comparing to Finnish education

I found an interesting article about education. What I thought after reading the article are that the education system in Finland is brilliant and the educational environments between in Finland and in Japan are completely different. Looking back the Japanese education system that I was taught, I would describe that the Japanese system is a sort of training in military fashion rather than education. In Japan students wear uniforms and exercise how to march round school grounds in physical education. They learn how they work well with others, but not how they recognise and encourage diversity. They are tested and evaluated by the way in which they get a good score in a test and cooperate with others. The idea in Japan is completely opposed to the idea in Finland. I think the reason of the difference would drive from the volume of the population. Japan has about a population of 127 million, which is about 24 times as large as Finland has. In addiotion, the population density in Japan is 21 times as large as in Finland. There were over 40 pupils in a class when I was a child. As a teacher has to lead 40 pupils in an overcrowded classroom, the class would be regulated and tend to be like a military exercise. It is easily imaginable that nobody can afford to think about the quality of education in that situation. For that reason, Japan has had to regulate its uniformed education system over the last few decade. However, this trend is coming to an end because Japan has one of the most aging populations in the world. We have lots of opportunities to improve the quality of the education in the process where the Japanese population is going to shrink in the next few decades. The Finnish education system could push our educational standard ahead. It is time for us to show our determination to restructure the current system. I think all children should take better education than their parents.