Discussion 5: Happiness

3. Bhutan started a Gross National Happiness Index. Now, there is a United Nations World Happiness Index. In 2002, Denmark was top, Canada 5th, New Zealand 8th, US 11th, UK 18th, Japan 44th, and Togo was last. Why do you think Japan is so low in spite of being a rich country?

a. I think that is because of personality that Japanese have. A lots of Japanese are perfectionist and maybe we think too seriously about happiness. So even if  we have something good happening, it does not considered to happiness because it may different from their expectation. I think when Japanese become easygoing, Japan get better place.