

Because they are all so cute-looking?

Dont know why but have thought about this before lol love their little cartoon animals that they have on stationary, food boxes everywhere lol so cute.. these cartoons are always used to market things in the western world we would think ... what ...

Thats True but one japanese thing that isnt cute is mudfall.com....but its just the way they want their culture to be tought of CUTE!!!!