You must live in Tokyo MMM where all the Japanese are beacons of enlightenment. Up here in Hokkaido it's a completely different story I can assure you.
In my 5 years here and all the conversations I've ever had with my Japanese friends has shown me just how little they know about the world outside of Japan. Even those who've travelled have mostly travelled on tours where they get the briefest, sanitised glimpse of wherever they have gone. They have virtually no knowledge of the history of any other country and to be honest have little knowledge of their own history. You're probably American where such an insular view of the world is normal but it is quite unusual where I come from.
And I disagree the Japanese are internet savvy. They may spend half their lives blogging away from their keitais and messaging each other but truly internet savvy? I think not.