Only in Japan - "Freed hostage apologizes to Japanese government."

That right there pretty much sums up the culture, it does.

Freed hostage apologizes to Japanese government | Japan Probe:

"A Japanese man who was kidnapped by a Pakistan-based gang of bandits while traveling in Iran last year has finally been released. After gaining his freedom, one of his first acts was to appear before cameras and apologize for all the trouble he had caused"