The Islands Where the Japanese Empire was Born (and Died)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 พ.ค. 2017
- Welcome to Ogasawara!
A thousand kilometres into the Pacific, nestled in a jungle cabin, we are searching out untold history. Our first video from these islands takes place near a set of stones that are nearly impossible to find on Google. An incredibly important moment in history, hidden away on a hillside and seemingly unknown even to those living nearby. Join us as we search for Rare Earth, and learn about the Empire of Japan.
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i find all of your videos incredibly sobering. it's good to know that people like you tell the stories nobody else will. have you considered doing the Golan Heights? essentially the worlds largest concentration camp, with 2 million fences off inhabitants who are regularly shot by IDF snipers.
Ok...not to nit pick....it wasnt just the Americans fighting the Japanese....British, Australian, Indian and alot of native ppl were involved....
Asia:
Japan fought against the whites who were enslaving Asia for hundreds of years, not against the natives. What do you think the whites were doing in Asia?
Charity?
There were only about 60 countries in the world at the time, of which only 10 non-white countries were not yet colonized by the whites, and the figure was decreasing. Japan was the last country in Asia remaining totally independent, and within several years of the War all the countries were freed.
Who do you think formed and trained their armies in Asian countries, which fought against the West when they came back to recolonize after the WWII?
You think the Asians were holding US guns or Japanese guns?
Or, do the guns grow on trees?
For example, today, some 3,000 Japanese lay buried with decorations in Kalibata Heroes Cemetery in Jakarta, Indonesia. Everybody in Indonesia including those in the first subsequent independent Government and Army like the first President Sukarno, Bun Tomo, Aramasa, Sanpas, Hatta, etc. were holding Japanese guns and fighting with the Japanese.
On November 5th and 6th, 1943, the first Greater East Asia Conference was held in Tokyo, Japan in which seven Asian countries participated: Japan (Prime Minister Tojo); Republic of China (Wang Jingwei); Manchuko (Prime Minister Zhang Jinghui); Republic of Philippine (President José Paciano Laurel); Burma (Prime Minister of Independent Burma); Thailand (Wan Waithayakon, the Prince of Thailand); India (Chandra Bose, the military legend for the independence of India, and representing the Provisional Government of Free India).
Note that Japan participated as Japan, not as the Empire of Japan, because after the War when order is restored, Japan was going to disband the empire.
This is the first international meeting held by non-white nations and the Greater East Asian Joint Declaration was unanimously adopted:
1. The countries of Greater East Asia through mutual co-operation will ensure the stability of their region and construct an order of common prosperity and well-being based upon justice.
2. The countries of Greater East Asia will ensure the fraternity of nations in their region, by respecting one another’s sovereignty and independence and practicing mutual assistance and amity.
3. The countries of Greater East Asia by respecting one another’s traditions and developing the creative faculties of each race, will enhance the culture and civilization of Greater East Asia.
4. The countries of Greater East Asia will endeavour to accelerate their economic development through close co-operation upon a basis of reciprocity and to promote thereby the general prosperity of their region.
5. The countries of Greater East Asia will cultivate friendly relations with all the countries of the world, and work for the abolition of racial discrimination, the promotion of cultural intercourse and the opening of resources throughout the world, and contribute thereby to the progress of mankind.
The significance of this declaration was that for the first time in the human history, the equality of countries as well as the abolition of racial discrimination were adopted.
After the French Revolution in the 18th century France, the human rights were declared for the first time in the human history, challenging the order ruled by royal families. But against this new order, Coalition Wars were waged by military alliances of old order countries. Even though France lost the wars in the end, the spirits of human rights prevailed, and all European countries subsequently adopted democracy.
Likewise, it was Japan that proposed for the first time in human history the abolition of all racial discrimination to the League of Nations in 1919 in an attempt to end the white colonization and enslavement that lasted for hundreds of years. This proposal was rejected by the US, and soon anti-Japan encircling net was formed. Even though Japan lost the War in the end, the spirits prevailed, and within several years of the War, all the Asian countries gained independence, followed by African countries.
To erase this fact from written history, and to record Japan as an aggressor, the US banned Japan to use this word, the Greater East Asia War, in academies, education and media; burned more books than Hitler did; and rewrote the history as Churchill proudly said “History is written by the victor."
This censorship still continues today.
"Britain's not happy about this, Japan's not happy about this, but America's pretty pleased with themselves" American international policy summed up in one sentence.
You say that like Britain didn't do similar stuff immediately before, or like Japan didn't do similar stuff immediately after.
Britain was epically worse.
Says someone with zero knowledge of history if they think Britain was worse.
the British have invaded almost 90 per cent of the countries around the globe but yes japan did some seriously horrifying shit to everyone they invaded there isn't a word the describe the amount of rape and murder that japan visited upon their conquests many armies tended to rape the population of conquests throughout history but japan took it to another level entirely
You're forgetting all the democratically elected governments replaced by military dictatorships by the US in the last 100 years. Almost every country in Latin America got one at least once, to start with.
Trying to prove yourself worthy can become a self-destructive force indeed. That's a Taoist lesson right there.
Taoism: Fuck you, obey the law. God I love Bill Wurtz
@@tinycockjock1967 is that not legalism?
@@reizayin Technically correct, yet it's more or less the pattern of every control-ideology/religion.
@@LegendOfTheOld taoism wasn't a control ideology/religion, it was a more a set of values along with some mythology
@@dvf1736That's what THEY always try to sell you. Exactly the same - wrong - thing is peddeld about buddhism. There are temples in Daoism, there are priests who tell you what to do, there are sacrifices to make and most of all the main diety is Yu Di a diety to simply and purely glorify the monarchy - of the song dynasty. Don't get sold on bullshit.
The audio from the beach was a bit wonky. Just had to roll with it. Sorry everyone! We're still learning the trade. :)
Chris Hadfield's Rare Earth keep up the good work!
Chris Hadfield's Rare Earth didn't even notice :)
I really like this, it was really powerful. It moved me that just 15 meters stood between two worlds, an expansionistic empire and a crumbling nation. Good job. What was the intent for making this, though? What made you come out to a remote island in the middle of the pacific and make this?
Oh, I just went to the channels home page and watched the series intro video. I like the idea for the series. Keep up the good work. By the way, how many takes did it take till you got this one?
Not bad at all considering the wind and ocean noise going on in that scene that could have made it much worse.
"Open the country, stop having it be closed"
The Americans said with their huge gunboats.
-Bill Wurtz
Murica: don't worry lil guy we just want to giv you some candy.
Japan: oh shit candy give me some of-
Murica: *nuke×2*
Bear in mind we forced Japan to start trading with us. But we let Japan self rule. The ones who were not prepared for change were the Shogun masters who were treated like Gods. While the average peasant did not even have the simple right to live under the old rule. They welcomed the right to improve their place in life.@@AzariusR
@@AzariusR I'm from Japan and we are grateful for what the U.S. has done for us over the years. We could've been treated with much worse for our brutality, but we ended with strong allies to the end.
We are now brothers! 🇯🇵🇺🇸
What a great and informative video. And I'm glad that you touched on WHY Japan became an expansionist empire. I don't think nearly enough people know that it wasn't by choice, but out of fear, watching their neighbours being forced to their knees. A story that will forever be useful to learn. Never lay too much force on anyone. You won't just antagonize those people, but also create fear and resentment among their neighbours, fearful that they will be next...
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Please. They might started it with a just intention. But the empire lived long enough and choosed to be the villain. Ask the southeast asian, how awful living under tojo briefed rule, compared to quite a long time under western imperialist.
I'm a history buff and even I didn't know!!
Well put
What kind of bullshit reason is that. We are so afraid to end up like our neighbours let's exploit them ourselves instead.
I appreciate this video. Unlike other media trying to explain Japan's imperial past, this one is the most accurate, unbiased one. ありがとう
My grandpa killed hundreds of Japanese in WW2
Japanese people is very polite, the culture and people is good. But everything is not all positive, like he said in the video, imperial japanese lead to the aristocracy, the japan imperial has so many sins in the war, the killing of civilian, sex slave. Too bad that now many japanese becoming right wing and denied any wrong doing about this.. I have some of japanese friend but seeing japanese slowly going to that side again makes me sad and mad at the same time
I found it as biased as what is taught on the subject in Western textbooks.
Kumat Mebro God bless him.
What is biased about the media, and the western educational system's approach to the Japanese Empire?
I found this video itself a bit biased, with the heavyhanded pushing of an idea that Japan was simply trying to survive by being an Empire, when what happened in reality was that the Japanese saw how increadibly powerful the West had become, and wanted to imitate them, and be powerful and mighty as well.
"Bookends of an Empire"- what a phenomenal title man
i wonder why he changed it
This format is full of potential, very interesting, narration is easy to follow and understandable for everyone. Keep doing those story times, it only gets better !
Never knew about this part of Empire expansion, either by the Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, British, American or the Japanese. Great series, can't wait for next episode.
Informative and beautiful as usual. Keep up the good work
This is what I imagine Philo Farnsworth had in mind when he invented the "modern" TV, a real tool for really teaching people.
underrated channel. I've been binge watching all weekend.
This is such an effective way of teaching history and showing the beauty of the world all at once! Thank you!
Dude!! You're such a good storyteller! 👍
Always wondered why the Japanese went full-on militaristic for a few decades!!
Another great video exploring the unknown and perhaps forgotten. Thanks for making this.
Dude (s) You guys knock this youtube thing out of the ballpark, take things to an whole other level!
You rock!
👏 👏 👏
.... unbelievably good content man, this should be on tv. I'm fact, official prediction... you will end up writing a tv show to showcase this kind of content.
bloody well done.
I enjoy your videos so much. You are a great story teller and that is a rare gift. ✌️💖
Really enjoying the direction you guys are going with the channel. Keep up the great work!
I look forward to these videos, so happy you guys are doing this, are you ever gonna come to South Africa?
Mishak Heyman
It's not good being white in South Africa. 😕
My dad Never loved me it's not good being black anywhere else
I love your series and the way that you give information. Your method of storytelling is very enjoyable and the real world events you depict keep me intrigued. Keep up the good work!
It made me unusually happy to see how free the beach was of trash. Its a shame it is such a stark contrast to the beaches near me. Thanks for a truly interesting video R.E. My favorite so far. That closer was brilliant.
Your motivation, to do something about it. ?
@@billpetersen298 Every time I kayak I bring a bucket and grabbers to snag trash out of the mangroves, and when I take morning walks on the beach I pick up the manageable trash. Have for years. But you come back the next day and its like you never bothered. It is a systemic issue more than a localized one.
The only thing I dislike about this video is the view count.
From the perspective you gave of the Japanese mindset during their expansion, it made me realize everyone is the same. Japan was doing exactly what everyone else was doing. Thank you for this video. It opened my eyes.
There’s a movie called “Emporer”(2012) that had one of the Japanese generals say this exact thought. “America, Britian, Dutch, French, have all done what attempted to do now, yet we are seen as Evil and Demonic” (just summed it. Not word for word). That statement kinda caught me by surprise.
Really great little segment on an often untouched time and place. Better than most History documentaries on TV!
I can't believe how incredible this channel is. Amazing content, this is truly something special you're working on here.
Beautifully told story. I would like to suggest using thumbnails to give a glimpse of what we can expect. A good thumbnail could be the difference between a few thousand to a few hundred thousand seeing your work.
Ancient Laws he took ur advise 😁
So tits and a giant red arrow/circle?
I'm really glad this series is up and running! Greatly informative and very entertaining! Keep kicking arse you guys :)
Love your channel and stories man. It is great information that needs to be remembered. That ending with the bunker gave me chills!!
How the hell does this series only have in the 10's of thousands of views per video and not hundreds?
Extremely well done, really looking forward to the rest of the series.
I LOVE HISTORY. great channel, I'm learning so much.
thanks a lot for making these informative videos !
Such an amazing presentation!!
I love your channel!
Please, continue...
You are a true teacher. A true light in the dark.
Shine on!
Damn! I am so glad I just stumbled on your channel. You have some fantastic content!
Every video I watch I remind myself how I'm so glad that I subscribed to this channel, I am very envious of your life friend but I'm completely grateful at the same time that you live your life the way you do and provide us with the information that you assemble. You definitely seem non-biased in your research and that is a hard thing to find these days, so my hat is off to you thank you for the videos keep making them please.
You never fail to make me realise what two men with a camera, script and location can achieve.
This one didn't even have a script! :)
I didn't start writing scripts down until nearly into Cambodia, I think.
@@RareEarthSeries then my good sir, I stand, take off my hat, and applaud in awe. It's marvellous, all of it. Keep telling us these stories.
I liked this, wasn't expecting a history lesson but it was still great.
This is some of the best content on youtube, looking forward to following the rest of your journey
I just found your channel and have been binging, but this is the most interesting Rare Earth episode I've seen so far!
I feel like I learned so much in this video!! Nice work bro
Honestly, your work is incredible. Thank you for this.
9:47 Your fast forwarding a bit too far, Japan was viewed as another great power after 1905( a relative equal), they had even maintained an alliance with the British empire until the late 20's and early 30's. The changing attitude in the west towards imperialism in the interwar years changed how people viewed conquest and Japans growing diplomatic isolation and economic troubles lead to a rise in aggressive expansionist policy trough out the 30's as militarists replaced the politicians of the 20's which in turn further separated japan from its traditional allies of the UK and US. The changing internal politics of Japan during the great depression fundamentally changed how Japan viewed the west, how it viewed itself and how it viewed its empire. There are some who say that had Britain and the US not been against the racial equality statute of the league of nations and the unfair Washington naval restrictions(naval tonnage ratio limits of 5:5:3, between us uk and japan respectively), Japan may have remained a British ally and been much less expansionist as china was of specific interest to them(although the economic woes might have thrown a wrench in there). Understanding the motivations of imperialism, the aftershocks of world war one on the global view of imperialism and Japans dire situation economically are critical to understanding why Japans turned into an aggressively expansionist country. Japan has come out pretty good from its humbling at the hands of the USA( kinda created a cultural renaissance in japan, a final step to true westernization), but to paint the imperial period as some sort of dark absolute evil, rather than japan just keeping up with the times is a disservice. Great video non the less.
well said
reviveempires Thank for the bits of information that missed in the video. It's really interesting to help understand why Japan did certain things in their history as we don't have much unbiased informations about it online
reviveempires still evil though. Conquering countries isn't very fun for everyone
@@user-no2vw8tm2s I think the point is that the Imperial period lasted for some 80 years before Japan began aggressively conquering the rest of the Pacific (aside from annexing Korea and resisting Russia's attempts to do the same to Manchuria). A lot more happened in those years, and there were a lot more reasons for their expansion than this video suggests.
@@Wlerin7 If you have to say aside from ______ then it's already over. I doubt the Koreans appreciated it.
Another splendid video, looking forward to the next episodes!
This video truly embodies what this channel means to me (opinions may vary, obviously). It starts with a topic, that I am at least semi used to (or interested in) and then proceeds to inform me about all the little but very important details of the whole story (usually left out by those that ´write´ history) Somehow you achieve this while staying interesting within the confines of my low attention span. Hats off to you. :)
Love these videos, takes TH-cam to the next level imo. This series is shaping up to be right up there with the very best documentaries.
Amazing show! love it so much:)
This is one of the best channels on youtube we can watch from beginning to the ending without getting bored.
Amazing once again, really loving this series!
I am enjoying these way to much. Thank you for bringing something special to TH-cam
Watched a few videos of this series so far, really good! I don't understand how there can be so much awesome in a single family.
Very interesting topics! If I close my eyes it almost sounds as if I'm hearing your father.
If I could maybe offer some feedback: The entire video seems to be somewhat desaturated and dark. Maybe look into Red Giant's Colorista which is amazing for balancing/boosting colors, and boosting shadows while keeping the highlights from becoming overexposed. It's just that when I see a video of a lush pacific island, I'd expect to see more green. This makes the video pop a little more, unless this is the style you guys are going for ofcourse. Nothing bad to say, just thought I'd share my ideas so please don't take it the wrong way. Keep 'em coming!
I'm colourblind. It is kind of a "take what I can see" situation. :)
@@RareEarthSeries what kind of colorblind?
Wow! That was so good. Your lines are perfect, captivating and intelligent.
I love your show. Thank you for making this series!
I am so glad that I founded this channel! I am really appreciating this playlist called rare earth!
You are a master of bringing quite complicated history into exciting, gripping understandable form. Just great... I am in love with Japan and I am grateful to learn more from you about this amazing country!
This series is awesome! I find the small picture of the big picture to be a wonderful viewpoint to show history. Bravo!
ありがと Rare Earth. Your vids are amazing.
Thanks for your videos! I thought I had just about exhausted all the interesting, intellegent channels here on TH-cam. Now I'm sick for a couple days and needing something whortwhile to watch - and here you are....
Looking forward to more episode of this series. Great concept and amazing stories
Loved it!
I love this series! Thank you.
This place is absolutely beautiful *__________* Big thanks for showing it to us!
Well made video, thank you.
This 12 min and 18 secs is a masterpiece
Never gets old
This channel is criminally underrated
your content is TOP NOTCH. keep it coming!
Your Vids are great, please keep it up!
Absolutely love it, please keep making those!
I was half expecting Bill Wurtz's 'History of Japan' video to pop up when you said 'gunboats' ;)
Great work Evan. Just noticed the credits, haha, funny. Keep it up guys love your work!
Love this series. So good
I had my doubt about this at first, but it's actually very well made. Keep it coming I think you might have something here.
I love the genuine Honesty. Always great work's.
Beautiful story and production. Keep em coming!
Man your videos are so great
Island disputes is still going on. Canada and Denmark have been fighting over Hans Island in the Kennedy Channel of Nares Strait for years. If the negotiations ends in a splitting of the island, it would create a second land border for Canada and Denmark, each of which currently only has one land border.
Wait, Denmark is Germany's Canada.
Spain also wants the Portuguese "Wild Islands"
The Chinese and Japanese are always disputing ownership of this or that speck of rock over there.
In the case of Hans island the "fight" consist mainly of producing tacky trucker hats and leaving hard liquor for each other on the island (which might count as attempted poisoning, depending on the quality).
I always wonder about all these island disputes...do the countries hold disputing sessions every year or something??
I’m glad I found you. Wonderful work.
The book Flyboys goes more in depth about Chichi Jima during World War Two.
BRAVO from Japan! Very informative, yet so simply explained and describing from multiple point of view...
This is why I love All about U Tube,this is a great history no one teaches in high schools. My history teacher told us if you want to learn history,look it up your self. Great video,keep making more,thanks 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🍺🍺🥰🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻
What kind of microphone does he use? The sound is always amazing
This series is beautifully made
Rare earth you guys inspired me I’m thinking about opening a TH-cam channel to go around the world and inspire people just the way you guys inspired me
Highly watchable. Looking forward to the next installment.
I enjoy your personal style of storytelling. Keep it up.
Ok it took me a while to get accustomed to the presentation style but after this video am sold. Excellent work.
Is it just me? Because I just fell asleep 5 times trying to watch this. This is literally my 6th time rewinding the video. I love history, I love geography, and I love what you’re doing with this series, but after a long day and trying to wind down, the auditory experience is that of a lullaby.
so good, keep it up guys!
This is a great way to tell this story. Thanks!
best one yet! keep up the good work :)
Your storytelling is reminiscent of Dan Carlin's and makes history come alive in a very similar way. This is truly gripping content. Thank you!
simply amazing !!! Great Content.
Loving the show keep it up!
Beautiful, and all in one take. Fantastic.
Your videos are mesmerizing. Thanks.
Good stuff. Excited for more content :)
Wonderful channel. Great subjects and storytelling. Thank you.
Excellent
Your videos cause me to merrily skip down the rabbit hole seeking some tangential info
This was truely an amazing story. Thanks