That's why it is important that both Japan and the United States continue to invest very heavily in the alliance to build up their defensive capabilities.
It denotes the fact that being human always points, and is directed, to something, or someone, other than oneself — be it a meaning to fulfill or another human being to encounter.
Now, Western cultures, as I've said, are highly invested in an ethics of autonomy and so debates we have in our culture tend to be framed in terms of an ethics of autonomy.
One big problem with being a perfectionist is that you'll have trouble delegating work to other people because you're so invested in it being perfect you're going to be afraid that they'll make mistakes.