This Is What Democracy Looks Like and Why the Japanese do Nothing About It

On Friday, we watched a video called, " This is what democracy looks like".
At the beginning of the video, we saw some executives confined in their hotel, unable to get out due to the protesters. And we saw the protesters outside. What struck me the most was that the people shown on the inside were almost all white people, while the protesters were mostly people from diverse ethnic backgrounds.
Maybe this diversity of ethnic identities makes it easier to protest.

An excerpt from one of the additional readings :
What authority do you have to speak out on media issues , given that you're not even working journalists yourself?
everyone should have the right to speak out on issues they feel are important.
http://www.medialens.org/about/overview_of_the_propaganda_model.php

the above comment by David Edwards and David Cromwell helped me think of a reason as to why the Japanese don't speak out on major issues. Japanese always leave it to the person in charge.
The Japanese social system also evaluates not what you say , but who you are in the social hierarchy.