I feel safer burning up the side of the outside lane and splitting cars here in Yokohama/Tokyo than I did trucking down the dedicated bike lanes in The States.

Japan:
Many Moma-charies
Many electric assist bikes
Many full squish folders
many slow people on bicycles on the sidewalk
Many pedestrians who do not see bicycles, but cars that
You have "people on bicycles", and you have "cyclists". There is a huge difference.