Japan is quite different. Contracts are generally honored to the letter. When I lived there I would watch in amazement as people entered McDonald's, chose a table, took a little money out, dropped the wallet on the table to 'save' it, then walked up to the counter and got in line. The wallet would still be there when they returned, with all their cash and cards.

Japan does not fit into the mold of South Korea or Vietnam or China in terms of not dealing fairly with employees or general theft.