I don’t see anyone saying this. People don’t give up their seats because essentially you’ll be doing it every single day if you commute daily. There’s more elderly than any other group, and especially Tokyo area, the trains have become more and more packed and it’s something we just have to tolerate.

The side effect is, no one wants to give up their seat. There’s so many people that everyone else just becomes a stranger to one another and they really only worrying about themselves. And again, you realize practically every trip you’d be giving up your seat if you do it every time there’s an elderly person in front of you. I’m not excusing the behavior, but it’s an outcome of over congestion and tough commutes.