It is probably glorified as much as anywhere and anything else in fiction, in my eyes.
American fiction takes place mostly in America and makes things look dazzling, even if there is more a trend towards dystopias than utopias, and UK fiction does about the same the thing.
From there, we just imagine how great such a world is, and, in the case of Japan being glorified, anime mostly takes place in Japan and presents it as something desirable, when it is not.