“but the Japanese/SK/Singaporeans are culturally superior to us because of discipline, personal responsibility, observance of polite social norms and manners, and respect for others”
Ludicrous.
The only measure of cultural superiority is “who won the last war”?
Your list reads like a Kindergarten list of “good citizen” rules.
Actually, that is true, thank you. If only our schools would inculcate those values, starting with Kindergarten.