Is Japan a Western country ?

[Sukotto]

Sir,you hit the nail on the coffin.
S Koreans are grinding out top line big screen TV,cell phones,plus numerous Western-technology inspired consumer products in recent years,how come Western people haven't contemplate whether or not Korea is now fit for " Western Country "

sad thing is, all too many people in the states or maybe it is just media representations, the view is that technology is what makes a country civilized.
and all those other places are some how backwards because of lack of tech.
now that i know better and am growed up, i find that it was quite naive to view the world that way, to put it nicely.