When it comes to history, every country has its bad parts in history. I've always been taught that you learn about the dark parts in history as a lesson to try and avoid them happening again in the future. Because no one is responsible for what happened in the past but we are responsible for what we do in the future.
@blackbelt2000
4 ай бұрын
You have been taught that but japan has not learned that. Congratulations yourare smarter than jp.
@sboinkthelegday3892
4 ай бұрын
Although there will never again be Korean comfort women, but the comfort of military protection is drafted out of their comfort men by the Korean government every year, and that will never change in the future because that's how equally Korean women vote for their men to be treated. Birth rates in South Korea are a blessing that African Americans can only match by Planned Parenthood. Korean men are taught not to r*pe, as even young boys know that Asian men are beasts and that's all they will be in any future.
@stefanswiss3760
4 ай бұрын
I would argue that being taught that has little to do with repeating history's mistake. As much as going in a gang and telling them that someone who robbed a bank went to prison, the gang will still do criminal stuff. What works is essentially make sure that people receive an education to be productive and respectful. Not knowing if your country did bad things won't influence the outcome. In France and in Europe, education is taking a big dive, we spend 10x more today than 30 years ago against antisemitism for instance, we have 100 more movies about WWII yet it is on the rise, we stack infringement on free speech laws every so often and we can't solve the problem like that. If a society has high standards for morals, espect of its future generaltion to respect the traditions etc, prohibit usage of drugs and do not promote destructive behavior (such as graphiti on public propriety ) then peace is a logical result. If you do the opposite like in France, then people become unable to communicate and find peaceful solutions and people who like to feed tension and chaos will easily provoke distrust by giving slogans that are much too simple and filled with lies yet many will accept it as true because they lack education
@MAGAdoriya
4 ай бұрын
Tell that to liberals and democrats 😂
@parodynet3004
4 ай бұрын
@@user-qm7jw BS, it's because the Jp's literally cannot go to war, rather than them not wanting to go to war and instead reflecting on the things they did. Don't put yourself on a pedestal, divvy.
@Ricky911_
4 ай бұрын
One massive point that hasn't been discussed is that not all of the Zainichi Koreans are affiliated with the South. Most are indeed from the South but many have origins from the North. After WW2, both Koreas were incredibly different from how they are now. The North was viewed more positively than the South, especially since most independence movements had been Communist at that point. Other Koreans (who I believe aren't Zainichi though), are the refugees from Jeju island, who came after the South Korean people began massacring the islanders for supporting Communism during the Civil war. Some Koreans came back to North Korea during a repatriation project in 1959. So, the idea of Zainichi Koreans going back to South Korea by default is wild. Both republics have changed a lot since Japan occupied them. That's why it just doesn't make any sense at all to consider Zainichi Koreans anything but Japanese, even if they do speak Korean. The point about feeling more like a foreigner in South Korea shows that. It might sound unique but it's a phenomenon you can clearly see with 2nd or 3rd generation immigrants. You can speak your parents' language and maybe meet people with the same origins as you but, eventually, you'll just become a unique culture different from your parents' home country. A good example is Italian-Americans. Many Italians came to the US, stayed with other Italian-Americans and created their own foods and slang but no Italian would ever consider them Italian
@ChrisShin-jb9xq
Ай бұрын
Good insight
@sado429
4 ай бұрын
Thank you for this video. As a Korean, I can sympathize with both sides. From a Korean side, the painful history of the past shapes their childhood and national identity as they learn about all the horrible things from the colonization era. Yet, from a Japanese side, many people do not learn about such a history and also feel strongly that the present generation has nothing to do with something that happened 70-100 years ago. Also, the Japanese goverment wants to shape and protect Japanese national identity, which does not want to incorporate the war crimes as a part of its national identity unlike Germany. In short, the two countries have a very different approach to understanding and shaping the historical identity that defines who they are. For Koreans to be Korean, embracing Japanese war crime is necessary. For Japanese, they don't want to dwell on that past but move forward. Also, the concept of "otherness" is not a welcome concept as Americans would understand. Japan has been a very homogenous country with mainly one race unlike USA with so many ethnicities. So, having Jainichi (Korean-Japanese) communities continually refusing to assimilate to become one with other Japanese to share in the same historical identity as the same Japanese citizen presents a huge issue for many Japanese and certainly for Japanese government. It is such a difficult, unresolved issue, but having a video about this topic is great way to think about what the resolution can be because this will create discussion between the two sides to hopefully understand each other.
@Entropic_Alloy
4 ай бұрын
A major reason why Japan did not go through what Germany did is because the US had sole control over the terms of surrender for Japan, while ALL the Allies did for Germany. This was to prevent the Soviets from having any influence in Japan and prevented a split like Korea or Germany had. And since all the Allies maintained control over the German terms of surrender, they were way harder on Germany, while the US was comparatively lenient, which is disturbing, especially when you consider the atrocities of Nanking or Unit 731.
@sboinkthelegday3892
4 ай бұрын
@@Entropic_Alloy Atrocities before geneva convention and following imperial rules Matthew C Perry spread, unlike USA invading and killing 1 000 000 000 Iraqis UNDER that convention. USA being "lenient" is no more surprising than your ignorance of facts, as you keep on supporting the scapegoating of a country that facilitates ONGOING atrocities adn try to paint GERMANY as some "victim" in this.
@sado429
4 ай бұрын
@Entropic_Alloy That's true. I heard some historians say that if the US government was harsher on Japan after their surrender just like Soviets and US were on Germany, that could have led Japan to acknowledge their war crimes more sincerely. But, since US was very lenient on Japan's war crimes after their surrender, Japanese government today doesn't really feel the need to apologize for the sins they committed against China, Korea and many parts of Asia.
@RieCeleste
4 ай бұрын
You did a great job explaining your perspective.
@AIIIAKS-vn4co
4 ай бұрын
Korea is no different when it comes to not teaching history correctly, though. Former US president Hebert Hoover wrote in his book "Freedom Betrayed", completed in 1965, as follows: I first visited Korea in 1909, to advise some Japanese Industrialists on engineering matters. The Korean people at that time were in the most disheartening condition that I had witnessed in any part of Asia. There was little law and order. The masses were underfed, under-clothed, under housed and under equipped. There was no sanitation, and filth and squalor enveloped the whole countryside. The roads were hardly passable, and there were scant communication or educational facilities. Scarcely a tree broke the dismal landscape. Thieves and bandits seemed to be unrestrained. During the thirty-five years of Japanese control, the life of the Korean people was revolutionized. Beginning with this most unpromising human material, the Japanese established order, built harbors, railways, roads and communications, good public buildings, and greatly improved housing. They established sanitation and taught better methods of agriculture. They built immense fertilizer factories in North Korea which lifted the people's food supplies to reasonable levels. They reforested the bleak hills. They established a general system of education and the development of skills. Even dusty, drab and filthy clothing had been replace with clean bright colors. The ugly fact that Japan developed Korea in this way is probably taboo in Korea. On the other hand, consider Taiwan, which was also a colony of Japan. Despite being a colony of Japan, Taiwan is the most pro-Japanese country in the world. This is because Taiwan teaches both the good and bad aspects of Japanese rule. Many Taiwanese openly admit that Japan developed Taiwan. Moreover, a study of international textbooks conducted by Stanford University's Asia Pacific Research Center (APARC) found that Korean textbooks were more nationalistic than Japanese textbooks.
@Entropic_Alloy
4 ай бұрын
Japan doesn't want to hear about the "comfort women issue," but the problem is that whenever a Japanese politician does apologize, they turn around and take back that apology instead of just owning it. No one wants to continue to blame people, especially when it doesn't have anything to do with the current generation, but you can't just say sorry and then go back to your politicians and say "not really." I've seen people push against the old adage that "you learn history so that you don't repeat it," saying that it isn't true. But every time I hear about a lot of these racial issues it is because people didn't learn the history so they can't empathize and realize that the discrimatory behavior is wrong.
@loserinasuit7880
4 ай бұрын
The quote isn't true because it ignores human nature.
@Riposte8
4 ай бұрын
Koreans are motivated out of self-interest just like everyone else. This is why they cry about atrocities committed against them and downplay their own atrocities at the same time.
@huks9380
4 ай бұрын
"No one wants to continue to blame people" This is not true. Germany has apologized many times and is paying reparations to this day, but people still continuously accuse Germany of being "Nazis". In fact, their reparations have given a monetary incentive for those accusations. Japan, in comparison, is brought up a lot less in connection to World War II, so if anything, this implies the opposite of what you are saying.
@NoctLightCloud
4 ай бұрын
@@huks9380Agree. And the Nazi accussation in today's time is getting out of hand though. I feel like many people don't really know what Nazis are. (I watched a dating video yesterday in which a guy said that he likes girls with high cheekbones, and the woman replied that that sounds Nazi-like. Ignoring the fact that ethnicities all over the world have high cheeckbones😅) I also end up hanging out with Germans a lot when I'm abroad, and the Nazi past gets brought up waaay too regularly from other people towards them. I highly doubt that US Americans would like it if I casually brought up the Vietnam/Afghanistan war every time they mention where they're from💀 So yes, I agree with you.
@TSPH1992
4 ай бұрын
If South Korea wants to discuss the comfort woman issues they should address the war crimes in Vietnam first
@Elric70
4 ай бұрын
Japan is going to be in for some rough times, especially if you intend on importing even more foreigners to hold up your economy.
@rontype1554
4 ай бұрын
Wouldn't it be funny if Zainichi and Japan residents settle their differences because of the new enemy: Tourists with Mode: Somali.
@NoctLightCloud
4 ай бұрын
@@rontype1554Not unlikely. That happened to Western Europe, with France/Germany/Italy/Spain/Scandinavian countries/Eastern European countries etc joining forces and forgetting about past grudges.
@edamame-hime
4 ай бұрын
@@rontype1554that is a very common thing in japan, where the old "outsiders" become part of the "inside" group as soon as a new group of "outsiders" comes along.
@Amanojaku8
4 ай бұрын
@@edamame-hime You mean like all communities lol? Just look at the Euro-Americans writing shit about "foreigners" needing to be kept out of Japan when they are descendants of the very worst type (at least according to Western media) economic migrants.
@cooliipie
4 ай бұрын
As long as they import Europeans instead of third worlders....like what happened to Sweden 😢
@-Kenji
4 ай бұрын
I think that this is a complex issue, but as one of the men said, it is important to separate past Japan from current Japan. Also, the simple fact is that Zainichi Koreans were given the option to return to Korea, but chose to stay. If they still want to honour their Korean heritage, that is fine, but there is always the option for them to return to Korea if they would like to preserve it.
@Gwalothel
4 ай бұрын
Or they can become citizens and still keep their heritage.
@user-lf6yh8jw2z
4 ай бұрын
Why is Korea so hated? In China, it is hated more than in Japan, and in Japan, it is hated more than in China. Most hated in Southeast Asia. We need to reconsider why a small country that has never attempted to expand its territory throughout its history is so hated. 😅😅😅😅
@-Kenji
4 ай бұрын
@@Gwalothel Of course, but to become a Japanese citizen, they will have to identify with Japanese values to some extent, and want to be a part of Japanese society. There is a difference between honouring your heritage, and not wanting to integrate into the society you choose to be a part of.
@Gwalothel
4 ай бұрын
@@-Kenji i mean integration would mean to me you have a job and sustain yourself, you speak the language and you participate in social life. It seems to me this applies to zainichi Koreans anyway. Or is there somethibg that i miss?
@1000rogueleader
4 ай бұрын
@@Gwalothel We are talking about two different things. There is social integration, which is what you are talking about and what the Zanichi Koreans already do, and there is cultural integration, which would mean the Zanichi Koreans losing their Korean culture and functionally becoming Japanese, which is what people talk about usually when they mean integration.
@beijingbikinibottom
4 ай бұрын
Nobita briefly alludes to this, but some of the Korean schools have deep connections to North Korea. That relationship makes me very concerned.
@dealerofdeth
4 ай бұрын
That'd be horrible for them if they were connected to the Japanese communists as well. That 'special' citizenship with get thrown out for anyone connected but the guilt by association would be terrible.
@1000rogueleader
4 ай бұрын
Yes, there are both South and North Korean schools in Japan, and Zanichi Koreans will show more loyalty to one or the other. This has been a massive issue in the past.
@MaxBraver555
4 ай бұрын
Things got complicated, even for Zainichi Koreans are not seen the same in South Korea, and I think I saw it had something to do with them honoring the Kim family, (correct me if that’s another group of Koreans in Japan)
@overbored617
4 ай бұрын
well if you watched the other documentary about them you'll see how they're deeply rooted to north korea, I watched one documentary about them having marriage ceremony and in that they have extended family from south korea and they chanted about north korea lezgoww or norkor numbawan n some shit, that's probably why south koreans hate them because why would you welcome someone who supports your other mortal enemy?
@user-cy9cn8se9d
4 ай бұрын
So do they want to become Japanese citizens or not?
@SunniDae333
2 ай бұрын
They want to be treated with respect...
@solaronyou8610
Ай бұрын
the point completely went over your damn head...
@pabsta
4 ай бұрын
Maybe the Zainichi heads needs a new leader. Politically to fix how their people suffer in Japan and in Korea. I feel that Zainichi leaders are tooo extreme like Kim Jong Un they should have leaderships like Moon or Yoon so that they can have the advantage of being both Korean and Japanese in either country. For Koreans to not accept Zainichi in Korea is because nothing good is being said about them.
@leejundosi
4 ай бұрын
I think you left out two important distinctions/facets in your video that may shed more light into understanding the full context: 1) Zainichi Koreans (regardless of whether they claimed Japanese citizenship or whether they are maintaining the "special" permanent residence status) may be "ethnically" Korean, but are not "nationally" Korean, just like how, for instance, Japanese-Americans or Korean-Americans may respectively be "ethnically" Japanese or Korean but not Japanese or Korean "nationality-wise". Despite linguistic familiarity and a certain degree of cultural affinity, it would be absurd to expect that a Zainichi Korean would have the desire and/or ability to simply move to a completely NEW country (South Korea in this context) without starting from scratch, unless that person still has familial connections in South Korea. 2) I think you mostly left out North Korea in the context. Not all Zainichi Koreans identify and/or have a sense of affinity to South Korea, since Zainichi Koreans were extant in Japan prior to Japan's losing WWII and/or prior to the Korean war. Two prominent organizations for Zainichi Koreans, 在日本大韓民国民団 (affiliated, but not directly associated with, South Korea) and 在日本朝鮮人総聯合会 (affiliated and under the direct influence of North Korea - the Worker's Party of Korea), have had different agendas and have had a complicated relation between themselves. While I'm sure not all Zainichi Koreans identify themselves strictly along the lines of this dichotomy, I think this no doubt adds to the sense of otherness that Zanichi Koreans feel vis-a-vis Japan or South Korea that you primarily focused on your video.
@finallimoride4621
4 ай бұрын
"Nation" is from Latin "natio" which means by birth.
@blackbelt2000
4 ай бұрын
@@finallimoride4621 Ok so?
@finallimoride4621
4 ай бұрын
@@blackbelt2000 Nationality and Ethnicity are synonymous. A "nation" is a group of people connected by birth, aka a bloodline. An ethnicity is basically the same thing. Koreans in Japan would thus be described as a "nation within a nation." The 2 words being compared should be "nation" and "countrymen," but like many other Western literary terms these 2 terms have had their definitions blurred to the point of being interchangeable. Another example of this would be the term "gender" and "sex" where one is a part of speech and the other is a biological classification, respectively, yet they have been conflated to be synonymous even though they are terms that are incomparable as one term belongs to language arts, and the other belongs to the scientific field of biology. There are many more such examples.
@MrTobi013
4 ай бұрын
To be clear with the people who were mad Oppenheimer didn't show Japanese victims, please know that film wasn't suppose to show what happened to Japan so personally and specifically, rather it was meant to show a rendition of the thoughts, words and actions that went into creating that terrible weapon and all the destruction it could and did cause. There was and still is a reason a lot of Westerners didn't want to show the film in Japan and it has nothing to do with being unworthy of seeing it...but because it was a terrible act of war that many today are ashamed of talking about and don't wish to bring up all those hard and painful memories. I hope the people of S. Korea can understand that and not act too rashly when it comes to said topic.
@jstos3675
4 ай бұрын
Yeah Koreans are pretty hot blooded and temperamental.
@christopherjohnferrer3771
4 ай бұрын
I'm not Korean but hate that movie. It's all about supremacy. West could have used conventional bombs but these juice and western white men choose complete destruction. WMDs should be banned again!
@matthewct8167
4 ай бұрын
Do the Japanese have both a problem with the north and South Koreans or just the North Koreans living in Japan?
@semazz8912
4 ай бұрын
Both, because inside of Japan North and South Korean causes many society problems.
@bkazz8116
4 ай бұрын
They are same people. Just comminisum splited north and south . Japan couldn't protect China and Korea from comminisum. many people believe fake ccp history.
@blackbelt2000
4 ай бұрын
@@semazz8912 japan causes its own problems. The list is long lol
@CWG-op9td
3 ай бұрын
They are racist towards Koreans
@bkazz8116
3 ай бұрын
@@CWG-op9td I know you have never beEn to Japan, and never talked to Japanese people. You are so sterotype.
@77Zona77
4 ай бұрын
if you don't know history, you'll repeat the failures
@fattiger6957
4 ай бұрын
This is a complicated topic that I don't think is black and white. Imperial Japan was horrible. They committed many atrocities in their quest to catch up to the European powers (who Japan learned colonialism from) It should be acknowledged. Korea did suffer greatly under Imperial Japan's ambitions However, I do not support giant groups of people holding onto generational grudges. Holding onto old hatred from crimes committed almost a century ago is not good for anyone. Generational grudges have been used to justify some absolutely horrible atrocities, like the Rwandan Genocide. Japan should be apologetic about its past crimes, but everyone else also needs to move on into a better future. With Japan and Korea now forming a military alliance to counter China, I think could be a start of a good thing. The two countries could be great allies economically and politically.
@leonardoferrari4852
4 ай бұрын
I don't think being apologetic would change anything. Japan should, on the other hand, teach about japanese war crimes in it's education sistem
@gurugurumawaru7869
4 ай бұрын
The thing is, the damage is already done. It is very unfair to the victims to be told to just "forget it" with a simple "sorry". A lot of life and capitals had been lost. If Japanese government actually felt responsible, there'd be war reparations. Especially with the current rise of Japanese alt-right movement. If they want to remilitarize, then their crimes then must be broadcast worldwide. The politician in the video is being disingenuous by saying that it to "protect Japanese". They just want to escape the responsibility.
@kanamisprs4330
4 ай бұрын
Imjin wars still being fought by some people.
@Yk-if3ev
4 ай бұрын
@@leonardoferrari4852 I agree. All imperial powers not just Japan should teach people about their war crimes. For example, the US killed 1/3 of the population of The Philippines in 1899-1902. The US should be apologetic and admit war crimes against the Filipinos. One rule should be applicable to all without exceptions. These include the british, the french, the spaniards and the americans.
@leonardoferrari4852
4 ай бұрын
@@Yk-if3ev An exquisite take
@Ricky911_
4 ай бұрын
For anyone wondering, the politician is from the Japan First Party. It did not receive any of seats at the 2021 Japanese general election. For reference, the Japanese Communist Party did. It'also a party that's pretty far on the right even for Japan. So, his views don't represent the majority.
@rtwfreak
4 ай бұрын
While I understand the complex history between Japan and Korea, I think this failed integration of the Koreans in Japan is a bit of a problem. When people continue to cling to the culture, language and such of their (grand)parents country of origin, that will cause problems in the long run. We see this in the Netherlands for example. Due to failed integration there are more tensions.
@fayelis
4 ай бұрын
so they should abandon everything to the dominate culture?
@rtwfreak
4 ай бұрын
@@fayelis No, integration is something different from assimilation. But after 2 or 3 generations I think that integration failed if those generations still consider themselves Korean. At some point you have to fully embrace the culture and country you were born and raised. Why continue to stand out. It will also continue to emphasise the "we" "them" feelings. That's not good for the social cohesion in a country.
@fayelis
4 ай бұрын
@@rtwfreak that makes no sense you can assimilate in japan while still maintaining your heritage culture. You dont have to completely abandon it otherwise its a "failure"
@rtwfreak
4 ай бұрын
@@fayelis please allow me to rephrase my previous response in that case. I meant to say they should stop with that zainichi Korean status and become Japanese citizens.
@user-lf6yh8jw2z
3 ай бұрын
@@fayelis hallo poop korean
@InfamyJunkie
4 ай бұрын
Honestly, I had a longer comment, but all I have to say is it'd be so easy for either side to be manipulated into radicalization that does no one any good.
@thisisobviouslybait
4 ай бұрын
People who push for let's all get along nonsense are even more easily radicalized. The people not liking another race and minding their own aren't a danger compared to the people trying to force their beliefs/worldviews on those people. The people who get radicalized are the ones who think they are out there doing good and that justifies their actions. More times than not when the group you refer to are "radicalized" its due to being tired of having stuff forced on them when they just want to be left alone. You cannot make a person not hate something they've found a reason to hate. Trying to push them to do so will just cause them to stop being docile.
@rontype1554
4 ай бұрын
They can both be manipulated to settle their differences by giving them an enemy. Clue: it has something to do with Japan's Overtourism.
@InfamyJunkie
4 ай бұрын
@@rontype1554 please elaborate. who would that "enemy" be that somehow causes Korea and Japan to settle their differences? how does it have something to do with Japan's overtourism?
@user-lf6yh8jw2z
4 ай бұрын
Why is Korea so hated? In China, it is hated more than in Japan, and in Japan, it is hated more than in China. Most hated in Southeast Asia. We need to reconsider why a small country that has never attempted to expand its territory throughout its history is so hated. 😃😃
@DangerDuckAvengerDaffy
4 ай бұрын
The Japan Reporter thank you for keeping up the good work on the social issues affecting Japan either good or bad and in this case it’s a difficult topic but you do a great job at trying to get both sides of the debate.
@fujigoko007
4 ай бұрын
Sikhs of British colonial India. Koreans in Japan, a colony of the US Empire. That's the truth. Japan's media, distribution, and culture belong to them.
@RieCeleste
4 ай бұрын
I hope that the history of wounds in both countries would heal. The hate and inequality has deepened for a long time that the new generations of this race are suffering.
@supertyfon1736
4 ай бұрын
Especially birth rate wise.
@mahakhatib27
4 ай бұрын
I feel the same, but just like the quote at the end of the video, "We really need to meet halfway, but it's too late" - Nobita's dad
@rontype1554
4 ай бұрын
There is a saying: "The best way to unify is for them to have common enemy." Considering how Japan is going global such as aggressive tourism promotion, that might not be far ahead.
@birdbig6852
4 ай бұрын
Like Korea doesn't have more problems living near North Korea and China... Koreans having grudges from something long in the past they weren't born doesn't make sense at this point.
@RieCeleste
4 ай бұрын
@@rontype1554 Regarding Tourism, the japanese government has decided to ban foreigners coming in Kyoto due to some bad behaviors that some rude tourists are doing.
@mikloridden8276
4 ай бұрын
Also they hate that they bring up Comfort woman issue? While they themselves bring up Hiroshima to us Americans.
@CWG-op9td
3 ай бұрын
They deny its war atrocities
@illuminatiglobal2860
3 ай бұрын
Shame based culture,only western countries have guilty based culture.Japanese face culture , recognize atrocities mean loosing reputation and looking weak to other people,or loosing moral superiority making yourself forever shortcut of "evil guy"
@ilmarinen79
2 ай бұрын
It definitely needs to be brought up.
@UniquelyCritical
Ай бұрын
@martint8530 Maybe comfort women alone isn't comparable, but that's just one war crime of many. The estimated civilian death toll by Japan ranges from 3 million to 10 million starting from 1937. That makes the estimated 200,000 deaths from the A-bomb more than comparable.
@angloedu5499
Ай бұрын
@martin8590 Your not Japanese enough. Sadly, many Europeans are using the anti immigration policies within their own nations and Japan feels it has to assert itself as well. No easy solution but when I was a child growing up in the Midwest I remember a fight between an Irish American and a German American kid whoes father was a Panzer tank commander, when Kaiser started talking about how fighting a two front war ended Germany’s hope of victory, the Irish kid told him to shut up. They fought in the playground and I remember right before the Irish kid bloodied the German kids face, he screamed, “This is for my grandfather who died on D-day you filthy Kraut!” It didn’t end there. That Irish kid was big in grade school and was bigger in College, played for the NCAA. I don’t think he cares about the incident, they all moved on. However, the German kid ended up killing his 70 year old father with a baseball bat up in Oregon in 2019. Sins of the father.
@RieCeleste
4 ай бұрын
The politician guys seems to have a grudge towards Zainichi Koreans. Both countries are doing the same thing yet they just deny it. They are even when it comes to Low Birthrate. Some Koreans who are born in Korea and was raise outside the country, has actually experience prejudiced because they're no longer considered as Korean.
@little_finger
4 ай бұрын
the politican says crazy stuff in other videos too. he apparently is from an obscure political party called "japan first" nobito wants to get several perspectives
@RieCeleste
4 ай бұрын
@@little_finger He's trying to conceal it through words and by adding up more reasoning, when infact their party's agenda is very obvious. Japan First? What a hypocritical slogan coming from a Xenophobic partylist. Zainichi Koreans or whatever nationalities, they're are still humans with rights and dignities.
@agamersinsanity
4 ай бұрын
@@RieCeleste it's a political party that will be bad for Japan in the long run. They should learn from history and so should S.Korea.
@RieCeleste
4 ай бұрын
@@agamersinsanity Their laws are not doing anything to benefit their people. It makes the situation worse. They neglect issues such as Women and Children's rights and even Human rights law.
@rifqimujahid4907
4 ай бұрын
@@RieCeleste give examples
@pabsta
4 ай бұрын
I pray that the new generation of Zainichi Koreans will find a way to be recognized properly by both nations with good praise
@Aleebi
21 күн бұрын
HOLY CRAP I can't believe a channel of this size made a video about Zainichi-Koreans in 2024! Much appreciated, this is a highly fascinating topic and a personal research topic of mine.
@thejuiceweasel
4 ай бұрын
As a German, I find it quite appaling that topics like 731部隊, 慰安婦 and 南京事件 seem to be nothing more than just foot notes in Japanese history classes. You would not believe how much they hammer home the atrocities of the Holocaust and WW2 in our classes. There wouldn't be a need for Korean schools if topics like these would be handled with more openness and empathy.
@Mendrawza24
4 ай бұрын
Hey, I'm curious, can you elaborate a bit more on how those topics are taught in German schools? I believe that people should be accountable for their own sins, and not the sins of their fathers, but also that hard, ugly truths of history should not be forgotten, and it seems to me like there's a fine line between not repeating the mistakes of the past, and metaphorical self-flagellation.
@paul-emileveuve4145
4 ай бұрын
I think no one should be shamed for crimes they did not commit. This collective guilt in Germany and the West in general is sick. And it can go on forever, there does not seem to be a limit. It is also unfair because other people have committed crimes but are not guilt-tripped this way. I think it is very profitable to some to manipulate us this away.
@techpriest4787
4 ай бұрын
Nazis are always depicted as evil in full detail. Though shame is not passed to the children. Only a warning.
@chinogambino9375
4 ай бұрын
I think Germany is exactly what the Japanese want to avoid, a defeated people dwelling on the past ashamed of their own existence. Your government has brainwashed the population with so much negativity you are fine with abolishing your own race and deconstructing society.
@otashigo
4 ай бұрын
They are all already dead, why do I need to have empathy with something that ocurred 100, 1000 or 10000 years ago? If I stopped and had empathy for every little thing in this world I wouldn't have time to star thinking rationally.
@brentimeus
4 ай бұрын
Assimilate or go home. Simple as that.
@blackbelt2000
4 ай бұрын
and japnese still discriminate. Simple as that.
@dealerofdeth
4 ай бұрын
Making hate-speech is speech law is a big goddamn mistake probably as bad as the insane defamation laws of Japan. Anti-Korean sentiment is going to fester like Shoko Asahara's support will. 'Hate-speech' is like a pressure valve for the types who would take action, like arson, or worse. And Japan's Supreme Court is wild for that ruling...
@perdomot
23 күн бұрын
If you are growing up in Japan, you should be getting the same education as anybody else. Its the job of the parents to teach their kids about their cultural heritage and history, not any schools. This was my experience growing up in the USA as a first generation Cuban-American. School was for learning math, science, reading and the history of the USA, not Cuba.
@UnimportantAcc
4 ай бұрын
"Korean schools in Japan are so important to us to preserve our culture and traditions as Koreans" Says the third generation Korean living in Japan, using a Korean name.... I'm not surprised the Japanese do not appreciate that. If you move to a foreign country you are to integrate, not to form your own enclave. Going so far as to create their own schools... Absurd. I assumed the Japanese were overreacting in their anti-Korean stance, but to be honest, if they wish to form their own little Korea perhaps they should just be deported. It would satisfy both sides.
@thelastdefenderofcamelot5623
4 ай бұрын
@@ddidol2840 I didn't know there were Japanese living in Korea unless they really enjoy getting harassed.
@kairossoteria6215
4 ай бұрын
these aren't normal immigrants. koreans are victims of the colonization of japan. many of them were focibly brought to japan to work in mines.
@winterlantern5695
4 ай бұрын
This.
@bebebaba3442
4 ай бұрын
Agreed
@beijingbikinibottom
4 ай бұрын
They didn’t simply “move” to Japan. They were forcibly relocated when Japan occupied Korea. Your assertion implies they’re just an entitled group with no reasonable justification for their desire to hold onto their heritage and culture.
@fourthwallbreak
4 ай бұрын
I've lived in Japan for 17 years. ALL countries history text books are different....
@bkazz8116
4 ай бұрын
There are comminisum fake history and real history. History is not for hate . But comminisum history use emotion to hate Japanese.
@blackbelt2000
4 ай бұрын
but only jpn ignores facts.
@bkazz8116
4 ай бұрын
@@blackbelt2000 i think u belive commInisum fake history. Commi history teach u to hate Japanese. However, comminisum killed most Chinese and Korean . They splited Korea north and south. Commi use japan as scapegoat. china, Korea,and Japan wereused to together and fighting against Western european. They dont want one Asia again. Wake up yo.
@overbored617
4 ай бұрын
@@blackbelt2000 could they fact check anything from history? I don't think they should haha
@blackbelt2000
4 ай бұрын
@@overbored617 jpn lost the competence on how
@AB-tv2rm
4 ай бұрын
Amazing work Nobitasan.
@karmanivek1
4 ай бұрын
What is the end goal of teaching Koreans born in Japan Korean history ? If they "teach" them only negative aspect of what the Japanese did to Korean in the past, the outcome will only be resentment and division. I'm all for learning about the errors of the past and to also move on from the past and build a better futur. Japan is and should be Japan first.
@rebeccachia
4 ай бұрын
That’s so true!! When living in another country, one must learn to forgive , not live in fear. However I don’t think they see that way how you’re thinking , because it sounds like their culture follows the homeland way- just teach the history and remember their ancestors. Teaching purpose is there , but quite psychologically unhealthy and scary
@bkazz8116
4 ай бұрын
They are comminisum. They dont know real history.
@MikoYotsuya292
3 ай бұрын
This. Its important to learn history, but if you only teach the bad stuff, then its likely going to cause uproar with the current generation who had _nothing_ to do with the past.
@sevenproxies4255
4 ай бұрын
I don't think foreigners should be entitled to tax payers money being spent on teaching them their history or culture. You live in Japan, therefore you should be learning primarily about Japan in school. If you want your children to learn history and culture of Korea, you should move there.
@Ceasarsalate
4 ай бұрын
No, get tf out of this commentsection. They pay taxes too. They’re entitled to their opinion.
@sevenproxies4255
4 ай бұрын
@@Ceasarsalate I'm not leaving. Whatever taxes are paid in Japan should serve the public interests of Japan. Not fund the special interests of a small foreign minority. ESPECIALLY NOT when it only serves indoctrinating people into resenting the country they live in. Multiculturalism should be abolished on all fronts.
@AntiHero1303
4 ай бұрын
@@sevenproxies4255let’s see how long your homogeneous/stuck up ways of thinking will last, both Japan and Korea are globally known for heading extinction.
@Ceasarsalate
4 ай бұрын
@@sevenproxies4255 cry me a river
@bkazz8116
4 ай бұрын
Dont forget they are comminisum mind. Commi destored China , and splited Korea north and south . Commi killed most Chinese and Korean. They still dont know where this commi come from?
@pabsta
4 ай бұрын
This is mostly propaganda because the main issue at hand is about how the Korean schools are Pro-North Korea and why it should be shut down. Its not about discrimination or about equality, its about how Pro-North Korean idealogy is in Japan and has been for some time.
@thelastdefenderofcamelot5623
4 ай бұрын
It is pretty much the same mentality from the southern counterpart. They use anti-Japanese rhetoric as a way to unite all Koreans to cause any sort of harm in Japanese society.
@user-lf6yh8jw2z
4 ай бұрын
Why is Korea so hated? In China, it is hated more than in Japan, and in Japan, it is hated more than in China. Most hated in Southeast Asia. We need to reconsider why a small country that has never attempted to expand its territory throughout its history is so hated. 🤔🤔🤔🤔
@StArShIpEnTeRpRiSe
4 ай бұрын
@@user-lf6yh8jw2z Sometimes, hate has the simple reason, that they don't want to face with their own past. If you think why has any asian nation a reason to hate Japan, you only can point out their colonialism efforts, and the crimes of the Imperial Army. Now if you think about Korea, Korea suffered all these crimes, and those Koreans who were forcefully moved to Japan are now a painful reminder to a past japanese don't want to remember, because they would feel shame or guilt for crimes they not, but their ancestors committed. I don't even need to say, that China also occupied Korea for a long time period, they also has their bad memories with the country. And to make it worse, Koreans probably has their national pride themself too, they know, they were the victims, and they keep remind their neighbours to the unjustice of the past, they suffered, even if they don't have any more claim to fix that. But even without claims, their words hurt the other 2 side, because they don't want to feel shame or guilt anymore. Not to mention, that they kept their writing and language, so they are culturally unique compaired to both side, which alone scary to some when a small country can remain strong and save it's culture without integrating into their neighbours culture too much. I know this situation too well, I'm Hungarian, I feel bad for all 3 nation.
@bkazz8116
4 ай бұрын
@@StArShIpEnTeRpRiSe China , Korea, Japan were used to together and fighting against Western European colonization in Asia . However, Japan lost the war. Western European White people use comminisum to control China and Korea. They made them hate Japanese because they dont want one Asia again because it is too powerful to control.
@blackdog0930
3 ай бұрын
@StArShIpEnTeRpRiSe You are partially right about the national pride. Korea is willing to forgive and forget, but it's not gonna happen if japan is not asking for forgiveness, even worse fabricating the history. Some other Asian countries may have moved on but not my motherland it won't. I and many other koreans will refuse to live a life where you would have to reconcile with the unjust. This mentality is one of the reason Korea was never 'occupied' by anyone throughout its 4300 year history including China and even the Mongols although eventually we had no option but to become 'tributary state' as we could not fight these giants forever. Only in the modern times it was occupied by Japan backed by modernized military. And yes, it is quite embarrassing to be colonized by a country that both Korea and China looked down upon throughout history because in the old times Japan was a country that didn't really offer anything culturally other than causing petty crimes in the sea. But more than that, this colonization isn't some ancient history. It was less than 100 years ago. Many of the victims are still alive and well today. Even Many of the Japanese people who comment here worship the 'rising sun' flag which is nazi equivalent. If they don't want to accept their mistakes? Fine, so be it. They can live in their little fantasy. I wonder whose got bigger military now though lol
@nicolasvenezuelaverde1184
4 ай бұрын
Japan should not change for anyone coming to them
@user-lf6yh8jw2z
4 ай бұрын
Of course we intend to do so. I don't care what the manure sump next door says. One thing I would like to say is that the ethnic groups with the largest brain capacities in Asia are the northern Chinese, Japanese, and Mongolians.😁😁
@arileo6304
4 ай бұрын
Allahakbar
@blackbelt2000
4 ай бұрын
jpn changed itself. US dropped 2 suns on them and they have been drawing Hello Kitty ever since. lol
@user-lf6yh8jw2z
3 ай бұрын
@@blackbelt2000 Korea's sense of superiority stems from the fact that Korea has always been an inferior nation, having been a colony or vassal state of China, Japan, Mongolia, and Manchuria. They never had a grand empire, civilization, or cultural achievements and were always ignored compared to China and Japan. Korean nationalists are the Asian equivalent of black conspirators, claiming that anything that comes from China or Japan actually belongs to Korea
@suiyan6297
4 ай бұрын
Not that I have anything against Koreans... but you have to admit a country has to prioritize its own people first and foremost. Racism no doubt is wrong, and this one should be eliminated, but some of the things about the differences make some sense when Japan focus on its own social structure. For example, they talk about 'losing their korean identity or preserving it.' Well, you are in the wrong country if that's what you are looking for. Korea is there for that exactly.
@JokerMxyzptlk
4 ай бұрын
Exactly!! They had a choice to go or stay but want to have it both ways while sowing division on their host nation. Like that politician said they can become citizens if they want to and I doubt any Japanese person would know about their ethnicity if they didn’t mention it.
@bebebaba3442
4 ай бұрын
@@JokerMxyzptlkagreed. If you want to become Japanese, than stay in Japan, if you’re “preserving” Korean culture in Japan, than move back to Korea. I really doubt that most Koreans would be fine seeing when any Japanese “preserves” Japanese culture in their home country.
@suiyan6297
4 ай бұрын
@@JokerMxyzptlk Yeap, different from the brazilian community there, which is enormous. You can tell with a single glance they are not Japanese. Koreans can easily fit, although Koreans have a way more flatter face than Japaneses back in Korea.
@wigosas
4 ай бұрын
The problem is then "Who is a Japanese?". People with Japanese descent from the US and Brazil, even if the nationality says so, they're not treated as Japanese. People with a parent from another country are not considered Japanese, even if all their life was spent there. That person just wants to preserve the "purity", as if "pure Japanese" are some special kind of people. And yeah both Koreans and Japanese are like this, obviously individuals can have different opinions but the wider culture works like this
@JokerMxyzptlk
4 ай бұрын
@@wigosas sure, and that is the right of ethnic, native Japanese and Koreans to decide who is allowed in their in groups.
@rhoetusochten4211
4 ай бұрын
A lot there, and I hesitate to say anything, as an outsider, but maybe as an outsider I can be more objective. Japan, as it is now, is not the Japan of WWII. When WWII is taught, the good and the bad should be taught. However, the people that decided to make comfort women out of Korean (and other) women are dead. Acknowledge that it happened, but taking credit or blame for someone else seems bizarre to me. I think it is difficult for Americans to understand the difference between an ethnic nationality and a cultural country. The US isn't really a nation, it just has national trappings. So, seeing ethnic Koreans in Japan the nation doesn't seem too weird to us. But, I think a lot of us, who have an interest in Japanese culture, worry that Japan moving into a more global mindset will dissolve what is unique about your nation. (England is an example of it going wrong, where London is an international city these days, and not really distinctly English. Imagine if Tokyo or Kyoto lost its "Japanese-ness") The Zainichi Koreans are unlikely to cause that to happen, but they are an example to whoever comes to Japan next. How many generations will they get the "special" status? I may not like the politician you interviewed, but he is right in that at some point they have to decide if they are going to join the wider community of Japan and integrate, or if they want to stay apart, and if they stay apart, how can they then complain if they get different treatment?
@blackbelt2000
4 ай бұрын
"Acknowledge that it happened" is correct. They never did other than a quick blurb of a footnote. That is a major part of the issue. Teach it correctly like Germans do in regards to WW2 and things will thaw.
@towakin7718
4 ай бұрын
The guy talking about BLM like it is a good thing needs to open his eyes to reality.
@kamuroshiryu8453
4 ай бұрын
Imagine his shock if he ever were to come across a bunch of Islamic extremists rallying with the Free Palestine gay allies and Socialists in Central London. We can see how well he is treated by them.
@winterlantern5695
4 ай бұрын
@@kamuroshiryu8453These are marxists and all they know is narcissism and destruction
@DenshaOtoko2
4 ай бұрын
Nobita there's still this argument with my father. Am I Chinese by blood as a HK descendant in America? Or am I an American of Chinese decent?
@marcuselias4412
4 ай бұрын
Unfortunately this kind of disparagement happens in every country with multiple ethnicities. Ethnic groups almost always favor their own ethnicity over others, this is reality. The simplest solution is that Koreans will feel more at home... in Korea, living among fellow Koreans. Sub-groups often form '__town' communities that often separate and isolate themselves from (or are isolated by) the larger main ethnic population, and this has shown that it can lead to conflict or feelings of unhappiness or being unwelcome (especially if those conflicts or feelings are instigated by outside groups hoping to profit off of the ensuing unrest).
@valorzinski7423
4 ай бұрын
So true. But you would get called a "raaayyyycist" if you say that in Western countries
@Tonytayloring
4 ай бұрын
8:14 I am impressed the minister even offered a chance for naturalization and integration, if they do they could live better. Sometimes, I feel that living well also means doing your migrant ancestors proud. I mean.. you can still practice Korean culture low profile or within private communities, honor your grandparents outside of the system. There are many Pure Japanese who are in fact secretly Koreans who do so. We do not need to practice patriotism, loyalty and cultural pride politically right? especially in a foreign soil and expect them to recognize us. Whatever happens to do as Romans do? Its even more unbelievable that the Japanese government have been financially supporting Chongryon that long. Do they/have they not reached out their hand?
@expo2000000
4 ай бұрын
All of these are just children of elders that lived in that era still holding grudges really...
@Queltamas
4 ай бұрын
In Canada we barely glossed over the atrocities done in the Residential Schools, wasn't until I went to college and my professor actually talked about it that I actually found out.
@MarakMocam
4 ай бұрын
That Japan is dead. It was dead long ago, put to death by the USA. To claim that this Japan owes anything, should be involved in paying for anything on it, is absurd. What they are doing and asking is for reasons/excuses to bleed out the Japanese of today for what was done going on 100 years ago and that is NOT an exaggeration. They will rage and blame and simply say "YOU admitted to it! YOU now are to blame! YOU OWE ALL OF US!!!" and that is exactly what it will be like.
@winterlantern5695
4 ай бұрын
Commies love victim mentality. They love the chaos and strife so they can swoop in and enter the country
@excripto1
4 ай бұрын
I thought Koreans and Japanese get along very well now.
@RieCeleste
4 ай бұрын
They're not.
@michaelsmelley4382
4 ай бұрын
They do compared to 20 years ago, but it’s more with the younger generation. K pop and even some k dramas are popular with a lot of younger females now
@scrumpletplumplet
4 ай бұрын
The yen is so weak compared to the won, so many Korean tourists in Japan now, shopping at Don Quijote etc.
@RieCeleste
4 ай бұрын
@@scrumpletplumplet Japan used to be the 2nd largest economic country but later on, they were ousted by Germany on that rank.
@perry3770
4 ай бұрын
A lot of Koreans still don't like Japanese because about what the old imperial Japan did to them a long time ago
@ChocoParfaitFra
4 ай бұрын
Ok but let’s be honest, does it really matter if textbooks don’t dig deeper into the atrocities that Japan did even hundreds of years ago? I don’t think it’s necessary, even tho to me the truth is essential. Japan is different now and making people feel guilty (just like white people are made fell guilty in the USA for what happened to black people in the past) for something that happened years ago isn’t productive, people have nothing to do with that. So I don’t agree with that girl who thinks that Japanese should care more. Let’s say they care, what’s gonna change? You can’t change the past
@tucker2197
4 ай бұрын
Thank you for showing both sides and getting the larger picture
@johnnyp3839
4 ай бұрын
Idk if it's true, but my ex gf (she was Chinese) told me that Chinese and Koreans don't get along, because Koreans look down on Chinese people. She had a hard time trusting Koreans.
@meowymeow123
4 ай бұрын
Let’s say Japaneses, Koreans and Chineses is a love-hate triangle. We have some beef with each other, but we also share cultural similarities. I’m Chinese.
@johnnyp3839
4 ай бұрын
@@meowymeow123 oh ok. I didn't know it was behind the scenes beef, until I started dating her.
@hder9
4 ай бұрын
Actually, Chinese make korea devided two. South and North.
@meowymeow123
4 ай бұрын
@@hder9 Yes, CCP has an implication in that. In our textbooks, the truth is not spoken. I believe Chinese people deserve to know the truth.
@winterlantern5695
4 ай бұрын
Lol Chinese look down on non-chinese wherever they go. Even poor parts of Asia they are supremacist.
@dslight113
4 ай бұрын
we don't blame the new generation of Germans for what there ancestors did. that would be stupid. greetings a dutch guy.
@sevenproxies4255
4 ай бұрын
Exactly. It's just a shame that germans are taught in school to blame themselves for what their ancestors did. I've lost count of how many germans I've spoken to have wanted to express their regret for WW2. Some are so indoctrinated that they even got angry with me for telling them that I don't think they have any reason to apologize for anyones actions other than their own. Hitler is dead. The third reich is dead. There is no point in blaming germany for what past germans did. They deserve to build their country up with enthusiasm and pride just as everyone else does, rather than perpetuallt apologizing and making concessions to everyone else all the time.
@pv2639
4 ай бұрын
That's not the problem with comfort women issue. What about those left behind like half-japanese children? Japan at least needs to take care of them and their descendants since they literally exist to this day. Who cares if you as a dutch doesnt blame germans for what they did before? That's a different issue and making it a one-stop-shop answer is teally stupid.
@jhonhoppins522
4 ай бұрын
Yes but unline germans Japan refuses to really acknowledge their wrongs like European countries do
@sevenproxies4255
4 ай бұрын
@@jhonhoppins522 and by "acknowledge", you mean indoctrinate kids to hate their country and themselves, don't you?
@blackdog0930
3 ай бұрын
Many of the 'ancestors' are still alive today. 'I'm not responsible for my father's crimes' when you live off of the wealth made from your father's crimes is basically your logic. If germans did not accept their past crimes and fabricated their history, you would understand what's going on.
@RoronoaZorosHaki
4 ай бұрын
The history goes back way further than the past few centuries.
@ray-kp3dn
3 ай бұрын
This is one of the better videos, you made. Super revalent for today and overall relations.
@briancrosby152
4 ай бұрын
As painful or shameful as it might be it's always wise to learn from the past regardless of whether it's good or bad so we don't repeat the same mistakes. I wish more people in my country learned about ours & not gloss over it. I pray Korean & Japanese people can finally find common ground & be at peace.
@damt-ye3jt
4 ай бұрын
한국 중국이 하는 말은 항상 의심해 라.반대의견도 살펴보고 잘 판단해라. 참고로 나는 한국인이다
@raistlin906
4 ай бұрын
What do you mean?
@thepencillovinglegend5634
3 ай бұрын
>incorrect spacing >awkward tone of speech "my fellow koreans"
@dafnebolson
4 ай бұрын
Sorry, but they aren't Korean anymore. Is the 3rd generation born and raised in Japan, they must chose between being a Korean abd go back to the motherland or be a japanese. They don't have right into say how the japanese should be if they considers themselves korean. Every country has its own fails and the way of teach history on its own view. I don't think that US teach how they colonized Phillippines and the atrocities they have done.
@SimonsRandomRants
4 ай бұрын
If people continue to focus on the differences then there will continue to be division.
@francheska2907
4 ай бұрын
i didn't know something like this is currently happening. i have a lot of korean and japanese students. they all seem fine though, or at least that's what i see. and funny to think japanese people are descendants of koreans.
@Fleru-ls8tc
4 ай бұрын
In the most common eyes these two are countries are like water and fire yet the same time they're from the same coin. The country origin what that did and their roots are quite similar from the past.
@DHJakon
4 ай бұрын
I have a Korean coworker who was born there and resides in the US. His take on Japanese culture isn't positive but he said it goes both ways. He doesn't get treated the same way compared to another tourist from the US. He also mentioned that Korea for the most part is still pretty big on ethnic purity. Obviously that's one take. My former Japanese exchange student is married to a Korean national.
@ryanlak1234
4 ай бұрын
How differently was your coworker treated, exactly?
@user-yq3hj6wq1g
Ай бұрын
I lived in Busan for a few years as an English teacher. I remember my boss had a really nice Japanese wife. They also had a bunch of Japanese restaurants there and tourists as well. Didn't feel like there was any animosity or that there was much discrimination going on. I experienced discrimination in Seoul. One time I tried getting into a lounge bar in Gangnam with two of my Japanese friends, and they said "no foreigners" straight to our face.
@realivanjx
4 ай бұрын
speaks fluent japanese, raised and lived in japan for generations, not recognized in korea and cant even go back there. i would naturalize as japanese.
@hmvollbanane1259
4 ай бұрын
Why not both? Why not accept the Kaichi (or whatever the term was) Koreans as an ethnic group of Japan? Naturalising them while simultaneously acknowledging them as a distinct ethnic minority? Just like there are ethnic Slavic tribes being part of the German people, Germans part of France, Austrians part of Italy?
@redpillgermany2162
4 ай бұрын
Good that you interviewed a guy who is reasonable. You cannot demand to be treated exactly as a Japanese while saying at the same time that you despise Japan and that you never want to be Japanese. It does make no sense at all. Either become Japanese, accept to live there like any other foreigner or leave. Anything else is asking too much and completely unreasonable.
@zanderC5953
4 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing this important social issue. It is a very critical topic that needs to be resolved for the sake of Koreans in Japan, and Korea-Japan relations. I hope discussions can lead to permanent actions 💞
@BiltongJerky
4 ай бұрын
A lot of history is perspective. In the US where I come from, WWII started with Pearl Harbor and for war history that is true. However I think the Japanese have a right to counter this argument with the US Black Ships under Admiral Perry's aggression of sending cannonballs bombing the Port of Tokyo (then Edo) that led to the extreme military government that followed the Meiji Restoration and Japanese Imperialism. In US history, I was told that China was referred in the West as the Chinese Melon or Chinese Maiden because it was being carved up by western colonialists. How did China get so weak that they could be invaded by Japan instead of crushing them at the very start? In fact most of Asia and South East Asia had been sucked dry by Western countries for hundreds of years while Japan was in isolation. Japan was a small feudal country that turned overnight into a military aggressor and whose fault was that? Had the Shogunate clans stayed in power instead of the clans under the Meiji supporters, would things have been different? History isn't so straight forward and perspective changes if you change the starting point. Did the Israel Palestine war start on October 7th or 1948? If the Nazis didn't cause the Holocaust, would what is happening today in Palestine be avoided?
@armastus1474
4 ай бұрын
We as human beings need to STOP ignoring our human history. It's awful what our ancestors did, we should all be okay to be open about it and then learn from it. The WORSE thing to do is ignore it or try to forget about it. Remembering horrific history has never resulted in future generations hating themselves. If there is sadness and regret from your nations past, that is NOT a bad thing. That means you've learned from the mistakes of your elders and now you can grow and strive to be better. Ignoring ones past has NEVER been beneficial.
@blackbelt2000
4 ай бұрын
japan tried to team up with Germany during WW2 and they both lost. Germany learned and understood their past and made sure future generations their country's past dishonor. japan did not. They pretend it never happened basically. That is the issue.
@ryu855
4 ай бұрын
I know what you mean But you don't understand If they talk about it will causing argument and disagreement You gotta understand There's pain on one side Guilt on the other It's kind of like with whites and blacks Black people are still in pain From slavery And even though it's a thousand years later Their descendents are still in pain And the whites are Guilty Even though the whites of today Have nothing to do with slavery They're still guilty And the Blacks of today Even though they have nothing to do with slavery There's so much pain So it's the same thing with Japan And China In Korea There has to be openness on one side And compassion on the other
@jstos3675
4 ай бұрын
@@ryu855 😀😃😄😆😂🤣
@gurugurumawaru7869
4 ай бұрын
That's what you get when you do censorship to hide your skeletons. This is exactly how history repeats itself.
@Player-re9mo
4 ай бұрын
As a Romanian this issue reminds me of my own country. Here in Romania we have a large Hungarian community. Romanians and Hungarians went to war many times and a large part of modern day Romania used to be ruled by Hungarians. When Romania took control, a lot of Hungarians became part of Romania. To this day there has been bad blood between the two. Some Hungarians say they want autonomy, while some Romanians demand they speak the national language (Romanian). But most people do not care about that. Most people want to live peacefully. We gave them minority rights and they are free to practice their culture, study in their language and they even have representation in the government. I feel like my country is richer with them in it. They have a different ethnicity, but they are still Romanian citizens. Why can't the same be true for Japan? Why don't Japanese want to acknowledge minorities living in Japan? It's not just Koreans, there are also Okinawans and Ainu people. I don't think Japan has anything to lose by respecting its own citizens. You can't expect people to integrate into Japanese society while marginalizing them at the same time. Also, think of the Japanese communities outside Japan, should they be persecuted for being Japanese too? What about Japanese in Korea? Would Japanese people accept it, if Koreans treated Japanese the same way? No solution is perfect, but a compromise must be reached nonetheless. Spreading out hate will only ensure the conflict will never stop.
@RanDom-II
4 ай бұрын
Japanese is a collectivist society and your insistence that they follow individualistic societal values tell me you don't understand this. In Japan, it is the norm to suppress your own individual identity to create harmony in the group. It's not always a good thing but then the West's idea of over indulging in individualism creates its own problems.
@Player-re9mo
4 ай бұрын
@@RanDom-II I don't buy it. Countries aren't purely individualistic or collectivistic. The world isn't black and white. Romania is more individualistic than Japan and more collectivist than USA. It wouldn't cost Japan anything to respect the different ethnicities on it's land. Current Japanese society is anything but harmonious.
@winterlantern5695
4 ай бұрын
"My country is being divided by a foreign group. It's getting worse. But it's OK cos I FEEL like it's good." Lol, lmao even.
@Player-re9mo
4 ай бұрын
@@winterlantern5695 People who have lived in your country for centuries aren't "foreigners". Maybe you should read other books beside Mein Kampf.
@Player-re9mo
4 ай бұрын
@@winterlantern5695 You know zero about Hungarians living in Romania. Maybe put Mein Kampf down for a bit and touch some grass.
@kiirothedriver8714
4 ай бұрын
We live in a time where Japan conquered the world through the influence of anime, altho it has already been waning because of the recent trend called K-pop. Everyone, Koreans included, were held sway by Anime's transformative lessons. we've been captivated by Shounen themes of Perseverance, The truth about human nature in War, the trait of Empathy embodied within Kawaii culture... All of these overshadow every war crime Imperial Japan did, all the atrocities they did, including against the Koreans and us, Filipinos, with sex trafficking our women and punishing our soldiers on the Bataan Death March. I took a special liking on the Mecha Genre of anime, because the Writers there told stories that are unforgettable. It really reminds us to value our history, especially remembering the *Dark Past* in order to do better and bring better conduct to our fellow men throughout the world in the present. I am especially glad that we can all be friends now because of Anime, especially the Mecha Genre, it's war stories cut deep through every society, government, and army of the world.
@rontype1554
4 ай бұрын
Geek culture in Japan is waning also due to latter going global. Even in that culture, Korean (and China ) is eating their lunch so I see more anime being adapted from Korean/Chinese works nowadays (I also hope that someday, Philippines can have their share). Western geek culture has waned a lot due to wokeness and hopes to drag Japan down with them in which they do have achievements. * cough * CAPCOM * cough *
@cashington5756
3 ай бұрын
"coerced" is a weird replacement for the word "rape"
@sho25gen
4 ай бұрын
Look up the M-fund. Japan is a de facto one-party state created by the CIA after the war. So basically a US satellite state.
@winterlantern5695
4 ай бұрын
I knew Japan was controlled. Like an experiment. What's the M-fund and what sources can I find it?
@saibbenitez4410
4 ай бұрын
Personally living in América,i see at Japanese people as smart and hard workers,but like society they need many things to do,they used to be an empire because they where comanded by smart people,but now they have big issues with their economy,debt and population, japanese people is stock in their lives as robots,that means they are losing their dreams and hopes,but as American person i see much potencial in Japanese people,but as society,they need suport .
@user-cy9cn8se9d
4 ай бұрын
You added nothing to the conversation
@saibbenitez4410
4 ай бұрын
@@user-cy9cn8se9d relax Man Is not a competition Is just a Point of view about the information i have of Japanese people,if you don't like It,just Let It pass.
@shadow1sd
4 ай бұрын
I mean I can understand it. At the end of the day they are just foreigners no matter how screwed up that sounds it is the truth. Even if I went to Japan and I spoke decent Japanese. I will still be looking as a foreigner no matter what. Koreans are on their land and probably speak their language so it's like yeah. Koreans they probably are also a small population in Japan as well.
@Ziko577
4 ай бұрын
Out of the 125 million Japanese, the Koreans only make up 0.4% of the population so that's maybe a couple thousand of them at most.
@Player-re9mo
4 ай бұрын
They aren't foreigners. They were born and raised in Japan, same as their parents.
@winterlantern5695
4 ай бұрын
That means... having different races in one land really causes division. History shows it. Just close borders. Resegregate or deport.
@shadow1sd
4 ай бұрын
@@Ziko577 yeah. A smaller group for sure but I understand Japan's point on this. They like to keep things traditional and there's nothing wrong with that
@shadow1sd
4 ай бұрын
@@Player-re9mo if that is true then technically Korean must be like a background. But if they were born in Japan and technically they are Japanese. Maybe with Korean background I don't know
@maafremsayablong
4 ай бұрын
Nobita-san put subtitle when you speak too so i can understand more clearly
@jia2001
4 ай бұрын
No Japanese living today should feel responsible for WW2 war crimes. How ever the politicians needs to do a better job like Germany to tell the truth better about their awful past. Don't do things like Shinzo Abe going to Shrine to honor war criminals.
@DeepWater-rm8vo
4 ай бұрын
As a German, I can say that not teaching about past crimes dooms you to repeat them in the future.
@user-lf6yh8jw2z
4 ай бұрын
Don't talk about Germany and Japan in the same way. Germany was a terrible country, but Japan hasn't always been an exceptionally bad country.
@DeepWater-rm8vo
4 ай бұрын
@@user-lf6yh8jw2z Learn history and shut up. Just because your schools don’t educate you on the atrocities your country has committed doesn’t mean you didn’t commit them.
@Ceasarsalate
4 ай бұрын
Well you commit them again it seems
@DeepWater-rm8vo
4 ай бұрын
@@user-lf6yh8jw2z Oh yeah? Just because you are uneducated on your history doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.
@tejave0ojnc
3 ай бұрын
@@user-lf6yh8jw2z By every metrics, Germany is better than Japan for sure.
@awildcyclistappears
4 ай бұрын
Past is past. Not trying to downplay anything that Japan did during WW2 period (I'm from Poland and Germany did a lot to my country during the WW2, yet I'm not rallying every month to protest against them, since it makes no sense) and before, but it's not healthy to keep picking on this topic. History is something we should be aware of and learn from it, so we do not make the same mistakes. This is a multi-layered problem that should be resolved by both countries. ps. also, arguments of being proud of history or ancestry seem a bit too much for me - we are all the same, we are born and we die, what we should strive for is to get closer to each other rather than dividing ourselves because of ethnicity etc. this is the pitfall of humanity - always divided. ps2. just like the end quote of Nobita's dad - we need to meet halfway, but there's always something that one or the other side like to cling to
@Zero-ft3sf
4 ай бұрын
i find it silly to hold a grudge against a country based on crimes they committed through history. each era has it's own generation and mindset...
@Darkhorse12022
4 ай бұрын
Timestamp 6:22: Whether he understands how deeply he has shown his true face or not, this is why any immigration policy created is deemed to fail in the long run. He literally admitted that it is not made for permanent solutions. That unconscious bias is evident in work contracts, and wages which is why most desirable candidates will never contribute to this country. It is funny the extreme measures the Japanese will go to create a friendly and accommodating persona but in this little moment, he broke face. Can you imagine their uproar if any other country said that about their people immigrating abroad? Regarding the Korean schools, in the U.S., they have Japanese-only schools that do the exact same thing!!
@philipk83
4 ай бұрын
He struck me as a japanese Trump
@1knurlagn
4 ай бұрын
Immigration causes so many problems. Hopefully the idea of everyone mixing together will be abandoned as a failed project.
@Darkhorse12022
4 ай бұрын
@@1knurlagn Maybe, but for that thesis to prove correct it would have to be proven that countries individuals immigrated from have already provided equitable economic opportunities. One of the many reasons Japan continues to receive criticism is due to the enormous amount of effort they make to appear that they are international players and allies, but they have no interest in shouldering any burden of being one, nor putting in the actual work. They actually just want to be left alone to do their own thing...
@moggless
4 ай бұрын
@@philipk83 and he's right whether you like it or not. have you seen the state america is in? even democrats dont want any more illegal immigrants.
@gurugurumawaru7869
4 ай бұрын
Yeah, people like them just want to avoid responsibility and accountability. These are the very alt-right party that is currently pushing for remilitarizatuon of Japan. If they wanna do that, then how about they shoulder the sins of their forefathers and went on the tribunal? Or better yet, show some actual sincerity by giving war reparations.
@julao_
4 ай бұрын
When the topic shifted to how inclusive Korea is or isn't, I immediately thought of the dekasegi, or the japanese immigrant descendants born in Brazil who return to Japan only to work as manual labor. Even though many of the dekasegi had little to no race mixing in Brazil throughout the generations, and look just as japanese as the people born in Japan, when they move there, manual labor and clothing factories are as far as they're *allowed* to go. All jobs that the "real" Japanese are too great and clean to do. Their children are also a prime target for bullying in school, and I want to emphasize that because japanese kids are ruthless. I'm also very biased and this is a very personal issue to me, please forgive me if the way I put things is offensive. Parts of my family continue to become dekasegi and I can't understand why they'd chose such a miserable life for themselves or their children. A life of harassment and poverty that they thought would be welcoming and prosperous. It's like the American dream but in Japan instead.
@yato329
4 ай бұрын
I agree with your history teacher
@josayeee
4 ай бұрын
Most every other asian country that were victims of war crimes by Japan have moved on.
@gurugurumawaru7869
4 ай бұрын
Nope, I can assure you we haven't move on. Dig around deeper and you'll find out that we'll never move on from the Japanese politicians' disingenuous lip servive. Especially when there's no sincerity in form of war reparations. Please don't speak for us.
@thelastdefenderofcamelot5623
4 ай бұрын
@@gurugurumawaru7869 Dig even deeper only to find that there's actually nothing on the bottom of the ocean.
@gurugurumawaru7869
4 ай бұрын
@@thelastdefenderofcamelot5623 If you're being sarcastic or fooling around, then piss off.
@RanDom-II
4 ай бұрын
@@gurugurumawaru7869 Southeast Asian nations are now worried about Chinese aggression and that is changing their tune about Japan. They may hate what was done in the past but today's problems take precedence.
@winterlantern5695
4 ай бұрын
@@gurugurumawaru7869LMAOOOO TELL ME YOU'RE A 1ST WORLD COMMIE WESTERNER WITHOUT TELLING ME
@1004bs
2 ай бұрын
I find it baffling so few Japanese actually know about the atrocities committed by their countrymen against their neighbors. History everyone else knows. The nationalism in Japan combined with whitewashed history is concerning.
@pabsta
4 ай бұрын
This politician is stern and its something I agree with. I want people to understand what happened and to move on to improve what is currently the problem which is to raise the nation to incline rather than decline. By constantly creating new generations of bitter minds and attitudes won't help the country, look at how the Japanese accepted world war 2 and the Americans to modernize and move away from the past to become a great nation. Koreans in Japan just seems like they are still crying over what happened instead of joining hands to integrate into the modern age.
@blackbelt2000
4 ай бұрын
Lol,😂 ok weeb jp didn't accept the reasons for being involved in ww2 they ignored it and made sure future generations ignored it. Jpn still plays victim themselves about the US kicking their behinds at the end of WW2.
@pabsta
4 ай бұрын
I respect the interest in the truth but different schools will only cause division. I believe that sort of teaching should be private and not public.
@user-sz8jv7ik2h
4 ай бұрын
i'm curious this video. Because,this video no touched abduction about North Korea. この動画で気になったのは、北朝鮮による拉致というのが全く触れていなかった
@ilcilc2910
4 ай бұрын
All I have to say about this is to look at the US currently. Look how "diversity" has evolved into in the US and you'll have your answer.
@sanjeev.rao3791
4 ай бұрын
What's that supposed to mean?
@yvesco5096
4 ай бұрын
Les amérindiens peuvent confirmer
@kamuroshiryu8453
4 ай бұрын
Diversity is also much worse here in the UK, especially in London where you have this Free Palestine Islamist madness going on and Jews and Christians that counter-protest it are getting arrested for "mean and hateful comments". I have seen enough of Mahyar Tousi's live and normal videos that have around 3-7 minutes of run time to witness that sort of "diversity" and "anti-hate speech policing" the police in certain parts of my country to throw their wrongthinking suspects in the clink which makes them no different from the Stasi officers or Red Guards in the Chicoms of China.
@sugarmilk28
4 ай бұрын
Diversity started in the moment the Americas got colonized. This land was first lived by native Americans. Africans were then brought in as slaves because the British colonizers could not work the land. As the industrial revolution and railways started, more workers were needed ie bringing in migrant workers. You clearly don't know anything about the US history, as it was unavoidable in it's diversity the moment European colonist touched the land. YOU think diversity is bad when in reality it's hostility and segregation. Learn your history before assuming diversity is an issue in the US.
@UnimportantAcc
4 ай бұрын
@@sugarmilk28 Bro rlly said the colonizers couldn't 'work the land' ahahaha U mean the nutrient rich untouched soil of the Americas? Good thing they imported another group of colonizers who knew how to work all that fertile green grassland... From Africa 💀💀
@SirGriefALot
4 ай бұрын
As long as they're not mad at America. Some people here want an apology for the slavery thing and that was almost 200 years ago.
@patatogamer7
4 ай бұрын
Gotta love the part where people argue they were "brought" over, ignoring the fact that they were first SOLD in order to have been BOUGHT.
@blackbelt2000
4 ай бұрын
American history didn't treat slavery as a footnote and pretend it didn't happen. jpn did.
@cloe5221
4 ай бұрын
Zainichi Koreans weee given the option to leave! Matter fact they a free to leave anytime but they choose to stay. They can pick South Korean or North Korea or Los Angeles yet they choose to stay and challenge the Japanese because of history? Why not challenge your own people to be kinder, sympathetic and welcoming of Zainichi Koreans when they return?? This actually annoys me! Zainichi Koreans act as if they are Native or indigenous to Japans such as Okinawan and Ainu people ! You are not ! So move on!!
@blackbelt2000
4 ай бұрын
Zainichi have the right to stay. How about you move on!
@tejave0ojnc
3 ай бұрын
Zainichi Koreans are descendants of Japanese citizens who happened to be ethnically Korean before WW2. They have every right to stay in Japan. Let me guess.. you re not Japanese. just a w........
@phonicBlitz
4 ай бұрын
Instead of monetary compensation or surface level apology a more meaningful action would be better for both sides. For example, the Japanese could move the convicted war criminals from Yasukuni Shrine to new shrine, then every time a Prime Minister visits Yasukuni Shrine it wouldn't validate hate or disrespect against Koreans.
@RanDom-II
4 ай бұрын
I do agree with you, that Shrine was created long before WWII and has older historical significance, getting rid of those war criminals would not be a bad idea but as it happens, the more pressure, the more resistance. But this comfort women thing is a different issue on many levels.
@rebeccachia
4 ай бұрын
thanks so much for covering this complicated issue. It's true that Koreans who have stayed overseas find it hard to fit back into their homeland. but at the same time , they should go to Japanese school and integrate with the locals instead of having a separate school- which causes more segregation. However, the Japanese guy speaking is little harsh. ^^; whether to preserve your bloodline and other gaijin's coming in , he has to admit, the declining of birthrates, and Japan will need the international workforce in the future.
@davidbudka1298
4 ай бұрын
Cultural, racial, and ethnic strife is always difficult to deal with in any country. It happens here in the United States all the time! Native Americans, Blacks, Hispanics, and Asians often feel marginalized.
@winterlantern5695
4 ай бұрын
Lol theyre literally the majority in the entire planet
@vipernest2136
4 ай бұрын
I have lived in South Korea and Japan, from my perspective as a westerner, if the Koreans in Japan don’t like what is going on in Japan then they should go back to one of the Koreas so they can be happy. History is what it is, in the US the general public barely even remember it but damn, old wars/battles are alive and well in Asia.
@tejave0ojnc
3 ай бұрын
So blacks should just go back to Africa and never complain about racism they face...what branch of KKKkkkkkkkk do you belong to?
@fujigoko007
4 ай бұрын
Sikhs of British colonial India. Koreans in Japan, a colony of the US Empire. That's the truth. Japan's media, distribution, and culture belong to them.
@fujigoko007
4 ай бұрын
We Japanese are powerless against the actual colonial structure. This is an open secret known to many people around the world. This kind of story is drilled into the Japanese born into the world and perpetuates the domination of Koreans.
@josea3881
4 ай бұрын
It is not so easy. Here in Europe France has a big monument of Napoleon, for them a hero. USA even with some movies doing a little bit of criticism, still considers an achievement the launching of the atomic bombs, remember, the only country which did it. In Spain, my country, history of the civil war is avoided and no a single version talking about all the parts have ever been taught. The winners or the "history/story" that is more convinient for the people at the top it is the one that is told. So I understand perfectly these, sometimes, artificial ways of keeping the confrontation among people. We need to learn to live in the present and see people as individuals rather than as a part of the image we have of a country. Let us focus on the present a little bit more and let's see into the future.
@sabian8700
4 ай бұрын
If they don't like it maybe they should leave. You are suppose to adapt and adopt your host country's policies and else, not the other way around. No one owes them anything. This victimism really has to go, it doesn't matter what happened in the past, we live a new world and long gone are the days and people who made whatever atrocities happen.
@blackbelt2000
4 ай бұрын
funny, it is jpn always crying the victim.
@sleepingkirby
4 ай бұрын
So, Taiwanese here. The other country that had Japanese colonization and had comfort women for Japanese people. The only time I bring up Japanese colonialism is when people, Japanese people go "You have no right to talk like you know Japan." And my response is "Then your country probably shouldn't have forced your language and your culture on us." To which their response is "I don't think the current generation is responsible for the crimes of the past generation." That response seems insane to me considering how non-sequitur and defensive it is. I wasn't saying you need to be responsible for the crime. I'm just saying, at one point, your culture told us, forced us to be Japanese. And now, you're like, "You can't be the thing we tried to force you to be." That's insane. People don't work like that. Reality doesn't work like that. The fact that someone thinks it does is frightening and might prove to be a danger to society. Even if that Japanese person didn't personally do it, you have to acknowledge that a) it happened, and b) it still impacts things today. I wasn't asking for punishment or reparations. I was simply stating a fact. My first cartoon was Japanese. 3/4's of my grandparents spoke Japanese. I'm literally sitting in a 和室 as I'm typing this. I feel like anyone taking the approach of "Talking about it is bad and all Koreans need to go away." is just perpetuating the attempt at genocide. Like Japanese people were upset that the movie didn't talk about the Japanese victims of the atom bomb. What if America's response was "Current America isn't responsible for past generations." and left it at that. Japanese people would be outraged. But that's the same approach/argument they're taking with this. And it's not like Taiwan didn't do something similar either. The KMT here tried to eradicate the native Taiwanese tribes/people's language and culture. But the solution isn't to ignore it because I might feel hate or responsibility. The solution is to acknowledge it happened and open dialogue. Which is what our committee of transitional justice is doing. That's the compromise. Nothing good can happen by ignoring reality.
@karmanivek1
4 ай бұрын
They do acknoledge it. Also the sins of our fathers are not our sins. By constantly talking about it, it will only keep the suffering alive. "Open dialogue" is good in theory when the intentions are in the right place but the outcomes are often more misunderstanding because often the message is lost in translation when dealing with other cultures and languages. Better forgive and move on but never forgetting the errors of the past.
@sleepingkirby
4 ай бұрын
@@karmanivek1 "They do acknoledge it..." I literally gave you an example where they don't acknowledge it. You can see examples in this video where they don't. They try to pretend it didn't happen and the zainichi Koreans don't exist by pushing them out of society.... And your contribution is "Nu-uh"? "Open dialogue" is good in theory when the intentions are in the right place but the outcomes are often more misunderstanding because often the message is lost in translation when dealing with other cultures and languages. Better forgive and move on but never forgetting the errors of the past." *facepalm* They speak the same language. They grew up in the country. They know the culture and language. They're STILL suffering the affects of it to this day. And, again, Taiwan is doing this and it's working. And your suggestion is "They should just forgive and forget about the thing they're currently going through."? Besides, forgiveness requires that the other side wants to be forgiven. You can't say "the sins of the fathers are not our sins" but then say "they should be forgiven." If the sins aren't yours what's to be forgiven? Like, it doesn't even make sense in Christianity logic. Jesus can't forgive your sin if the sin isn't yours.
@karmanivek1
4 ай бұрын
@@sleepingkirby Case in point of misunderstanding because often the message is lost in translation when dealing with other cultures and languages. My stance remain, keeping a victim mentlity only foster resentment, focusing on the negative will only bring more negativity. Time to break the circle of hate by forgiving and forgeting but remembering enough to not reproduce the errors.
@sleepingkirby
4 ай бұрын
@@karmanivek1 Yeah, none of that addresses the actual problems currently afflicting the zainichi Koreans nor any of my previous points. It pretty much "thoughts and prayers" except you're telling the victims to only pray for themselves. Victim mentality is basically the buzz word of people who want to make no effort for the wrongs they've done and claim they're the victims of hate. So, by your own advice, you should let go of the victim mentality of victim mentality, You're being hated by the people you hurt. You should forgive them for hating you.
@TylerNOS386277
4 ай бұрын
In America, parents can take their children to a school that teaches the children what the parents want them to learn. - If Japanese schools were like America, you would situations as listed below. - One school might teach about the Mongolian wars and culture extensively, while another might only mention how they tried attacking Japan twice. - One school might teach about the many different dynasties of China going back thousands of years, while another might only teach that China is a dangerous Communist country that hates Japan and wants to take over the world. - One school might teach that Humans evolved from apes and monkeys millions of years ago, and that the earth had a beginning; while another school might teach that the world has existed forever, Humans have no connection to apes, and people will continue to be reincarnated until they finally become free of samsara (as described in Buddhism).
@sugarmilk28
4 ай бұрын
Let's be real. A lot of the atrocities committed by the Japanese during WW2 has been overlooked by the country. Acting like it never happened will only hurt the victims even more. As much as people want to say "it's the past" people are still living with the scar. Acknowledgement, repent, and awareness helps the victims heal. And most Asian countries want that acknowledgement with a sincere apology. Apologizing doesn't hurt....it only hurts those who affect their egos
@thelastdefenderofcamelot5623
4 ай бұрын
The atrocities have already been investigated and given closures after the end of WWII. A lot of these unknown stories began circulating sometime after the internet was born and immediately it became clear that this was all a smear campaign against Japan. The picture of the so-called decapitated mother was actually a picture of a nude Taiwanese model digitally photoshopped around the year 2000's because we figured out who she was. Her name is Ding Ning and she is still alive today.
@AmbiCahira
4 ай бұрын
I can sort of relate to this topic a little bit. Sweden used to "own" Finland and we never get taught about it in schools, but Finland to this day teach Swedish as part of their school curriculum and Finnish people that live in Sweden with a strong accent face a lot of cruelty from mean spirited people. If schools taught us about the wrongdoings we probably did then I think the finns living there would be treated with more kindness. I like what Germany is doing in their education so that history doesn't repeat itself.
@tronophono913
4 ай бұрын
"Meet halfway before its too late" Love that quote. While you step forward to meet me halfway I will step back further and ask you to keep meeting me half way.
@akeyrtainment8507
4 ай бұрын
And yet some westerners call them Chinese, sometimes as a joke.
@perdomot
23 күн бұрын
The fact that Korea treats Koreans who grew up in other countries poorly shows they are no better or worse than the Japanese who also treat them differently. Maybe they should include this info in the Koreans schools curriculum.
@tokyobrwn
4 ай бұрын
I'm a black American and some of my ancestors were slaves. But I don't keep bringing it up because that was long ago and no one owns slaves now in America. I agree with the politician. Become naturalized citizens. Get rid of the special condition. You live in Japan so become Japanese citizens.
@wannabe41
4 ай бұрын
What about the systematic racism that exists in America and has its roots in slavery? By the same token, the Comfort Women and other atrocities committed against Koreans is the root of the discrimination that they’re experiencing in Japan today.
@tokyobrwn
4 ай бұрын
@@wannabe41 There is no systemic racism in America. The Koreans in Japan don't want to become citizens. They want special treatment. Just like some blacks in America want undeserved, special treatment for something that no living person had anything to do with. Blacks do great in America when they work hard. I know many. The Koreans in Japan should probably stop seeking special treatment and become citizens. They already got the apology they wanted so it's time to move on. Can't be a victim forever.
@TSPH1992
4 ай бұрын
@wannabe41 Is that systematic racism in the same room with you right now? If you are able to post this behind a keyboard or on a smartphone you are not oppressed. Just saying
@TSPH1992
4 ай бұрын
@@wannabe41Besides (slightly different subject but still connected) the people who were brought in as slaves to the USA were already enslaved before they entered the ships by their own kind who sold them to the slave traders for things like weaponry and noble metals with the sole purpose of territorial expansion on the African continent
@RanDom-II
4 ай бұрын
@@wannabe41 It's class warfare not systemic racism in the US these days. There are elites in every race oppressing the working class of every race.
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