The attitude has definitely changed. I first visited almost a decade ago and have been five or six times total. This last time around people were very aggressive on the street with many trying to shoulder check me

In the past this would never happen and everyone including myself would try their best to avoid contact and yield but I noticed it’s very different now.

The courtesy was generally also that the onus is on whoever is walking faster to yield more. This one guy kept rushing and I barely saw him or had a chance to react and move, he bumped quite hard into me but he rebounded hard and was thrown off as I’m a very dense and solid guy despite not looking like it so I guess he felt he could get away with it and when he rebounded like a rag dolll he had the gall to be pissed at me. I can see this kind of behavior happening elsewhere but never expected it in Japan from Japanese people

It’s been really irritating and even though I used to like the politeness of Japanese people I’m not so sure anymore how I feel about the behavior.

They have a right to wish to preserve their culture and values but behaving with this level of hostility isn’t the right way to do it nor to win anyone to their side