Japanese Life Rules That Might Seem Foreign To Visitors

Help Isn't Always Appreciated In Japan

In the West, it's usually courteous to help someone with a task, but this isn't always the case in Japan. It's better to let someone in Japan do something on their own than to help them, because helping them can often look like you're trying to take their job. This could be because it's hard to find a job in Japan and a lot of other places in Asia.

People in Japan can also just like to do things by themselves. In any case, you don't want to make someone think you're seeking their job.