Indeed. It translates also into Bitcoin as well. I pay with cash and I don't expect to be able to pay with Bitcoin before 5-10 years in Japan. The advantage being it is unlikely that suddenly someone will mess up with the infrastructure which makes social interactions possible. So long term we can expect more stability. With my job I saw many times foreigners failing where Japanese people don't, just because in Japan we don't change the version of libraries like that and we have to test everything to make sure there are no regressions. The bad side is upgrading becomes rare. The good side is it is not failing unexpectedly and we are confident it should work.

I am not sure if the geographical aspect has anything to do with that though. For example Indonesia is composed of multiple islands and is quite different in this respect. For me the geography has more to do with the Everything-is-done-here kind of mindset. I was impressed to see that even small things like drivers for printers were done domestically. We see innovation which happens just here, and wouldn't take off outside of Japan (typically the toilets).