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>>thunde+(OP)
Japan is insane on the paperwork front. The amount of stuff my wife has to deal with (because my Japanese is frankly terrible) for basic processes is mind numbing. Things like having to write out your address and contact info on five different forms for one appointment, visiting multiple offices to submit paperwork in for the same process, etc.. Moving apartments (heaven forbid it is to a different city government) involves weeks of straight up administrative work from one person in the household.

>>Tagano+b6
>Japan is insane on the paperwork front.

Worse than Germany?

>>Firmwa+G6
I know Germany always catches a lot of flack for bureaucracy, but changing my address in G was essentially pain free. The most adverse circumstances I have definitely encountered in the US of all places... Having rules is one thing. Having processes that are borderline broken, that's the real issue.

>>juujia+28
The fun thing about bureaucracy in the US is that you never know what to expect. Half the time it’s a kafkaesque hellscape, but the other half you come away astonished at how smooth and painless the experience was

>>cnasc+K8
I think this is somewhat helped that a lot of bureaucracy is split between federal and states. States aren't perfect by any means, and sometimes introduce extra steps if both state and federal are involved, but they also seem less inclined generally to have to consider a whole nation of people and are happy to have you fill out one form that hasn't changed much for 40 years and ... that's it.

It's certainly an interesting phenomenon how simple some things can be.