[RadioKid]

When asked about religion, some Japanese might answer "I have no religion". It is not true. I dare to say "ALL Japanese are Buddhist or casual Buddhist even if he/she call oneself as a christian".

I mean a part of Buddhism is imprinted deep in our (Japanese's) mind. it is imprinted so deep that they (we) often forget that the behavior we made was caused by Buddhism. These imprinted Buddhism has made the "Japanese common sense".

One of such imprinted knowledge is "TARU WO SHIRU: to know what is enough".

To make the story short, I want to say "Japanese will not eat too much because of the imprinted Buddhism". (IMHO)

Obese would be made depending not on what to eat but on how many and how often to eat. To eat too much (and get fat) is violation of "Japanese common sense".