Sounds bit like:
> Subsidiarity is an organizing principle that matters ought to be handled by the smallest, lowest or least centralized competent authority. Political decisions should be taken at a local level if possible, rather than by a central authority.[1] The Oxford English Dictionary defines subsidiarity as the idea that a central authority should have a subsidiary function, performing only those tasks which cannot be performed effectively at a more immediate or local level.
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidiarity_(Catholicism)
> […] and the citizenry engaged enough to keep them in check, in other words, like a well functioning democracy.
How is the need/desire to bring forward and expose problems balanced with the Japanese cultural habit (?) of not rocking the boat?