I am certain that the percentage of Japanese who have traveled abroad in recent years is significantly higher than that of North Americans. A country like the U.S. has been successful because of the diversity and adversity inherit in the country. The U.S. can have high levels of Nobel Prize winners and at the same time have excessive levels of illiteracy. It can have world renowned hospitals yet many go without access to health care.
Turmoil creates opportunity for few but the masses suffer.
I think the average Japanese or European is better educated and more worldly than the average North American. North America is incredibly insular and myopic. I am glad to see that it is finally beginning to change. Just my 2 cents.