Yes, the Japanese might not be much different from Germans. Japanese, most racist people on earth, thought the Chinese were not even humans and the Koreans born to be their slave.
When I say Asian culture I do not mean Japanese discipline, I mean social values that stem from Cunfucious, Buddah and Islam. Respect for parents, elders, teachers etc.; adherence to the law; the laws being strict and so on. To give an example, in Singapore they have made it a law that grand parents have the right to spend one day of the week their grand children; then there is another law that compells wealthy people to take care of their aging parents instead of them rotting in some old age home.
To tell you frankly, I find it appaling the way old people are treated in the west. In Asia, they are almost treated like god; and son who is 60 still has to take orders from his 85 or 90 year old parents.