Japan’s per-capita litigation rate is one-tenth California’s despite similar development.

Evidence

If the United States is seen as a litigious society, Japan has the opposite reputation. In 1 year, for example, Japan’s per capita litigation rate was only one-tenth that of California’s. This disparity is particularly striking because Japan shares with the United States many characteristics that tend to promote litigation, such as an advanced economy and an urbanized population. Why don’t the Japanese sue? — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2311

Categorization

• QUESTION: The puzzle of why similarly modernized societies litigate so differently is worth chasing into cultural and institutional explanations.
• XREF: connects to: US per capita litigation rates are comparable to several other developed nations — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1132