How conservative the Japanese people really is? And the government?

This is a very vague question. But considering the asker’s comment on Mr. Nakajima’s answer, your interest seems to be in sex-related matters (I don’t think it’s the only indicator of conservative/ progressive, though).

In the old era, gay relationships were very common and were even praised among the privileged social classes, such as Samurai and monks.

Yaoi

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They don’t tease or beat up cross-dressed people on the road.

Visual-kei

Moreover, buff guys are often avoided for their narcissism.

What do you think of the Black history lessons in the PBS documentary about jazz pianist-singer Hazel Scott?

“None of my business” is the common attitude.

I sometimes feel people from the West are obsessed with those “gender” and “sex” things too much. Let’s think about something else sometimes. It’s unhealthy.

They don’t have the value that “guys must be macho.”

Why does my girlfriend keep asking me if I love her?

It’s very common for a girl/ woman to ask a boy/ man to be her boyfriend.

How do you see these below?

I’ve heard it’s always the male side that is expected to take a move in some countries. It’s not the case in Japan.

What's your photograph of the day 1097?

We don’t instantly tie it with sex when a father and his very young daughter are taking a bath together.

They don’t bring around their mates everywhere, which means they don’t worry about being single, gay, or whatever because no one cares about whom others are having/ not having sex with.

They don’t have the so-called “couple culture” seen in many Western countries.

My wife found I had been on Pornhub. She considers this adultery and wants a divorce. She hasn't touched me in over 6 years. What should I do?

They were very similar to the bromance of today but accompanied by sexual intercourse.