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@iVirtuall
3 ай бұрын
first
@nestbergfamily1380
3 ай бұрын
You’re quite convincing, but I don’t got the need. Also I emailed you fanmail to the email listed on your channel
@nestbergfamily1380
3 ай бұрын
@@iVirtuallbruh
@thekennyc
3 ай бұрын
i am going to bump you up a few points, you were a little low on my rankings after all the joe rogan diss and your radical left views.
@malachibohlmann1216
3 ай бұрын
Love the video, I remember when I first joined the U.S military and I was confused as well as, but they weren’t that nice to me 😂 hope you enjoyed it
@AbroadinJapan
3 ай бұрын
Such an incredible episode man on an increasingly concerning topic. At times living in Japan makes you feel a million miles away from many of the issues in the world today, almost like a bubble. Then you remember, the country is right on the doorstep of several potential massive, unthinkable conflicts and this kind of preparation is essential, if merely only as deterrence. Let's hope a sequel: "I Fought with the Japanese Army" is an episode that need not ever materialise. Keep up the great work mate, this was a brilliant piece of journalism.
@Player-re9mo
3 ай бұрын
Japan is situated between China, N. Korea, Russia and USA. I don't understand how Japanese people aren't worried
@SpecJack15
3 ай бұрын
Good to see Chris dropping in on here as well!
@ivanj46
3 ай бұрын
It's Mr. Affable himself! This video is probably one of the best ones to come out of this channel.
@PrograError
3 ай бұрын
Now that's a guest appearance not expected here…
@kevinl4931
3 ай бұрын
I watched this with unease rightaway as well. Even though not on the doorstep it feels everpresent at the moment; everyone is on the same street. You wonder if there is something more than just hope which we can do..
@norakobayashi8713
3 ай бұрын
日本の全てのテレビ局よりも公平なジャーナリズムです。 ありがとう。
@johnnyharris
3 ай бұрын
あなたの視点を共有してくれてありがとう
@seanmcintosh7416
3 ай бұрын
すごい johnny!日本語はむずかしいね
@olefella7561
3 ай бұрын
より公正なジャーナリズム! China is an entirely different society under the dictator Xi and authoritarian CCP .. [For honest truths, pls read the informative multi-page comment by 'Mister Lianghui' at, "The Coming War on China/Real Stories" on KZitem].. Like I said, China is an entirely different society under Xi.
Seeing the soldiers laugh at him and smile is really heartwarming I hope that a war never happens things like this make you be grateful to be living in the states or any country that doesn’t have to deal with this.
@やきそばぱん-n3j
2 ай бұрын
沖縄出身者です。 日本の自衛隊が どんなことを しているのか、 広めてくれて ありがとうございます
@DownWithBureaucracy
3 ай бұрын
"Even though we don't understand a word of each other's language, I don't know what I'd do without him." This is the essence of military training. It's why joint activities, between branches or between nations, are so important.
@jensenraylight8011
3 ай бұрын
i won't be surprised if Johnny harris became the next generation "The Last Samurai", keeping Tom Cruise's legacy alive
@albback8176
2 ай бұрын
An American soldier recently rap3d a minor-aged female in Okinawa recently. Where is news about this?
yep so true. even in today's interconnected world, reliant global economies and increased cultural exchange and mutual understandings; politicians will always be drunk on power no matter the will of their people. deterrence is key
@Video2Webb
3 ай бұрын
E X A C T L Y...When will the verbose idealists and utopians learn that strength delivers peace and sometimes one has to exert the strength in order to stop a war happening, or fight it down to the end. Who said that life comes easy in this universe? It's no picnic and one needs to never appease anyone like Iran, Russia, China. Easier said than done I know 🙄😒
@ojisankusai
3 ай бұрын
@@Video2Webb I'm not overly idealistic enough to believe that military force isn't a proven way to enforce peace. There's definitely a place for it. But I also think you can't rely heavily on might to make right, because then you end up in situations like the United States' where - due to their immense military - they tend to put forward the stick 90% of the time that a carrot would work better instead. Both aspects of diplomacy need to be used depending on the situation, but when you heavily invest in your military you typically try and show that it was worth all the billions you spent on it. And when things actually come to blows, governments need to remember that the winning force can't just leave as soon as things are over - the military has to be remembered as, by far the best, forms of destruction _and_ reconstruction. Without the latter, the former has no meaning other than wanton carnage.
@moonasha
3 ай бұрын
it's a sad truth of the world that we seem to have to relearn over and over. Peace without strength is simply impossible
@moonasha
3 ай бұрын
@@ojisankusai I think if you look modern history, the US overwhelmingly uses diplomacy and other soft methods to achieve its goals rather than military force. The big exception is Iraq 2003, and there were certainly ulterior motives behind that.
29:41 love this shot of the shop owner addressing the dilemma of military bases but somehow gets interrupted by a customer It's like breaking the 4th wall and saying "you dont have enough time to think. life goes on"
@SharonLermond
3 ай бұрын
The Japanese have long forgotten the damage he did to other countries.
@seakelpkelly4937
3 ай бұрын
I was thinking this too, beautifully written. Thank you for sharing!
Damn, extremely cool that you even secured permission to make this video in the first place. Awesome look into the inner world of a thing most of us never consider
24:20 he’s so dedicated and respectful. God bless that man
@ANNiEWiNz
Ай бұрын
Hi! Long time subscriber here. I never usually comment but I really liked the story you documented ! I never got to go to Okinawa , so i was really excited for this video. I had lived in Japan for 2 years but unfortunately i had to move back to the US because i missed my family, and it was really difficult living as a foreigner in Japan. I watched grave of the fireflies and it was such a sad movie and made me really grateful how im living in a time of peace and technological innovation.I hope Japan will never have to go through another war. Thanks again for the awesome video uploads as always!!
@ぷりてぃほも
2 ай бұрын
平和主義者ってなんの役にもたたない。 文句があるなら中国、北朝鮮、ロシアに言ってくれ。
@AatroxkK
2 ай бұрын
Why do the Japanese always avoid talking about what you did on Chinese soil during WWII😮
@youkik3248
2 ай бұрын
脸都不要了
@ふぁんからともひも
2 ай бұрын
@@AatroxkKなぜなら今の話に関係ないから
@Rodrigo96985
2 ай бұрын
@@ふぁんからともひも 也许1945年应该多扔几颗原子弹,20000颗怎么样?
@あかさあかさあかさあ
2 ай бұрын
@@Rodrigo96985 In our country, there is an unspoken rule that we must not make fun of the atomic bomb, even as a joke. In fact, a lawmaker who spoke out about Japan's possession of an atomic bomb was forced to resign and is now feeling angry. P.S. All of my great-grandfather's relatives died within a second, and my great-grandfather died at the age of 27 from the aftereffects of the atomic bomb.Currently, the number of people who died from the atomic bomb is over 500,000.
@Juricostar
3 ай бұрын
“I think it’s very foolish to start a new war, when there are still remains from the previous war. This time, we will become the remains.” That hits right on the spot. Love Okinawa and the people living in that Island. Very beautiful place and very kind people. Just hoping, war wouldn’t break out again.
@SharonLermond
3 ай бұрын
During World War II, more than 50 million Chinese people died directly or indirectly as a result of Japan's foreign aggression, and more than 3 million Chinese cultural relics were looted by Japan and have not yet been returned by Japan. Do you think Japan is threatened? For other countries, Japan is not a threat. In the final analysis, it is a matter of strength.
@gabber_
3 ай бұрын
@@SharonLermond Is it your opinion that a sovereign country without nukes or an army, should not be allowed to have troops stationed on its own territory to defend itself? Are you on the opinion that a war that was fought 80 years ago should be basis to invade and genocide a sovereign nation and its people(who had exactly nothing to do with said war)? I wonder where have I seen rhetoric just like this before recently. are you really this shallow, "sharon" or are you just a mouthpiece for chinese propaganda, I wonder? Your accound being created 20 days ago and already spreading political agenda should tell us all we need to know, really
@SharonLermond
3 ай бұрын
@@gabber_ First of all, China did not invade Japan. Second, China did not commit genocide against Japan. These two things were done by the Japanese 80 years ago, and China is afraid that Japan's right-wing ruling party will revise the constitution and repeat the mistakes of the past.
@bossboard22
3 ай бұрын
@@gabber_ Seen this bot on like 5 or 6 comment before spreading the same CH ia answer propaganda.
I spent 5 days travelling Okinawa in a camper van with my son. The eerie, unsettling feeling after an overnight stop at the southern coast was explained by my son, who knew the history of that place and time. I felt it, they live it. ❤🇯🇵
@ai31517
3 ай бұрын
I appreciate the perspective you and the production team brought to this story. As someone who is Japanese and born and raised here, I agree and feel there's a fine line between a military buildup for deterrence and a buildup for provocation. The line from the episode speaks to me: "If war breaks out, the first ones to die will not be the politicians who decided to go to war." While I can see the need for a defensive miltary, I hold deep concern when I see who's making these decisions.
@Pulstar232
3 ай бұрын
Honestly, with the way things are going building up for deterrence isn't going to deter anything. Putin clearly didn't give a shit. And with how aggressive China is with the Philippines, it's starting to look like Xi doesn't give a shit either.
@kyarottokun33
2 ай бұрын
日本のテレビのレベルの低さを感じるな
@Bass_pn
2 ай бұрын
日本の名門大学に(欧米ではあって当然の)ジャーナリズム学科が存在しないのが元凶。
@ばん-u1h
2 ай бұрын
君が見てないだけだよ。
@ばん-u1h
2 ай бұрын
@@Bass_pn 権力の狗を育てるところが権力に噛みつく犬は育てないだろうね。
@yummivanillaicecream
Ай бұрын
I'm glad you can appreciate the video from overseas 😊❤ there are a lot of hardworking KZitemrs in our country that provide free Journalism and detailed Documentaries but most videos are only available in english... 😢 but I hope they can be translated for wonderful individuals like yourself!!
@夏紀先輩
Ай бұрын
I am Chinese and don't want war to break out in any country
Nice work, but your opinion about the United States imposing the oil embargo on Japan is not very impartial. You didn’t mention the fact that one of the reasons that US didn’t want Japan to expand further into China was to threaten the US financial and economic interests in China of back then. And that was one of the reasons that United States tried to slow down the Japanese advancement into the China and Southeast Asia by imposing the oil embargo on her.
@rebeccaaldrich3396
2 ай бұрын
Once again we are having to take back stupid policies in the US. Sorry that happened. I'm just a regular US citizen but I offer my apologies.
@cyrusthegreat1893
2 ай бұрын
@@rebeccaaldrich3396 I’m also a Canadian! I’m not Japanese either! 😅
@cyrusthegreat1893
2 ай бұрын
@@rebeccaaldrich3396 American people are nice and friendly by the way. The ordinary citizens shouldn’t be blamed for the decisions that politicians make.
@rebeccaaldrich3396
2 ай бұрын
@@cyrusthegreat1893 ❤️
@karenwang313
2 ай бұрын
Obviously? Why wouldn't the US want to protect its own interests? Especially when Japan started their war in China for its resources in the first place.
@applelover777
5 күн бұрын
Awesome video Johnny! Thanks for showcasing the realistic situation in Japan. Keep up the great work! From Tokyo
@zephyrzhu6264
12 күн бұрын
imagine if Japan actually educated why they only get to establish what so-called "self-defence forces". lmao
@Suzutsuki117
2 ай бұрын
I'm glad you interviewed ! I want people all over the world to know about the situation Japan finds itself in From Japan
@chetkirby8675
11 күн бұрын
This just randomly popped into my suggested videos, and I’m so glad I did. Very well filmed and very respectfully done, kudos
I live in Japan and have mostly been watching this issue through local media here, so I enjoyed hearing your observations looking from the outside in, so to speak. I had to comment and thank you for covering the islanders' perspectives so beautifully and with such care 🙏 This underlines the story you've told here, but I believe that there is a top-down approach from the government towards Okinawans and their lands, and a history of treating them as a kind of second class group of citizens compared to those in the mainland. Many people feel that these bases are being built without any proper consultation or dialogue, and bring a lot of troubles with them. In particular, and what also upsets me, is that there are headlines about numerous crimes committed by US base members against locals and with arguably little repercussions - these come up in the news every now and then, you will probably find some with a search. Just this week it was found that one such disturbing incident was reported to the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but this information was not passed on to the local Okinawan government (until now, 3 months later). These are not isolated incidents, so many locals are understandably incredibly upset. I hope that something positive can come of people learning about the situation through your work. Just some extra background and my perspective 🙏
@johnnyharris
3 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for all these thoughts. A local perspective is so appreciated in the comments.
@sthlm6o
3 ай бұрын
@@johnnyharris Thank you for reading! Keep doing what you're doing 🫶
@YOSSHI_MK2
3 ай бұрын
Very sympathetic comments as a local citizen. A girl under the age of 16 was recently sexually assaulted by a US soldier.
@downtomars6268
3 ай бұрын
@@YOSSHI_MK2 Not a word on it in Western media. The only military committing rapes, murders, environmental damage in Japan and other Asian Pacific nations for decades is none other than the USA.
@Ruben-pq5iu
Ай бұрын
Your videos are so well crafted, I really appreciate all the effort put in by you and your team. Thank you!
@fuas710
3 ай бұрын
Johnny ain’t ever beating the CIA allegations
@alexbistagne1713
3 ай бұрын
😂
@mrmaxin53
3 ай бұрын
Propaganda comes in all forms. Most of the time i just consume and don’t think twice
@nick_0
3 ай бұрын
@@mrmaxin53 and what exactly sort of propaganda includes the opinions of the locals; wouldn't government propaganda only share whatever they want you to hear?
@ori6990
3 ай бұрын
11:26 thats an apc johnny
@LoloXinChen
29 күн бұрын
This makes my skin crawl, how does he not at all mention the role Japan played in WWII
@Wolffo45
28 күн бұрын
It's almost as if the video is about the jsdf not the imperial japanese army!!!
@observingsystem
2 ай бұрын
I found your channel a short while ago and I've been watching a lot of your documentaries. I find them very informative and enlightening.
@AwokenEntertainment
9 күн бұрын
The fact they let you do this during such a tense time is crazy 😂😂
@Migzter05
Ай бұрын
I remember having an LCAC micro machine back in the 90s. Seeing it in action is almost the same thing I pictured it in my head back then.
@a.n.6374
3 ай бұрын
11:33 those are not tanks :)
@drunkdonkey1009
3 ай бұрын
You can look back to Korea and China to understand why a country needs a strong military to defend itself
@MarkEnrilé-b4i
4 күн бұрын
Lol 1:35 feels like a TikTok Grwm video military edition ✨
@theblog101
3 ай бұрын
25:21 - "If war breaks out, the first ones to die will not be the politicians who decided to go to war."
@zapz
3 ай бұрын
Never slipped to politicians brain, not even once
@The_Midnight_Bear
3 ай бұрын
@@zapz It did. It's a stupid argument, as much as i hate war.
@Qnexus7
3 ай бұрын
"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." "Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!" "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth a war, is much worse. A man who has nothing which he is willing to fight for, nothing which he cares about more than he does about his personal safety, is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." "Better to fight for something than live for nothing." "If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves." ps. "Alas, the time of the most despicable man is coming, he that is no longer able to despise himself. Behold, I show you the last man. “What is love? What is creation? What is longing? What is a star?” the last man asks, and he blinks...."
@dandylu2257
3 ай бұрын
That's the truth there
@Qnexus7
3 ай бұрын
"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." "Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!" "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth a war, is much worse. A man who has nothing which he is willing to fight for, nothing which he cares about more than he does about his personal safety, is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." "Better to fight for something than live for nothing." "If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves."
Johnny doing side missions wasnt anything i expected
@lyndonhanzpernites5860
3 ай бұрын
wdym side missions? Training with the Japanese Army is part of his CIA mission 😭😭😭
@Artyomi
3 ай бұрын
@@lyndonhanzpernites5860Training as a part of the CIA… while making videos consistently antithetical to what the CIA wants and showing off all the CIA war crimes. Like there are actual CIA misinformation agents pushing inherently right wing aggression into the minds of young men and this is the guy you choose? That literally sounds like something the CIA would make you believe
@PerryKobalt
3 ай бұрын
Blud @@lyndonhanzpernites5860 he doing COD in real life better than us 😭😭 😭
@GuidelinesViolator
3 ай бұрын
Johny doing 10000 ai generated thumbnails wasnt anything i expected
@@catsNcodeIt's about the fact that the Chinese are ramping up their military and could threaten the US or their allies, especially Japan and South Korea. You have to think about how the Chinese are so strong, if Japan didn't have those bases, they would be more vulnerable to attack. And for the "bullying" part, the Chinese are attempting to push the south east Asian countries out of the South China sea, so id consider them more of a bully, and those US bases being justified.
@BigQandLil
2 ай бұрын
@@catsNcode Only if China isn't aggressive, those bases just exist. Only if. Friendship, please?
@hakkun9218
2 ай бұрын
@@catsNcode 中国が侵攻してこなければいい話だろ
@vtange_eng
3 ай бұрын
Woah, kudos for providing both English and Japanese audio It took me a whole minute to realize Johnny Harris didn't suddenly speak fully fluent Japanese
@kevindevlieger300
3 ай бұрын
This should be normalised in all videos ever made. 😃
@johnnyharris
3 ай бұрын
hahah. amazing to hear!
@ChinaPenghu
2 ай бұрын
The world is so funny! In World War II, the Japanese invaded China and Asia, killing countless China people and Asians! Two American atomic bombs forced the Japanese emperor to surrender, and Japan became a colony of the United States! After World War II, the United States launched dozens of wars of aggression in decades, and now it is waging war again with puppet countries like Japan. What a group of militants!
@werewhoweare
2 ай бұрын
@@johnnyharris Do you think Japan will willingly become the scapegoat of the US🙂
@stasi0238
2 ай бұрын
@@werewhowearehaha us didn't have enough wars. You know how it is at least 1 war for president.
@@JumpingRabbit-s6i It can translate text, and sometimes meaning; but cultural references and figures-of-speech. That one might be a little more difficult. American politicians don't even understand our memes most of the time. It's why they don't like them haha.
@paulohenriquesantos6505
3 ай бұрын
Mas quando você recebe a notificação de um comentário seu que foi respondido, o KZitem ainda não permite a tradução desse comentário (e ter esse tipo de opção não deveria ser difícil).
@andy_life
3 ай бұрын
Это работает и в обратную сторону. Теперь японских ютуберов будут смотреть во всем мире👍
Not how geopolitics works my good man. There's more to deterrent than airplanes and guns. There's a reason why Japan wasn't attacked while it didn't have an army. Not only because of US nuclear umbrella, but because there's very little to gain economically, from invading and occupying land nowadays. Yes, if an enemy attacks you, bases or not it doesn't matter. But ask yourself this: Why do you have an enemy in the first place? And why is your enemy attacking you militarily? And why is it attacking your base and not where you have none?
@マルティア
2 ай бұрын
“基地が無かったら攻められない”なんて都合のいい思い込みだよね
@avikshitmahajan2403
3 ай бұрын
If someone told me 10 years back that this video is on youtube and for free i would have a great laugh.
@emilio1969
3 ай бұрын
Are you laughing now?
@thephilosopher7173
3 ай бұрын
Tbh, if someone told you that you'd have to pay for videos on KZitem 10 years ago, you'd have an even better laugh, but then realize they were only prophesizing.
@jrdsm
3 ай бұрын
Why?
@Shard37
3 ай бұрын
@@jrdsm to get this level of cinematic documentary you'd have to acquire it by either means of membership to a scholastic function or you'd have to purchase the physical copy to view it.
@TheSnowMan-cy9tu
3 ай бұрын
@@Shard37but there was content of this quality on KZitem in 2014, ten years ago...
I’m not meant for war. I could have told you that before you did this. 😂
@HOLY_KIM
3 ай бұрын
Nah more like : Call of Harris Weeaboo Warfare
@KennethMoyer-t3y
3 ай бұрын
When WWII ended, it wasn't like turning off a light switch - horror to good neighbors - I was born in the middle of 1951, and throughout my preteens war was a real presence in our lives. My father's confusion at meeting ex soldiers from the " other side " that " seems like a good guy," my older sister's real fear of nuclear attack, hundreds of war movies, the Korean War didn't help, so many things to try to figure out. Seeing a collection of photographs from concentration camps in my early teens was transformative. And war never stops. The human race doesn't deserve this incredible world we are born on. The USA and so many other nations seem willing to let psychopaths have incredible power while the world burns around them. Even chimpanzees in the wild are learning how to make rudimentary weapons and wage war on neighboring groups.
@domdomdom02123
3 ай бұрын
I swore to never pay for skins, but I may make an exception for this.
@すずきたかし-f2f
3 ай бұрын
I am a resident of Okinawa. Most Okinawans are not aware of the fact that Okinawa is an important area that is targeted even without the bases. I think this is what complicates the base issue.
@justarandompally
3 ай бұрын
With all respect how is this possible after what happened on the island in ww2? Surely the people living there must realise the US didnt invade the island just for shits n giggles right?
@techtutorial9050
3 ай бұрын
@@justarandompally He probably meant that they felt that the base being constructed would make them an even more obvious target than they already are. That is why the lady who was interviewed in the video said, “It’s not good, but it’s necessary,” because even though they are now protected from the threat that they feel quite certain existed before, the base construction made that threat even more certain.
@sinoroman
3 ай бұрын
Do you even speak the Okinawan language?
@sinoroman
3 ай бұрын
RIP Ryukyu Kingdom
@LuClark-zv9iy
3 ай бұрын
@@UsernameNYIC Has Chinese propaganda really said that?
Since 1941, Japan has been defending itself against those countries that were invaded by Japan. Nightmare will be coming if Japan wants to claim more territory. Repent , before it is too late!
@@严贰拾玖tell the CCP that. It's China that is toying with war not Japan
@bigj921
3 ай бұрын
The fact they had you practicing on disarming us bombs is some pretty dark humor….
@gobimurugesan2411
3 ай бұрын
😂
@satotot3739
3 ай бұрын
Unfortunately, there are still approximately 300 unexploded ordnance being disposed of in Okinawa every year.
@xxklesx1
2 ай бұрын
@@satotot3739 I have to leave my house 2-3 times a year because an unexploded bomb is being defused (Cologne, Germany). I guess the Japanese have a similar situation. They say that all unexploded bombs from the Second World War will be defused by 2080. Are there similar calculations for Japan?
@satotot3739
2 ай бұрын
@@xxklesx1 In Japan, the Government has not, I believe, set clear targets. There are media reports that it will take another 70 or 100 years to dispose of unexploded ordnance.
"it's very foolish to start a new war when there are still remains from the previous war." Damn that hits hard
@SharonLermond
3 ай бұрын
The Japanese have long forgotten the damage he did to other countries.
@jensenraylight8011
3 ай бұрын
@@SharonLermond also throw in some British, Germany, France, Portuguese, Mongol and Dutch as well. also while at it, put some Roman Empire, Macedonia, Ottoman Empire you know what, if you kept digging the past, you'll lit the fire of War again. the best thing you can do is to Forgive. bolster your defense, be a strong country that can protect the citizen, instead of whinning about it. some of those countries already changed into a more Peaceful country, and given back territories. what else do you want? for them to become a Warmonger country again?
@CamKingHaymare
3 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@ColoniaMurder20
3 ай бұрын
@@SharonLermond you han chinese also forgot what your ancestors did to ancient people in Southern China during Han dynasty conquest against ancient people in Southern China.. which ancient people in Southern China were related to population in Southeast Asia today.. and not to mention about genocide against Tibetan people decades ago.
@fedebenavides
3 ай бұрын
This is a bar
@Sushi_is_0kcal
2 ай бұрын
母国ではない国についてこんなに詳しく正確に把握しているの中々おらん、凄い
@tangzhenhe
2 ай бұрын
i am chinese,but i love Japan
@tangzhenhe
2 ай бұрын
我对日本文化的了解和喜爱恐怕比大多数日本人都深刻😂
@exyronylfa
2 ай бұрын
@@tangzhenhesameee I wish I could visit Japan
@Rudi_Mentary723
Ай бұрын
@@tangzhenhe yeah but your governments and military and other people at the top don't think so and that makes all the difference. war it will be someday if it goes this way.
I am very surprised to hear about the ignorance by Japanese citizens of the SDF activities due to Japanese TV not showing them. Is there an ideological thing going on with the owners and editors of Japanese TV? Disapproval, fear?
@@Video2WebbI think it’s a continuation of the propaganda they started after WW2. From a history of battles, warriors and conflicts, present-day Japanese people are the complete opposite - conflict avoidance, seeking peaceful solutions, being non-confrontational - those are all instilled from a young age. That’s also possibly the reason history lessons about WW2 are sanitized. As a result, Japanese people now are some of the most peaceful and non-aggressive people I know. This was done to basically change the country from one ruled by the military to a civilian-driven one like the US. It worked too well, I think. They don’t want to think of even the idea of war. This is why it’s hard to convince regular Japanese people I talk to that arming the JSDF is not inviting war, but preparing for the future - which can be seen as increasingly worrying given China’s recent actions.
Johnny, thank you for selecting this sensitive topic. As a Japanese raised in US soil and now living in Tokyo, I understand the delicate balance surrounding this issue. I very much enjoy watching your existing videos unrelated to Japan in the first place and thank you aways for your independent, insightful and inspiring videos.
@jasonsoo6138
3 ай бұрын
😮
@samc1497
3 ай бұрын
There is going to be a new chapter added to the tales of Rome and Carthage. I am ready, how about you?
@lorn4867
3 ай бұрын
❤
@SmaruluSs
3 ай бұрын
@@samc1497NOT CARTHAGE HE İS OTTOMAN RULE OF ROMANS JAPANESE WERE ASİAN MORE LİKELY TURKS SAME WİTH.
@muhammadrizqanilmi1301
3 ай бұрын
@@dwonner it's not about recognition, but the amount of money will speak directly to its creator, not audience.
@bjbarlowe
3 ай бұрын
"Can I please have a bigger hat?" Goes outside, everyone is wearing a different, much less silly hat.
@soulchorea
3 ай бұрын
I thought the same thing 🤣 like bro no one out here is wearing those haha
@johnnyharris
3 ай бұрын
lol i know right??
@YoursTruly78887
3 ай бұрын
"Lets give the American the American hat that they wear in call of duty to show our respect for his culture."
@annaaihara1092
3 ай бұрын
@@johnnyharris This hat often used by the special forces ! Not a silly hat at all but it was given to you as a form of respect like : "Thank you for coming here to do an important journalistic work on the JSDF, our country, you have came from a very far land to cover the preparations of our defense and for that we will let you use the special forces hat, tier 1 work!."
@LindoCongoBill
3 ай бұрын
@@annaaihara1092 you were there?
@山田先輩-t9z
3 ай бұрын
あなたのビデオに敬意を表します。 退役自衛官より I respect your good video. From veteran a JSDF soldier.
@Hommo_Cosmicus
3 ай бұрын
🌏🇵🇭♥️🇯🇵🗾
@さき-g7n2z
2 ай бұрын
@@涼宮ハルヒのお胸が窮屈 それはなぜ?
@pushanponkinpikajyu
2 ай бұрын
@@さき-g7n2zそれな、じゃあ何のための国旗なのか?っていう疑問は出てきて当然よね
@やる気熱々
2 ай бұрын
@@涼宮ハルヒのお胸が窮屈また変な思想のやつでた
@うい-h5h
20 күн бұрын
@@涼宮ハルヒのお胸が窮屈さすがアニメアイコンさん!😂
@edwardprice8019
2 ай бұрын
"Japan is arming itself like it never has before." Apart from when it armed itself, before.
@VanessaSouza-rz8uo
Ай бұрын
That's not what he meant
@borisstanislav4560
10 күн бұрын
I think Japan will have to arm itself a lot better than "that time", China really hates Japan since "that time" and they want revenge , badly.
@haixinzheng9759
7 күн бұрын
@@VanessaSouza-rz8uoThey obviously have done better than that before, during WWII, as an invader.
japanese GDP hasn't grown in 35 years. Largely due to u.s interference with monetary policies during the late 80s with the plaza accord. It will just be a matter of time until japan is weakened so much that it will be forced to decouple from u.s politically just to survive. u.s trade policies that come as a cost to the japanese economy will be the end of u.s and japanese relationship. Japan has a history of aligning with the strongest existing power. It aligned with the Russians, netherlands, united kingdom, and then germany and then the u.s. It will be just a matter of time when chinese regional influence grows to the extend that will force japan to choose again
@Western_Decline
2 ай бұрын
did CIA provide you that line?
@Kohei536
2 ай бұрын
@@Western_Decline if you knew basic battlefield tactics, you would know.
@2plus2equal80
2 ай бұрын
@@Western_Decline did CCP provide you that line?
@catsNcode
2 ай бұрын
Bruh there's 800 US bases outside the U.S. and most of them surrounds China. But you guys think China is the aggressive one lmao. How much more military bases you guys need?
what danger he faced?your'e talking like he is in a war zone
@qw1626
3 ай бұрын
@@arsenalofdemocracy9985 the words just mean to devote oneself
@Lennon-cm9ln
3 ай бұрын
Hey I’ve wanted to travel to Japan for a really long time and I’ve wanted to leave my country and find somewhere else is Japan / Okinawa a good place to move to?
@DiosMiosAmigos
3 ай бұрын
@@Lennon-cm9lncan you speak Japanese?
@isu_noba-152
3 ай бұрын
話せなくてもどうにかはなりますよ。便利なスマホがあれば
@エースパイロット
3 ай бұрын
意外と軍隊の体験だけじゃなく日本の軍事情勢とか話してんのとてもありがたい😊
@nazariisushak5973
11 күн бұрын
«Provoking a war by militarizing» As a Ukrainian I’m so fucking tired of listening to this shit. Ukraine wasn’t militarizing before russian invasion. Did it help? It is the same thing to say that a girl which is carrying a pocket-knife or pepper spray in the night is the aggressor because she doesn’t want to be raped or robbed. Sometime people will understand that “deescalation” leads only to bigger escalation because neither China, neither Russia, neither North Korea don’t give a shit about conventions, “non-aggression” pacts and other bullshit. What else Japan can do? United Nations won’t do anything as they are useless and we don’t know for sure if USA will take part in the potential conflict. They are 100% right about building up their military, there is nothing to talk about.
@micahbonewell5994
8 күн бұрын
Yep he says in the video that Militarizing to defend yourself has caused wars, yet if one were to look at history and look for instances where a country preparing itself for war has stopped one they would find a wealth of examples. It also something that is much harder to prove since it's harder to prove when a war would have started if not for the military of the defending nation. Yet there also plenty of examples where undefended nations have been attacked. Look at the Colonizer wars (like the Opium Wars, Christopher Columbus, Ethiopia vs Italy), the annexation of Poland-Lithuania in the 1700s (then Poland in WW2), Napoleons Invasion of Spain, and most recently Ukraine. It's also a form of victim blaming, as if the aggressive nations wouldn't have attacked if the defending nation hadn't armed themselves. It's so very toxic and serves as propaganda for Russia and China.
Exactly! Okinawa did not become a strategic military target because a base was built there, rather a base was built there because it is a strategic military target.
@新田実音人
2 ай бұрын
The Self-Defense Forces, the US military, and the People's Liberation Army are all well aware of this. I think the Japanese people should understand this fact, but everyone is too ignorant about military matters. 自衛隊も米軍も人民解放軍もそのことをよく分かってるんですよ。日本国民はこの事実をちゃんと理解しておくべきだと思うのですけども、皆あまりに軍事音痴過ぎて駄目ですね。
@@カフェ宇宙-p3o Genuine question, do you think the Saab company submarine would fair well or on par with a Japanese Submarine? I briefly remember the Saab sub beat out an American top of the line submarine in stealth trials. I would like to know your thoughts.
japanese GDP hasn't grown in 35 years. Largely due to u.s interference with monetary policies during the late 80s with the plaza accord. It will just be a matter of time until japan is weakened so much that it will be forced to decouple from u.s politically just to survive. u.s trade policies that come as a cost to the japanese economy will be the end of u.s and japanese relationship. Japan has a history of aligning with the strongest existing power. It aligned with the Russians, netherlands, united kingdom, and then germany and then the u.s. It will be just a matter of time when chinese regional influence grows to the extend that will force japan to choose again
I mean he should have after showing us his "fighting" skills.
@darthvadeth6290
2 ай бұрын
lmao
@abba-Flammenfresser
2 ай бұрын
@@chriskief7156 so he’s cia but has done countless videos critiquing them, and rarely the FSB or other bad actors from China and Russia? Has made countless video on America but briefly touches on those other two, but when he does make a video talking about China, he’s considered cia by what I’m almost certain are countless bots. Ya ight 🙄
@harrietxo2310
2 ай бұрын
🤣
@lerobarclay5173
Ай бұрын
Thank you for the misinformation
@MiyuI-qo9zx
3 ай бұрын
チベット、ウイグルは軍事力無くても狙われて滅茶苦茶にされたよ。
@user-eo3pt7uh2m
3 ай бұрын
You are just brainwashed by Western fake news😭
@Qslhing
3 ай бұрын
😅😅🤣
@luoyin-ht8nm
3 ай бұрын
If you're talking about the slave owners, then yes, they were destroyed
@rtmclean484
2 ай бұрын
Sounds like you've been consuming too much USA propaganda
@allahblesswinniehomo7789
2 ай бұрын
I bet you don't even know where Tibet and Uighur are.
@ratsock
3 ай бұрын
29:35 “i wouldn’t say it’s good, i would say it’s necessary”… man that right there sums up so much. Hits hard.
@七氏-k8j
3 ай бұрын
A peaceful island doesn't need an army.
@ohtoyomy
3 ай бұрын
@@七氏-k8j 島民がむざむざ殺されても同じことが言えるのか?
@norakobayashi8713
3 ай бұрын
@@七氏-k8j その通り。 中国海警局の船は必要ありません。
@Rudron1
3 ай бұрын
@@七氏-k8j yeah? The last big conflict didn't really favore countries not focusing on defending. In WW2 it took Allies 4 countries to sacrifice before standing up to Germany just because "if they don't build army there will not be a war" stupid mentality. Nobody wants war, nobody wants to die in stupid war, but if you have country next to you who is increasing his military and claims over you, people will suffer in any way, just in one, you have Chance of detering it without fight if the odds are not in their favour.
@HarmvanderWilt
3 ай бұрын
There we see a shopkeeper reasoning way more wisely than a lot of politicians do…
@anchovy2012
Ай бұрын
沖縄に軍がいなくても立地的に一番最初に狙われることには変わらないんで
@Phoenix_1991
3 ай бұрын
The Last Samurai.
@Servantofthearts
3 ай бұрын
Dude…..xD
@ronaldmcboggled9855
3 ай бұрын
Comparing the JSDF and Taliban is like comparing... well the calm mannered and respected Japanese to religious zealot barbarians who belong in the the 17th century but yea good joke I guess lol.
@Zantigableiaust
3 ай бұрын
@@ronaldmcboggled9855 It's the same sir, The culture of suicidal attacks to destroy the opponents and defend your country is one of Japanese culture.. I mean, you forgot kamikaze? A lot of islamic resistance got their inspiration from Japanese on WWI and WWII:]..
@ronaldmcboggled9855
3 ай бұрын
@@Zantigableiaust I talking about modern culture but I will engage. Who won the samurai wars? the western more modern army? what did the kamikaze attacks achieve? prolonged defeat of of the "Japanese empire". To me it only resulted in young men giving there lives for a outdated ideology that only zealots. believed. So if you think lives are disposable for your ideology then I hope you never get to govern but I am open to counter opinions.
@milztempelrowski9281
3 ай бұрын
this is a painfully funny comment
@alexandral8913
3 ай бұрын
The later portion of this video on the islanders’ perspective was so heavy, but necessary. Thank you Johnny for showing the perspectives of the people and not just making a lighthearted video about training with the military. As a southeast asian whose own grandparents barely survived Japanese occupation during WWII, these histories are not something we should readily forget.
@thesaddestdude3575
3 ай бұрын
Honestly this video is great
@shadowmistress999
3 ай бұрын
It is frustrating to see someone walking the same old path Imperial Japan had walked
@luluflowers9277
3 ай бұрын
Yeah, even though everyone forgets and never accuses what the west has done for hundreds years, tho.
@SharonLermond
3 ай бұрын
The Japanese have long forgotten the damage he did to other countries.
@shadowmistress999
3 ай бұрын
@@SharonLermond Your youtube account looks new so I''m assuming you're new to the internet.... the Japanese does remember the damage they did to their neighbours and they have tried their best to fix the relationships through lots of program, especially to China! you can always search for details online
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