This thread has obviously served its purpose.
To try and balance out and deflect criticism of the extreme views presented in other threads lol
I think the better strategy is to just be balanced from the start.
Saying "Japan is <insert positive here>" does not cancel out the fact that "Japan is <insert negative here>" may or may not be factually or even relatively incorrect and I'm not going to stop criticising people for holding views that I think are innaccurate or offensive just because of the existence of this thread.