There's something that people tend to forget when they talk about half-Japanese people: they are individuals who look different and who have differnet personalities. Sure, there are things that many half-Japanese people experience and they may relate to each other because of their shared experiences, but at the end of the day, each person is different. And that's also my experience. I've met a lot of half-Japanese or part-Japanese people and I'm friends with some of them, but they are just different individuals. Also, many of them also just grew up in Japan and went to Japanese school and the only language they speak comfortably is Japanese. So if you see a cute guy or girl and want to talk to them, you'll have to speak Japanese to them. Don't speak Japanese? Well, I can send you some free Japanese lessons by email so click here and subscribe bit.ly/35CwZTP
Everyone is a different individual. So if I went to Japan, as a white foreigner. I would be treated differently. Even if I speak fluent Japanese. How would I find a job? I did not know Japanese people were so discriminating by nature.
I think that they really do believe they treat mixed people the same, but there is certainly a disconnect between what they want to believe and what actually occurs.
+Figgy5119 There's a certain disconnect in mostly every country between how they think they handle multiculturalism, mixed ethnicity and minority ethnicity issues.. and how they actually do, lol. No one likes to admit there's a significant amount of bigotry, racism or even positive stereotyping afoot in their own society. At least the Japanese aren't the only ones guilty of that. That would be tantamount to admitting the struggle with hate issues (either directed at themselves, or others).. and nobody wants to do thaaaat, even though it would be the first step to productively resolving said issues.
+Figgy5119 Yea, I think a lot of it goes unnoticed, unless you are connected to it personally. I definitely noted that the one person who had a friend who was mixed talked about how he was bullied. I'm sure a lot of people don't actively discriminate, and when they do it is more unintentional, but there is a definite difference from what they say about this topic and what people who are mixed or foreign or are close with someone who is say.
MrCollegeSmart Yeah I guess that's true. What I mean was the some people don't think they are racist or sexist or whatever and don't actually mean to be, but some of the subconscious things they do and how they treat other people without thinking about it are actually those things.
Vyz3r Wow. I never heard of that story before now. That is a really good example of what can happen if people are really isolated and remain ignorant to the outside world.
The people who accepted to talk to you (a stranger) in front of a camera might already have a different state of mind than people who refused to, and be more open perhaps.
Also true. There's a fair share of bullies and assholes, and people who just don't want to confront things like "ideas," so when a stranger asks them to talk they just say "nope, sorry" even if their current plans mostly just revolve around going to the Lawson's to grab a pack of cigs.
binoclard24 Almost certainly. For an obvious example, there was a study to try and determine average penis size. They used volunteers, the problem? Well endowed individuals were much more likely to volunteer and thus the size was obvious off and a urologist only the study quickly realized the results were useless.
and the Japanese (i.e. Yamato people) stole Japan from the Ainu. Every group of people has conquered land from some other group at some time so why are you disparaging white people for something everyone else has done?
@@lol-xd9fr no no it's ok you don't need to apologize, we were all really young and because at that time I couldn't understand Japanese very well, I was pretty much seen as the "weird" kid. I'm fine now, obviously I quit that school a long time ago and am currently learning Japanese at my American school with lots of friends around me, but thanks anyways^^
***** I dropped out of school to study in the school of life. So I had plenty of time, and learned way more. But if you're in school, just go during summer break.
5:16 - Japan is probably one of the few countries, where you can leave your bike outside of a store like that, without coming back to it having been stolen.
EnzonicGaming The Netherlands is arguably 'the' bike-country. Guess what the most frequently committed crime is here? Stealing bikes, lol. So that's not really a valid point. Stealing a bike on broad daylight in a crowded place isn't an ideal situation for a thief.
ohkenkun their women have no sense of modesty either. I actually mean that in the best way possible. I also only know two things about Brazilian people: "if you got it flaunt it" and y'all are amazing at soccer.
Nicki Montie how did they bull you? I’m genuinely interested. Just one example of what I call a racist gaijin lover; an older lady I know... Who was an elementary school teacher who tolled about her mixed culture/race students always as gaijin. I already told her years ago that they hold a Japanese passport, are born and live in japan all their life’s and have a Japanese lifestyle are not gaijin. I explained it to her and she seamed to understand it. But not get it. She’s so into English and all about forefingers and I’m sure she would be shocked if I call her a racist. So yesterday my 6 y old daughter and I run into her and she hears her speak perfect Japanese to others. After talking to me she asks her, of course in English, how ild she is etc., my daughter answers in perfect hiroshima ben and the lady looses it. “Eeeeee, sugooooooi, Nihongo pear pera!” My daughter just says :” Niho Jim da yo!” I’m not sure that was enough for her to never call Japanese gaijin again. I think that lady is a lost cause
@@aggominimal3573 They generally didn't know I understood Japanese so a lot of it was talking about me in a derogatory manner. In a couple of instances, an adult wouldn't let me participate in an activity or made me wait to be last. I recall that there was a word used but it wasn't gaijin. I can't recall what it was, though. I was in elementary school at the time.
@Nicki Montie thank you for sharing. Adults should know better. I hope it made you stronger. I was bullied as a immigrant throughout elementary school and it can get to you but it can also make you stronger.
I'm half Filipino, half Japanese and have been living in Japan for almost 6 years now and I gotta say finding work wasn't the easiest thing when I first moved here. There were discrimination and some people even called me a daughter of a prostitute. 😒 But it's gotten better for me, thank goodness.
I got the feeling most of the people in this video weren't totally honest... Especially those two young girls. At least the other two guys seemed a bit more "open" and one of them admitted his friend was getting bullied, but the rest acted like nothing really happened when we all know they do get treated differently.
MadHatterLove Ya ya we all got the feelings. And my feelings say.. Those girls are only talking from their point of view and experience. They do say that there arent lot of mixed people so there is like a boundary among them it can't be helped. This happens everywhere around the world when a person of new culture or race is the minority.
I did face a lot of discrimination for being half but in both countries the reasons are completely different. In America it was because I look half despite being fluent in English and having literate knowledge of American culture. But in Japan it was only because I didn’t know how to naturally express/communicate in Japanese. In America people would call me racial slurs while in Japan they would flat our discard my ideas or my presence right off the bat, but both ways I was heavily ignored for those petty reasons. I pretty much don’t experience discrimination anymore, but that’s because I’ve taken the time to become more fluent in communication and being social. Not just Japanese as a second language. My idea is that rather than what you can’t change, people just don’t like people they can’t become completely comfortable with in a minute; even in America I could’ve been liked more I believe. For you halfs out there, please take care. お疲れ様でした I know the shit you go through
As much as I love Japanese culture, they tend to say one thing and do the opposite thing. In Western countries (especially America), we tend to be pretty blunt about things.
"People overseas have different ways of thinking. So if more mixed people work in Japan, we will have diverse opinions and we can do a better job." Best damn thing I've heard in a long time.
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+That Japanese Man Yuta How come most of Japanese people don't speak English? They know a very difficult language (even for them who are natives) and they can read occidental typography, it should be so easy for them to speak English.
+sukhoy they learn the English language in school, but they rarely ever have a chance to practice it with other English speakers. its like trying to learn any other language that is not native to your own country.
+That Japanese Man Yuta I have a question though not sure you or anyone can answer. I know Miss Japan had a bit of a backlash but when I browse JP fashion magazines, celebrities, musicians, etc many look nearly like her or are tanner than the average Japanese person. So I ask is the entertainment world just different than the "real world" in Japan or is Japan just okay with mixed/non-Asian people on their TVs but not elsewhere? Or is treatment just luck of the draw like most places with humans?
+sukhoy English is also a difficult language. For example, how many words that sound the same have different meanings, like the difference between "scene" and "seen." Also sentence structure is different in English vs Japanese. Any person who is native to their language would have any difficulty learning another language.
僕も日本とイギリスのハーフです。日本には２歳までしか住んでいませんでしたがイギリスとドイツにいたころの日本とイギリス人としての経験ならあります。それと日本にも何回かいっています。僕が今まで分かったことはイギリスやドイツではアジア人だと思われ、日本に行くとすぐに外人だと思われることです。これは本当につらかったと思っています。特にドイツにいたころはクラスで一人だけのアジア人ですごく馬鹿にされたり友達も少なかったです、それも日本に行くと外人だと思われ、話しかけってくる人が少なかったり日本語をしゃべるとびっくりする人が多かったです。今はイギリスの大学にいてそれも随分変わりました。大学では色々な国から来た人が多くこういう経験をした人が多かったりするからだと思います！ Just before I post this in Japanese, i thought i'd better do it in English as well. I am half British and Japanese but on the great opposite, rather living in japan, I've lived most of my life in Germany and England. From my perspective, it has not been a great time being the only Half ''Japanese/English guy'' in my class in Germany. I got looked as if I came from another world. Yes, I was automatically Asian. They would call me Chinese (Germans think China is the whole of Asia lol) and such picking on me, because im foreign. On the other hand every time I go to Japan, I get seen as a foreigner too. They don't speak to me and when I go up to people speaking in Japanese, they would be surprised and start asking where I learnt it and these conversations are very common there. Now that I am in a University in England, that has stopped. In my opinion, this is because there are people from around the world having similar experiences like me or also because people start mixing with other people from different countries and in the end of the day it does not matter where you come from! Sorry for my text being so long but I just wanted to share my story.
sometimes you end up in a really bad class. I'm born in germany ( not fully german, but you don't see that ) and because I moved a lot I was in very different classes. Some where awesome some where just awful ;-)
Daisuke Yamaoka yeah no we don't think that china is the only country in Asia, you must've had really bad luck when getting your class, because I am a German highschool student and know very few people that would actually be as stupid to think that every asian is Chinese
I’m half Japanese / half British too. (I’m fluent in both languages but I’ll use English for sake.) I would say I got the worst of it when I was in primary school in Scotland. I was quite shy due to my background and as a result literally had no friends. I can laugh about it now but it was quite depressing when I realised I’d not spoken to anyone at all for six hours. However, when I went to Japan, all comments I got were compliments on my appearance and ability to speak English. Even random old ladies on the train gave me and my sister positive comments. Not one of them referred to me as a ‘gaijin’ (although I don’t see it as an offence at all), they would mostly say ‘haafu-san’ which is as polite as it gets. I have very supportive friends now and I would say how you are treated depends on the individuals you come in contact with. I seemed to have been fairly lucky with that. Sorry for the rant!
My deceased half Chinese Japanese wife had a hard time finding work. And talked about strange comments people around her made. When she used Japanese characters for her name she went on more job interviews. So I’d say on the surface people publicly put forth a tolerant accepting face but the heart of actions show differently.
Mara Ram haha True A human is human. A friend of mine speaks 7languages, as I do... I may be half... but his DNA is 1 kind... thousands of years traced back.
I meant it's a fairly fair assumption. And it's not really offensive unless they go further with that even after clarifying u don't speak two languages
Most people haven`t got a clue. that is why the often ask to spell my name in English...!!! I am Italian, Jesus, what has English to do with my name???
I wonder what their opinion is about Miss Universe Japan Ariana Miyamoto? She got a lot of backlash for winning the pageant. I also watched an interview with her and she talked about being made fun of when she was a kid and what its like growing up half Japanese. Very interesting, and kind of sad.
Yeah I saw the video too. She's was called 'hafu' by her classmates because she's half African American. Most Japanese didn't even happy when she won Miss Universe Japan. :/
+Muhsein Kamarudin Hafu means half...which is literally what she is. What do you expect them to call her? Full japanese? And you shouldn't pretend like you know what most Japanese people thought when you clearly don't know anything. Should I think most middle eastern people are ignorant based off of your comments?
+neomanxl Haafu also has a negative connotation that could be akin to calling someone a mutt. You should watch the the movie Haafu to see the word's actual implications in different peoples' lives, specifically when you're part Japanese in Japan. And a lot of Japanese nationals actually didn't like that she won. Just check out social media :)
The vast majority of people I know with half-Japanese children say their children refuse to speak any English, even at home, due to peer pressure at school. Some people think because half-Japanese children might be able to speak another language, it also means they think they are better than everyone else. Many people who grow up in Japan and speak only Japanese are still viewed as foreigners if they are not ethnically Japanese. It's hard enough trying to fit into Japanese culture if there is anything different about you. 出る釘は打たれる。 I'm not trying to be negative about Japanese people. I love this country, and it's mostly because of the people. But what people say in public and what they really thing isn't always the same.. I've been fortunate enough to know so many Japanese people who are comfortable telling me what they really think, because they know I won't judge them for saying something negative. I'm fortunate enough to live in one of the few places in Tokyo with a large number of native English speakers. Almost 20%, in fact. I hope that for this reason my half-Japanese son will have a positive experience as he gets older.
supa3ek Not at all. Japanese people are rarely two-faced. It's just not polite to say negative things about other people in Japanese culture. The reason is that the (Japanese) listener will often feel like it is somehow their fault, or that they are expected to fix the problem.
+TrickWithAKnife I am biased, but having lived in Fukuoka... maybe the people in Kyushu are less "cosmopolitan" than Kanto and we are a little bit more of an oddity, especially on day trips outside the big city..... but the people are much more straight forward, not as uptight, less judgmental, less obsessed with "standing" and "ranking". Every time I went to Tokyo, it was like you could feel the bureaucracy weighing down on everyone. Tatemae is culturally ubiquitous... but in Tokyo it permeates everything. It's taken to the nth degree. Tokyo has a very stuffy rigid feeling... I didn't enjoy the 4 or 5 times I went there. It's like night and day between Kansai too. Much more relaxed culture, maybe a little too much for my taste. Osakans really like talking and even w/o language barrier I don't lol Okonomiyaki Osaka-style is the best though. And their clubbing scene rocks thanks to no US military bases. I always suggest anyone wanting to visit Japan either skips Tokyo or makes sure they go some other places as well. Kansai probably has the best tourist attractions w/Osaka, Kyoto, Nara and their airport is #2 for me (only behind Hong Kong)... but depending on season & festival timing, Sapporo & Tohoku are great too. I went to the world fair in Nagoya, but I'm not sure what else there is to do in Chubu? Their castle is very famous, but every region has a castle - most have several. Hiroshima is heavy, esp if you can read the numerous plaques you'll find (even just shopping around Hondori), but a priceless experience & lesson. Best walking garden hands down. As much as I loved living in Northern Kyushu, it doesn't have much in the way of tourism. As big as Tokyo is and as much as it dominates government and business, the real Japan is found elsewhere imo. So many people - esp illiterate journalists - seem to have an opinion on Japan based mostly on Tokyo and I find that's one of the reasons my own experience rarely matches up.
+TrickWithAKnife I totally agree! Same goes depending where one is raised. If your son were to be here in the United States, he would have no problem speaking English nor be ashamed or refuse it. Perhaps even embrace both cultures (The Japanese, and yours).
So you are glad you live in a large foreigner community which speaks a foreign language. That's called colonization. If you live in Japan you should at least speak Japanese...
Honestly the experience of half-Japanese people vary a lot depending on many things. For example, were they raised in Japan or not? I feel like if they're raised in Japan they probably see them as another Japanese person as they probably act and speak like a Japanese person. I'm half-Japanese, yet because I was raised somewhere else I never learned the language and in Japan I'm basically treated like a foreigner, which makes sense cause I can't speak Japanese well at all. Another thing to keep in mind is with what they're mixed with. I feel like half-Japanese half-white people will have it easier than let's say a half-black person considering how darker skin is viewed in Japan and well, I think we don't have to mention how many times it feels like "white features" are more desirable as it looks like generally speaking our perception of beauty is quite eurocentric, the blonde with blue eyes has always been perceived as beautiful. I remember as a kid wanting blue eyes like some of my classmates really badly lol, and even now I still sometimes can't help but feel a bit jealous of those people with those super deep blue eyes.
From what I understand stereotyping is very common in Japan and the the racism seems less overt and japanese seem to not make your life harder over the color of your skin. I might be wrong as I have very little direct interaction with Japanese people but they seem to at the very least seem to be willing to give off the appearance of decency.
I think the video would have been more interesting if you got to interview someone with opposing views. It doesn't have to be hateful, just statements that would make us understand the other unaccepting side more.
Anna Tria I think it was intresting enough. Negativity isn't nedded to make something interesting. But there are lots of videos like this with not really opposing views on Hafus because that would just make them racist but more on foriegn influence. It's obvious there are people who probably don't like it but it's mostlt because they don't undersrand and it's usualy seen in younger kids and foes away when they get old enough to think for themselves. Watch actual mixed people's videos if you want something real and interesting. Or black foriengers in Japan.
One girl said if a person is mixed it doesn't matter for her, but she still referred to a mixed person as gaijin. That's saying he/she is not Japanese but a foreigner. Maybe that person grew up in Japan. How is that treating them the same? Even though she means no harm, I bet that is what everyone halfu is feeling, that "forveer a gaijin"-attitude.
Narnendil I think that would be up to the one being told how to interpret it, Me as a mix, don't mind it, I accept that I only have a part of them. I will always have gaijin blood, both are part of me i don't know about the others but all of my half friends think the same ^_^ and even if they call us gaijin were ok were proud.
+Esen Tries why is that though? In Europe or in America, when you get the status of a citizen, you become the citizen of that country. How does it make sense that you are treated as a foreigner if you have the citizen status? If it's only because you look different, it's just racism and you shouldn't be defending it. Also if your mother is from France and your dad from America, but you are american citizen, you are American. There is no "You can't never be American because your mother is French, you are always halfling!" way of thinking like in Japan it seems.
I have two cousins who are half white, half Japanese, and they grew up in the countryside in Japan. Unfortunately, the Japanese people there were not as forgiving or accepting as ones in the city are. The eldest of my cousins experienced some pretty heavy discrimination (even to go so far as the teachers assuming/treating him as if he were mentally challenged if he ever misbehaved, even though he didn't really do anything worse than any other kids his age.)
I lived in the Japanese countryside for five years with my Japanese husband and our half white children. Initially the teachers had some misgivings but most of them learnt to accept and appreciate my eldest child, who was an excellent sportskid and a good student. My youngest had some hard time, but I put it down to individual problems with that witch of a teacher she got in year 3. My second kid was an altogether different story and he was not welcome at all, because he is autistic and mentally challenged. The school saw us as most uncivilized and obnoxious for pushing him down their throat. I basically liked our life in Japan and I was ready to stay there forever, but I couldn't help feeling the public eye, as if we were on a parade whenever we stepped outside our home. We had to tiptoe around people all the time, guard our words and actions, maintain our reputation as carefully as we could.
@@riapie9569 That's anecdotal evidence and only covers the tourist experience. And what does a general acceptance/indifference to a black woman walking around prove? There are forms of discrimination that aren't in your face obvious.
@@CheddarFryes yeah, in the philippines half breed with caucasian are usually treated better than pure pinoys. This is no relation to racism but they are just percieved as better looking. And anywhere in the world i think good looking people are treated better.
My problem with this video, like with most of the other videos here is that the titles are misleading, This isn't what Japanese people think. It's what a few young peeps in Tokyo think. It's good that these topics are discussed, but at the same time the opinions of a few, clearly moneyed, students in Tokyo are in no way indicative of the entire Nation of Japan and of all Japanese people.
depends entirely on the old folks you talk to. If there is one generalisation i can make about Japan is that you should never make any generalisations about Japan or Japanese people.
+Kougeru that line kinda bothered me because it means that there is only one way to look japanese on the outside. If youre a mixed person who was raised in japan and choose to identify as a japanese person, then youre japanese inside and out. ITs close minded to think there is only one way to look japanese physically.
I disagree. It's a scientific fact that Japanese people, Chinese people, African people, German people, ect...all look different. America is really the exception since it's a country of immigrants. I don't think it's closed minded at all, since people tend to look very similar when they're from the same area. I do think that as more mixed-race people come in, it should become more accepted that citizens of the country will start to look different. People will start to assume more often that the mixed-race _are_ Japanese citizens and not foreigners. But I don't think the number of mixed race people will be high enough for this it to be norm any time soon.
MrCollegeSmart You're twisting their words and meaning completely; a negative spin. You'd be a good politician :). This video is specifically referring to half-Japanese people that live in Japan, as far as I can tell. Japanese citizens. They're not 100% Japanese by blood or in appearance, but they're "Japanese on the inside", or Japanese in every way possible, other than physically. There's nothing negative about it. It's 100% about physical appearance. They admit they judge people based on it, at first...but get to know them and don't care how they look.
St T. I am a Japanese, and had several Hafu people in our classroom in elementary school and junior. But we didn't have any problem with them because we just recognized them as a Japanese. They were even too much proud of being Hafu. This interview is not like Tatemae for me.
I heard that half Japanese and full Japanese who were not born in Japan are not qualified to get many jobs and opportunities available to Native full Japanese. Is this true? How do Japanese people feel about this?
Wow, you brought up this topic. Actually, it is not me, but someone who did a volunteer activity with me. She was a half-black and half-Japanese. Well, from the start, she said that she is Japanese so she could speak Japanese fluently. However, till the end of the activity, the group leader who is pure Japanese still thought that she is not Japanese and he was amazed by her Japanese skill. When I saw it, I barely could understand how pretty close-minded the leader was.... Even though, in another thing, he was pretty multinational minded as well... Well, I think that kind of mindset is owned by the average Japanese. I hope Japanese can accept differences quickly since this country will be visited by more and more foreigners anyway. (some of them may stay here as well...).
There is a reason for his so called closed mindedness. Based off of appearance he assumed she would have a hard time and despite what many sjw will tell you there is nothing wrong with this. You must understand how few foreigners or foreign looking people there are in Japan compared to the number of Japanese are " Asian " looking residents.
@@tobylanglois3698 That makes NO SENSE whatsoever. And there is something VERY wrong with that professor AND with your statement. I could see if she is just a random person that looks black to him - no harm no foul is he doesn't automatically assume that she speaks fluent Japanese. But WHEN SHE TELLS YOU UP FRONT THAT SHE IS JAPANESE AND SHE SPEAKS IT FLUENTLY - for the teacher to still be "surprised" at her fluency - is utterly stupid. It has nothing to do with anyone being a sjw - why would you even inject that into the conversation? He shouldn't go "based off of appearances" when the person tells him directly that she is Japanese and also fluent. Also, for you to keep saying she is a foreigner when she is Japanese born and raised is just as racist and closed-minded. It is not for YOU to tell someone who they are. Obviously they know better than you. It doesn't matter how few foreign looking people exist anywhere - it's not about how she LOOKS after she has told him already who/how she is. And in any case - either way - she is fluent in Japanese because that's her native language. No matter what she "looked" like - for him to keep pretending to be surprised at her fluency is just plain stupid. White, black, red, yellow, brown or mixed - fluent is fluent. Based on your brain not your skin color.
As the Euro American grandmother of two half Japanese/Anglo children, this gives me good hope. They will return to live in Japan in a year or two, but they were born in the US, as their dad was sent here by his company. Usually the marriages are Anglo men and Japanese women, but my family is Japanese man and Anglo woman. My daughter lived in Japan for several years, and they were married in Japan, and she speaks fairly good Japanese. My granddaughter goes to Japanese school almost every Saturday, so she will be able to go to the correct class when they move back. My grandson is too little, but his favorite cartoon character is Anpanman.
I was born in a country where a lot of people have multiple origins and or don't have the country's nationality. It's also normal for someone to speak fluently three or more languages, if you don't it's very strange and it will be difficult to find a job >_< When I hear that in other countries people with two nationalities are rare or somewhat different or discriminated, it's very strange :P But I'm conscious that it might be the case in the major part of the world... I would love to visit Japan anyway XD
ゆうたさん！私..ハーフです。黒人と日本人のミックスです！Being Half black in japan..i did get bullied a few times, but once I got to middle school, everyone started treating me nice. Hafus are cool you know lol. But there was that thing where half white hafus were seen prettier. But I get it because they 'fit in' more than the half black hafus. With their skin tone being similar and everything. I know they don't mean to treat us differently but それが変われば良いかなーって思いますね. (sorry for the japanglish going on lol)
+Tiara Ai Colquitt You can talk to me in your Japanglish as much as you want! haha I usually prefer writing in English because it's quite mendoukusai to write kanji. I'm actually interested in interviewing mixed or non-Asian Japanese people. Would you be interested in something like that?
The "half-Portuguese" guy the girl met at school was probably actually Brazilian, as we also speak Portuguese. I live in São Paulo, Brazil, which has the world's largest population of ethnic Japanese outside of Japan - and many of them now are going back to work in their ancestors' homeland. The first generations of Japanese immigrants here (over 100 years ago) were very much closed into themselves, but now intermarriage with Brazilians from other ethnicities is the norm rather than the exception and they are completely integrated to Brazilian society and culture, while also charmingly preserving their traditions. Because Brazilians have always been largely mixed-race themselves from the beginning, intermarriage with them is no big deal for us, and it is no longer a big deal for Japanese Brazilians either. In fact, ethnic Japanese are highly coveted as in-laws, as they have a great reputation among Brazilians, as very intelligent, hard-working (and hence successful), ethical, honest, devoted to family, everything one dreams their children married to. My own experience with them is the best possible.
@@TheDao330 on my view in that case, she mixed up the things,it is normal people confuse Portugal with Brazil, it's almost the same language and that it is why a lot of people think Brazillian people are Portuguese or inverse. Brazuka representando na gringa
Rafongas what amadeus skada meant was that the woman probably said the guy was half-portugese because the guy is probably portugese. Of course I’m aware of how similar the language is, but she probably only knew because the guy said that he was portugese rather than her assuming based on the language that he probably didn’t speak with her.
@@nnzchallengers8415, the language is not "similar", it is the SAME language. Of course there are many differences in pronunciation, usage and vocabulary between Portugal and Brazil, just like British and American English, but not enough to make the two variants distinct languages. Although centuries ago Portuguese merchants (especially in Nagasaki) were important for Japan's trade with the rest of the world, the number of Portuguese in present-day Japan is insignificant, whereas there are several hundred thousand Brazilians living in Japan (some say over a million). So, it's much more likely that the girl met a Brazilian guy than a Portuguese one, and that she mistook the language for the nationality.
Interesting how a majority of the interviewee’s experiences with halfies seems to be limited to their school years. May be a coincidence or that the way the questions were worded lead to those sort of answers, but it does make me wonder what happens after graduation that makes these people no longer have any contact with their half japanese classmates/meet new half japanese people.
I've been to japan and I'm mixed black and white. My experience was fine. Oh and my Japanese is weak. I went to Temples, Tiny Side pubs, Slept in PODs, Got lost on the train saw disneyland for the first time. IT Was awesome!! Sure I met some idiots but tell me which country doesn't have them? :) I wanna go back again!
I'm not even half-Japanese (I'm half-Filipina), but some of the things about being bullied for being mixed hits close to home for me. People in school bullied me for looking 'weird'. I was frequently asked questions in Tagalog, which I didn't speak (mother never taught me) and it confused and frustrated me at the same time. But at the same time, I met a group of friends who were all of mixed origins, (one was half-Japanese, one was half-Korean, and a half Hawaiian/half-Filipino) and we talked about we all liked, and shared stories about the different types of foods we liked. We were different, yet not so different at the same time
What do you think about half black/japanese? Answer: If we actually get to know them, we won't treat them differently Damn is that really what she said?
It’s not as bad as it sounds in Japanese. What she said was that because there are few non-Japanese people, they stand out and if you’re black, you stand out even more. So she could also look at black people since there aren’t many, but once she gets to know them, she wouldn’t care. This goes with people with curly hair as well. This obviously suggests that there is a problem with Japan being homogeneous, but what you interpreted isn’t exactly what she said.
If a person is like japanese-korean or japanese-chinese, they are teased by them. Even if japanese people demonstrated saying 'we hate korea,get out of here' in front of japanese korean school. It is so mean and bullsit. People dont know they can be badass among which contry they are mixed with
This is edited obviously . I was there for a month and most are really not friendly. If you try to order something in Japanese and mess it up they give a insulting laugh and don't even try to communicate. They were scared to death of me since I'm 6 feet tall . Walk down a street and they see you will turn around and walk away. I don't have tatoos or piercing either the things that most Japanese dislike. I found people in China much nicer BTW
Tony Moretti i agree with you. Chinese people seem to be kinda rude before talking with them. But they are very friendly and fun. Japanese people are very kind and nice before being their friends,they seem to always hide their opinions like tatare. They usually have very closed minds and can be very racists especially to korean and chinese. There are lots of situations that some japanese insulted korean tourist( giving them too much wasabi sushi and saying 'fucking korea, get out of here' to a korean youtuber). International people who really dont know them are just naive
Well of course they think half-japanese are pretty or handsome... because when they think of half japanese they think of people with Japanese and European blood! So of course they are good looking and they 'look up' to them! You can see this very clearly because they said that they think 'half-japanese' know how to speak English. Well other than Japanese and European blood mixed, what do you guys think of Japanese blood mixed with another Asian blood?
+The Real Meow but American girls are literally from all over the world including Japan and Europe and Africa and Ireland and India. O.o I'm half Japanese and half Malaysian, most think I'm just full Japanese.
Next time u do a somewhat controversial topic keep the people anonymous (and make sure they know they will be) and ask them to be honest. Isolate them from crowds if it helps. I feel like they're responses are not how they really feel and more like how they are supposed to respond cuz its politically correct. We're all I bit racist it's not exactly a secret.
+julio muniz You're absolutely correct... I honestly don't know a Asian person from Asia who would look at a half black, half Asian person without a slight feeling of disdain. If you asked them how they feel with a camera shoved in their face, of course they would say it's fine.
(im half mexican-american half japanese) i think its funny because in America everyone thinks im not american and in japan everyone thinks im not japanese yet i have lived in both countries equal parts of my life. (military life) 😞
Hmm...Sakura, I can only assume you meant "funny" as sarcastic with the little smilie. (So I hope I'm not wrong cuz I wasn't trying to be an asshole.) See, that was exactly the situation as "my other 1/2" was literally born into (on the military base) although it was shortly after he was born that his father decided he was ready to move on & retire from serving his country (and blessed to have lived through 2 wars) & forward now with new wife & 3 young children & etc.) As I'm pretty sure you can completely understand as well as relate to my little short story there?! Lol =D My point is this, I have found myself getting more offended THEN which is generally follow with frustration for frankly witnessing that b.s for @ almost 19 yrs of that exact bullshit of others finding it "Funny" &/or other times situations got A LOT worse...or more like Real. Smh. Which he has mentioned exactly what it's like in Gjiam & Okinawa and many others in Japan. Frankly, it's just annoying as hell how closed/narrowed minded sooo many people really are. Smh. Ya know what I mean?...Being 40 yrs old & seeing just how incredibly ugly the world has become...personally, I doubt that's what my higher power had in mind when he put us here. Anyways, I'll wrap it up by saying (it yet again) obviously this is just my opinion. Oh! Btw, you make sure you keep that head up. ;-) Besides, it drives "those
Most of half models and actors in Japan speak English, and sometimes they get their job because they speak English. Even if their parents aren't native english speaker, they make their kids go to international school to get English skills. We hardly ever see someone on TV speaking other languages. So it makes easy to think us mixed race people can speak English. It's like foreigners always talking to me about Anime. I'm not familiar with it at all, and not all Japanese are "Otaku". 60 or 70%people yes, but not all.
I'm Canadian-Japanese but i never really experience any discrimination in Japan. I also lived in korea when I was younger and that's a different story-
1:03 that guy is just so polite and friendly, looks like he's more open-minded too. I hope if one day I'll travel to Japan I'd make a lot of friends like him.
I am a hafu from Miyazaki and I constantly go from Miyazaki to Wisconsin. I'm half Spanish (Spain) and half Japanese. I was born in Miyazaki and studied there for quite some time. I have never had a problem. I agreed with 1:08.
I feel relieved hearing some of these answers. I am half Japanese, half French, and I've felt pretty nervous about going to Japan next year. This gives me hope that it will go well ^_^
Anna Starr How are Americans obsessed with Paris? Lol I'm American and Paris has little relevance in most American's daily lives. If anything we are far more obssessed with England. But even obssessed is a far stretch. Americas are one track minded like that, most of us tend to only worry about our country or just ourselves.
This just reminds me of a small discussion that I had in my JPN101 class where we discussed the difference between 外人(gaijin)and外国人(gaikokujin)and how they basically mean the same thing but gaijin would be considered a bit derogatory, and I didn’t expect to see it come up so soon 😂
Being half-turkish and the other Japanese, people always reminded me the moment when these cultures intersected: the heartwarming efforts of the Japanese people in saving the crew of the ship "Ertugrul", sunk during a storm off Japan in 1890, and then the decision of the Turkish government to send a Turkish airlines plane to Iran to rescue the Japanese expatriates who were abandoned by their own country during the war of 1985.
I'm portuguese and I found this really funny xD. It's funny because they want to know how to speak English, but we (mostly) want to know how to speak Japanese (I know I do). One day I want to visit Japan, but I am embarrassed because I don't know how to speak Japanese. Anyway great video, all of their opinions are quite interesting!
this topic made me remember the difference between brazilian and portugueze, I see many brazilians saying they dont understand much the way portuguese speaks.
I'm surprised so many people in the comments have such a biased, negative mindset on the subject, and even automatically assume the interviewees are being dishonest. In reality, the opinions here are absolutely representative of the general (non-rural) population in Japan. Bullies exist, but without exception, the root of the problem is in the individual bully, not the larger culture.
@@ScaryAppul-114 People who watches this video are divided into two people. Those who watch it just to find flaws and sources for their bullshitted anti Japanese argument and those who really are culture and express their opinions.
And then she goes on to say they don't treat mixed people any differently! well clearly they do if there's reason to be self-concious about it... Such a disconnect between what they want to think and what they actually do
@@goeast12 The US is one of the countries that doesn't give a rats ass if you're mixed or not. Actually mixed are seen as hotter than full whites or blacks. Especially when compared to a place like Japan.
@@s.a.8548 That's totally bullshit. Mixed people are seen as hotter in the US if they are good looking and light skinned. Basically the same in all countries, however way you are mixed.
@@MTMF.london I'd say it varies in the U.S. People from urban environments where it is an actual melting pot are usually proud of being mixed, especially considering it is more accepted in urban centers to maintain their ancestor's cultures. If we're talking a mixed person in a predominantly mono-racial/ethnic environment, then yes it sucks, and that's the case around the world. The U.S. however IS the largest melting pot and you will not find the kind of diversity found in L.A, NYC, Miami, Chicago, Austin (insert any major U.S. city) in any other place around the world. In these places, it actually IS cool to be mixed and people are largely accepting of different cultures. So relatively, yeah the U.S. is more accepting of biracial people than a place like Japan, where their largest urban centers are like 98% mono-racial. I'd compare Japan more to the mid-west of the U.S. where the racial demographics are comparable and it indeed is strange to see someone who is mixed and people do in fact feel self-conscious because they are an extreme minority.
When I was a kid I hated being half, but when I became an adult, boy it was such an amazing blessing. Being able to switch between cultures and bridge all of the gaps. As well as the one thing I hated, standing out from the crowd, became my greatest advantage in life. Really blessed to be mixed heritage and my life is amazing for it.
ありがとう！わたしはハーフです！チェコと日本！わたしは日本人とチェコ人です！りょうほうだいすきです！Hey! Thank you! I'm half japanese and half czech. I'm same japanese girl same as czech. I love both of them. And btw: cool work, love your channel! ナオミ
I’m half Japanese and I didn’t grow up in japan, but I’ve visited several times and people I meet there are always so fascinated by me and my sisters. They also are usually shocked at how well I can speak Japanese (but that’s probably more because I live in America)
Just love Japanese people! I have just started learning Japanese, sooo hard 😭 Those two guys spoke sooo quickly, impossible lol. Wish I will be fluent one day!
otaku_dreamz Awe wish I could live in Japan, you are right the best way to learn any language is to completely immerse in its culture and surroundings. I'll be very happy just knowing the basics, or maybe even an intermedia level ^^
+FoodishBeauty Think we can learn together? looking for people I can learn with I aint easy doing it by oneself we need some practice sometimes... Let me know :)
Mikel Kun Man I'm down for it. I gotta get back into it I've been on holidays for 5 months and didn't really learn anything... Hit me up in private so I can give you my email details we'll set something up :)
Only the two guys interviewed alone seemed to really "get it". I loved their answers. Everyone's else's answers were based on the "norm" being Japanese. Sure, that's true in Japan, but in a global perspective, thinking like that is so backwards and fruitless.
Topic aside, did anyone notice how many people and cars are around and yet how quiet, and clean it is there? How lovely, I remember when America, I mean California was like that too :(
i’m a half japanese, and half arab. i wear a scarf (hijab) on my head. i’m going to be moving to japan in a few months and i’m so nervous about how people will see me when i go to high school, because i feel like i’d definitely be seen as a gaijin especially because i have quite a noticeable religion and being muslim is not always seen positively..
Yuta, thank you for the video. I moved to Tokyo half year ago and I usually discuss the themes of your videos with my Japanese friends. It's a really good way to understand the culture difference. I'm from Brazil and I have so many half friends the are living here I'll show thus video to them! Keep up the good work.
Inkjet Printer There are way too many English speaking countries in this planet. Never underestimate the power of English language and of course, you will need it when you travel to a foreign state
Inkjet Printer There are way too many English speaking countries in this planet. Never underestimate the power of English language and of course, you will need it when you travel to a foreign state
Keneche Yamazaki my brother is part Japanese (I think he's an 1/8). the rest is white. You can see it in our mom more (she not my bio mom) and especially in her mom. Dark hair, fair skin, smaller physique, slightly hooded eye. My brother has been asked if he's part Asian and he usually says he is somewhere down his family line. He can't speak a word of Japanese at all. But he's great with Spanish! lol
Being part black and part Japanese the only time I ever talked to many people from Japan and Korea was when I went to this summer camp, and I got on really well with them, and we had a lot of fun even though there was a language barrier
The younger girls really bothered me (white shirt with necklace and brownish cardigan). They said they don't treat half people differently but admitted to expecting their "gaijin" classmate to speak English. That is treating them differently. Especially if that kid has grown up in Japan...he isn't gaijin. I really wish you had a more educational approach to these videos. They are so good and informative, but teaching the less accepting and open public about the faults in their ways of thinking would be really beneficial. ps. the guys in this video seem so smart and open! loved them!
+TwoTube2 I think what mellamokori means is that hrough Socratic dialogue, one can point out the inconsistencies of another person's views, and therefore educate them, without being preachy about it
socratic dialogue doesn't mean persuading people to think what you think. It's a way of encouraging people to question their own assumptions and beliefs. thanks for replying to clarifying yourself. I just want to respond to your comment that I think highlighting people's contradictory beliefs, in this case regarding Japanese people's treatment of minorities/hafu, is important for social progress. So assuming the role of educator would have been helpful. It could have been done simply by asking questions to make them realize that they do actually treat hafu different, even though they believe they don't. thanks, for the exchange and have a great day
Hi, thanks for the impassioned comment. It sounds like you may benefit from a primer on Japanese social issues before you dive in over your head on this topic. I recommend starting here: thediplomat.com/2013/10/in-japan-will-hafu-ever-be-considered-whole/?allpages=yes www.pri.org/stories/2015-05-12/how-japanese-american-burst-japans-bubble-racism www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/11/01/issues/tackle-embedded-racism-chokes-japan/#.Vl2DXnYrKM9 www.ibtimes.com/japan-court-rules-against-hate-speech-extreme-right-wing-groups-sprouting-across-country-1417834 With a bit more learning on your own, hopefully you'll be able to use some of that energy to connect the dots by yourself. Good luck to you and have a great day.
+epocs Ok troll. I live and work in Japan and have met a ton of girls like those ones. They don't realize that they assume all foreigners speak English and things like that. Hafu are not ethnically Japanese, you are right. but if they know nothing other than Japan, people should have the sense to not be offended if they don't speak English.
+risingsun08107 Yea that is what I meant. I know he isn't going out in the streets to teach anyone. I just wish more people would point out hypocrisy I guess...open the dialogue more.
In class we were talking about pearl harbor and I was a stared at quite a bit because I'm half American and Japanese. I did go to Japan and go to school with other students. At first I felt uncomfortable because I was half American, but I was surprisingly treated a lot better than I thought. It felt nice for people to accept me as I am for once.
it's funny because asian people thought I was Filipino Japanese mixed, but in fact I am Hispanic... nothing to do with Asians, but I would love being Asian
I have a buddy who's half Filipino and half white American, and he hates being part Asian--he says girls aren't into Asian guys. I was like, "You're part Asian? I always thought you were like half Mexican."
How interesting! It seems to me like some of the people being interviewed were answering different questions at several points, such as when the video went from two people answering whether 'mixed' persons were treated differently to one interviewee speculating on why difference in treatment occurs. Not a fault- I can imagine why editing their response to the initial question out might have been preferable- maybe it was longwinded, say. I liked how the video seemed at least to showcase different levels of interaction with the topic among interviewees. I also wonder whether it was difficult to find people willing to speak on this topic. It was pretty revealing that 'mixed' pretty much amounted to 'non-Japanese' in some of the interviewees' responses. It makes me think that some of the people being interviewed have a definite sense of what it means to be Japanese, and that ethnicity and nationality might not be wholly separate in their thinking. Echoing what some other people have already shared, I think it'd be more interesting to hear what actual half-Japanese people would say on the topic of their own experiences. Thanks for the neat upload.
i don't know,i'm half french,half japanese (born and raised in france) and japanese ppl don't see me as japanese and never will,not even my japanese family.i really feel like a stranger in japan,like "you are not a part of us",but ppl in japan treat me well and respect me (as long as i am respectful with them of course)
I went to Japan, and they didn't like Americans at all. We had to get a Japaneese person at the hotel to hail us a taxi, because they wouldn't pick up an American. Then, when we got in to be taken somewhere, the drivers would yell and swear at us in Japaneese. Unpleasant. Will NEVER go back. This happened the whole time we were there. We were ignored at many places, and stared at a LOT. People didn't want to wait on us, etc. It was eye opening. I don't believe all this "friendliness" here on this. Even though we tried to be very friendly, most of the people we came in contact with didn't want us there. So, how is this explained?
Interesting. Well. I'm half Mexican and half Salvadorian American born and raised. But I look Arabic/Middle Easterner lol. A lot of people think I'm some type of Middle Eastern/Latino mix. Lol. Even other Latino Americans think so when they first meet me. Lol. I love it tho tbh.
Marianna Morel A "Japanese half" has a Japanese father (or mother) and the other parent is a foreigner. Un "medio japonés" tiene padre (o madre) japonés y el otro progenitor es extranjero.
Why don't you ask some mixed Japanese people what their experiences have been growing up in Japan, instead of asking the Japanese general public about it? I understand the standard format of your channel is to interview random people on the street, but for a video pertaining to this more specific topic, it might be worth a try to recruit interviewees from diverse backgrounds.
Most of Japan is ethnically Japanese, most half Japanese people in Japan are either half Korean/half Japanese or half Chinese/half Japanese. It's very rare to find biracial people in Japan.
@@Dom_om_nom There are a lot of variety of people in Japan. That alone proves they are mixed. Don’t deny there cultural heritage. Japan = Yamato + Ainu + Chinese. That is why many Japanese resemble Phillipinos.
Personally this is a scary video to watch because it doesn't match Hapa people's opinions of how they have been treated which makes me wonder if what these Japanese people are saying is true? Every time I hear a Hapa person speak of their experience in Japan whether born or emigrated, it's almost always negative at first, and as for half black people, it's ALWAYS negative (eg Miss Japan). I love to travel and want to go to Japan because the contract seem awesome but honestly I'm really worried the incredibly high levels of racism (or more ignorance) will spoil my trip?
+Steph Powell Just from my experiences as a half Japanese person (half Japanese, half Russian), there is racism towards non-Japanese people, although I never experienced it myself. The reason for this is probably less to do with being half white and more to do with looking almost 100% Asian. I only had one other friend growing up who was half Japanese and she had a Filipino Mother. That said, she looked 100% Asian obviously, but you could tell she didn't look fully Japanese. And as a result, she was bullied. The weird thing was, she had what I would describe as a "medium skin tone" as in somewhere between light and tan. In saying that, she was bullied because of it even though there were some Japanese people in my class who had skin tones the almost the exact same colour... We both know what the problem was, of course... It's difficult to tell what your experiences will be in Japan as I have no clue what type of people you'll meet. I can't imagine you'll face any blatant racism as Japanese people tend to be a reserved lot (stereotypes aside). However, I'd be lying if I said that I didn't know Japanese people who were slightly racist towards certain people. I'm unsure if they mean to be as they are "fundamentally" nice people... but I almost know for a irrefutable fact that they would try and hide their true feels if asked on camera like in this video.
They treat tourists better than they treat foreign residents. I've heard old Japanese people say they're okay with foreigners as long as they are only visiting. Tourism is fine, "invading their country" is bad.
Oh, yeah, and from your picture I can see you're black, so be prepared to get even more funny looks than they give to white gaijin. Japanese will generally be very polite (on the surface) to all foreigners, but they have a more positive mental pictures of pale foreigners than dark ones, and it's not just people of African ancestry, it's every ancestry. Pale Australians get treated better than Australian aboriginals; pale southeast Asians better than dark-skinned southeast Asians; pale Indians better than dark Indians; etc.
I'm Celtic (technically just European but a majority of it is Celtic so I just say Celtic), Latina, and Japanese and I love so dearly each of my cultures and the backgrounds I come from. This video made me smile so much 😊
I used to work at a store similar to Hot Topic with geek culture stuff, but it had a lot of Japanese imported candy, and every week this Japanese woman would come in with her young daughter (5 or 6-ish) to get candy. Her daughter was half black, and I couldn't get over how adorable she was with her mother because she was so shy and would have cute mumbled conversations in Japanese with her mom.
Great video as always Yuta. Is this concept of "half japanese" technically correct? I mean, if they are born in Japan or if they get a citizenship they are Japanese, or aren't they? Im Brazilian, and in my country there're a lot of immigrants and people whose one of the parents are not Brazilian, and we never think of them as halfies or something like that.
Depends on the country. Countries like Canada and the USA are multicultural, so to most anyone can become American or Canadian. Japan is like 98% ethnic japanese so it's much more complicated
+romulloqueiroz Here in Brazil we have both ius solis and ius sanguinis(don´t know if I wrote correctly). The first refers to those born in the country having a right to citizenship and the second to "blood"(parentes and granparents) granting citizenship. In Japan case there is only ius sanguinis(or naturalization giving up your nationality). They are very scrict on that.
+romulloqueiroz Japanese is both an ethnicity and a nationality. Non ethnic Japanese with Japanese citizenship are fully Japanese by nationality but are not ethnically Japanese.
My heart feels so happy that a rare few learn through their silly misconceptions and look at the true person. So wonderful. Many people view us mixed people(handy) as lovely toys, privileged people that are on the outside, or even with a hate..... I rarely received kindness... the kindness I received in childhood was only if they thought I was a toy, However... I learned the bad people are just louder. There are many people with good hearts and many people who learn in life. No way should we stay sad and think everyone is bad, not everyone will have facts straight... and that's ok if they ask to learn.... We need to close our eyes to really see a person. We need to examine and treasure and share our history. Mix... will NEVER dilute your culture IF you keep it and hold it strongly in your home and country.. wether your DNA is strong or you seem HAFU
Being mixed (korean/white) in middle America, I used to be asked regularly by my classmates if I was chinese (because china is the only asian country, right? =_= ). I've only had one instance of racism from a fellow student and once in a while I still get asked as an adult in work/college settings where I came from. Even had an old man at a pharmacy about 2 years ago thank me for opening a door for him and he went on and on about how great asian culture is (and I'm 100% from the states... LOL!) Then... I took a trip to Japan last year. And everyone thought I was japanese. I had random japanese people ask me about my 3 yr old ("how old is she?" & "She's so cute!!" etc.) and even an obaasan at a bread shop and an ojiisan at a construction site stop me to strike up conversation about my kiddo also. I went to restaurants with my husband and repeatedly had them hand me a japanese menu and him an english menu. Even had a japanese college student working at a pizza shop apologize and flatly state that I looked japanese (his english was awesome.) Other than a few words, I don't speak Japanese at all. It was a weird experience for me. I've had difficulties fitting in while living in America but in Japan I blended in so well and was treated so nicely. We were there for 1 month and that was my experience. It was a fairly consistent experience as well. However, my husbands experience was different. He had japanese people try to communicate with him in chinese/korean/english because they couldn't figure out what he was (he's vietnamese with some french) or just flat out avoid him. It probably didn't help his case that he had tattoos and facial hair. lol.
@@davidpombos2910 It means like foreigner, in a polite way. And Outsider if someone was being mean about it. Yeah. My aunt calls me that, because I'm only half japanese. Now don't misunderstand it's just what she says when she's mad at me. So I just let it go.
@@paikeahigurashi7575 damn, it sounds really mean from your aunt, I've heard Japanese people in general may be xenophobic but I wouldn't actually say anything about that because I haven't experienced it myself, btw thanks for replying
@@davidpombos2910 There's bitter hearted people everywhere. We all just do it differently. Is my aunt cold hearted for doing that to me, yes, but she's a person, and she's my aunt first so I'll respect her.
Personally, I used to hate being called that word. But nowadays, I don’t really mind it as long as they don’t use it in an insulting way. To me, most of them use it in an innocent way. Most of the people who use it don’t know it’s a “slur” My friends sometimes call me gaijin as a joke and I don’t really mind and I even think it’s pretty funny. But I will admit that especially in elementary school, I experienced being called gaijin as an insult and I empathize with you.
Thanks talking about half people. It's a shame that you didn't asked the same questions to the old people and maybe in smaller towns. I know my mother had lot of problems when we were young in Japan because there were racist people who didn't accept foreigners and half children. And I'm sure there are many children bullied in schools. Personally, so many people made fun of me in France because I was half japanese !!! Maybe it would be interesting to ask questions to half people to know how they managed to grow with two nationalities. And I think Japan should make new laws for half people. It's very hard to " choose " a nationality when we're half. And personnally, I still don't know who I am. It's not a problem only Japan should resolve. But the entire world. Because now, so many people are half.
There's something that people tend to forget when they talk about half-Japanese people: they are individuals who look different and who have differnet personalities. Sure, there are things that many half-Japanese people experience and they may relate to each other because of their shared experiences, but at the end of the day, each person is different.
And that's also my experience. I've met a lot of half-Japanese or part-Japanese people and I'm friends with some of them, but they are just different individuals.
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I am sorry to say but Japan needs foreigners . Otherwise it will die out .
@@darkobonovil521 Your opinion doesn't matter + It should not be your concern if Japan dies or not.
Your culture is bit advanced tho fr
Pls ask different ages when you interview ppl, thanks 🙏🏻👽
Everyone is a different individual.
So if I went to Japan, as a white foreigner. I would be treated differently.
Even if I speak fluent Japanese.
How would I find a job?
I did not know Japanese people were so discriminating by nature.
I think that they really do believe they treat mixed people the same, but there is certainly a disconnect between what they want to believe and what actually occurs.
+Figgy5119 truth.
+Figgy5119 There's a certain disconnect in mostly every country between how they think they handle multiculturalism, mixed ethnicity and minority ethnicity issues.. and how they actually do, lol.
No one likes to admit there's a significant amount of bigotry, racism or even positive stereotyping afoot in their own society. At least the Japanese aren't the only ones guilty of that.
That would be tantamount to admitting the struggle with hate issues (either directed at themselves, or others).. and nobody wants to do thaaaat, even though it would be the first step to productively resolving said issues.
+Figgy5119 Yea, I think a lot of it goes unnoticed, unless you are connected to it personally. I definitely noted that the one person who had a friend who was mixed talked about how he was bullied. I'm sure a lot of people don't actively discriminate, and when they do it is more unintentional, but there is a definite difference from what they say about this topic and what people who are mixed or foreign or are close with someone who is say.
MrCollegeSmart Yeah I guess that's true. What I mean was the some people don't think they are racist or sexist or whatever and don't actually mean to be, but some of the subconscious things they do and how they treat other people without thinking about it are actually those things.
Vyz3r Wow. I never heard of that story before now. That is a really good example of what can happen if people are really isolated and remain ignorant to the outside world.
The people who accepted to talk to you (a stranger) in front of a camera might already have a different state of mind than people who refused to, and be more open perhaps.
binoclard24 in general i have hea8rd by videos that In big cities (like tokyo) people is more open minded than in towns.
different? no they want to look good look at the girls all they do is laugh
Also true. There's a fair share of bullies and assholes, and people who just don't want to confront things like "ideas," so when a stranger asks them to talk they just say "nope, sorry" even if their current plans mostly just revolve around going to the Lawson's to grab a pack of cigs.
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Almost certainly. For an obvious example, there was a study to try and determine average penis size. They used volunteers, the problem? Well endowed individuals were much more likely to volunteer and thus the size was obvious off and a urologist only the study quickly realized the results were useless.
@@trinityzilch728 You clearly haven’t talk to a Japanese girl in real life I bet.
In Australia we discriminate against everybody equally!
nice LOL
Facts
lol
Master Beernuts no wonder papa franku is like that...
and the Japanese (i.e. Yamato people) stole Japan from the Ainu. Every group of people has conquered land from some other group at some time so why are you disparaging white people for something everyone else has done?
Me: a half japanese person watching this who was outcasted in Japanese school for being half😃
SAME
I’m sorry if that happened i know how it feels to be outcasted i’m sorry i never defended anyone but i was weak i was scared sorry ご不便おかけしてすみません
@@lol-xd9fr no no it's ok you don't need to apologize, we were all really young and because at that time I couldn't understand Japanese very well, I was pretty much seen as the "weird" kid. I'm fine now, obviously I quit that school a long time ago and am currently learning Japanese at my American school with lots of friends around me, but thanks anyways^^
Same i got bullied for having darker skin in kindergarten 😂
I got that too as a half british
I am 17 now, and I just found out that when Yuta was my age he backpacked across part of India. Now that is impressive.
+Quack Dragon You can do it too!
When I was 17, I backpacked across Europe by myself for 3 months :) (Probably not as impressive as doing it in India, though)
+LittleLulubee How did you find the time?
+LittleLulubee europe is easy
*****
I dropped out of school to study in the school of life. So I had plenty of time, and learned way more. But if you're in school, just go during summer break.
5:16 - Japan is probably one of the few countries, where you can leave your bike outside of a store like that, without coming back to it having been stolen.
Because Japanese have class. I think a homogeneous culture helps a bit too, people are more trusting around people similar to them.
Canada is like that too. And also, almost everyone has a bike in Japan so it wouldn't be often that a bike would be stolen
EnzonicGaming Canada is horrible
Ela Mongrella i
EnzonicGaming The Netherlands is arguably 'the' bike-country. Guess what the most frequently committed crime is here? Stealing bikes, lol. So that's not really a valid point. Stealing a bike on broad daylight in a crowded place isn't an ideal situation for a thief.
Womaniser? Brazil well represented as always lol
***** Rir pra não chorar né hahahaha
I don't get it lol
womaniser é mulherengo?
Isso
+Igor Felipe
Take off. Colin
ohkenkun their women have no sense of modesty either.
I actually mean that in the best way possible. I also only know two things about Brazilian people: "if you got it flaunt it" and y'all are amazing at soccer.
I was bullied as a child by adults when I lived in Japan. That was a log time ago but will always remember it.
Nicki Montie how did they bull you? I’m genuinely interested.
Just one example of what I call a racist gaijin lover; an older lady I know... Who was an elementary school teacher who tolled about her mixed culture/race students always as gaijin. I already told her years ago that they hold a Japanese passport, are born and live in japan all their life’s and have a Japanese lifestyle are not gaijin.
I explained it to her and she seamed to understand it. But not get it. She’s so into English and all about forefingers and I’m sure she would be shocked if I call her a racist. So yesterday my 6 y old daughter and I run into her and she hears her speak perfect Japanese to others. After talking to me she asks her, of course in English, how ild she is etc., my daughter answers in perfect hiroshima ben and the lady looses it. “Eeeeee, sugooooooi, Nihongo pear pera!” My daughter just says :” Niho Jim da yo!”
I’m not sure that was enough for her to never call Japanese gaijin again. I think that lady is a lost cause
@@aggominimal3573 They generally didn't know I understood Japanese so a lot of it was talking about me in a derogatory manner. In a couple of instances, an adult wouldn't let me participate in an activity or made me wait to be last. I recall that there was a word used but it wasn't gaijin. I can't recall what it was, though. I was in elementary school at the time.
@Nicki Montie thank you for sharing. Adults should know better.
I hope it made you stronger.
I was bullied as a immigrant throughout elementary school and it can get to you but it can also make you stronger.
When I went they were nice I didn’t know Japanese but u can tell when they being nice
same for me im half and when i went to japan i was kinda looked down on and left out sometimes at school
I'm half Filipino, half Japanese and have been living in Japan for almost 6 years now and I gotta say finding work wasn't the easiest thing when I first moved here. There were discrimination and some people even called me a daughter of a prostitute. 😒 But it's gotten better for me, thank goodness.
Same thing in South Korea. To many men Russian means prostitute. I'm not Russian but im speaking from what others have said.
Bad side of being a filipino.
2SeungGDaeYang #GG4EVA i notice alot of philipinas love hispanic men jajaja. Why?
@@jeremyarroyo360 fake news.
"alot of philipinas love hispanic men jajaja. Why?"
- Filipinos is catholic, hispanic too.
I got the feeling most of the people in this video weren't totally honest... Especially those two young girls. At least the other two guys seemed a bit more "open" and one of them admitted his friend was getting bullied, but the rest acted like nothing really happened when we all know they do get treated differently.
/Pol/Gamer they’re biracial people who are from there country. Not foreigners
I think they just talked about their experiences.... just like if they have not experienced it... they can't say a lot about it
MadHatterLove Ya ya we all got the feelings. And my feelings say.. Those girls are only talking from their point of view and experience. They do say that there arent lot of mixed people so there is like a boundary among them it can't be helped. This happens everywhere around the world when a person of new culture or race is the minority.
Tatemae
It could be they didn’t have mixed friends?
I did face a lot of discrimination for being half but in both countries the reasons are completely different.
In America it was because I look half despite being fluent in English and having literate knowledge of American culture. But in Japan it was only because I didn’t know how to naturally express/communicate in Japanese. In America people would call me racial slurs while in Japan they would flat our discard my ideas or my presence right off the bat, but both ways I was heavily ignored for those petty reasons.
I pretty much don’t experience discrimination anymore, but that’s because I’ve taken the time to become more fluent in communication and being social. Not just Japanese as a second language. My idea is that rather than what you can’t change, people just don’t like people they can’t become completely comfortable with in a minute; even in America I could’ve been liked more I believe.
For you halfs out there, please take care. お疲れ様でした
I know the shit you go through
you sound stupid
ごめんなさい for what you went through. Getting tortured either way? My goodness. I hope you're doing better now. ❤❤❤❤
"What Japanese people think of Half Japanese people"
Me, a half japanese: damn youtube actually giving me something I need to know-
same lol
Same
Saaaaame
Same :)
lol same
The half Brazilian one was a womanizer? Glad to see he still had features from our country Lol
Laura Blanco kkkkk ele sai do br mas o br n sai dele
The best of Brazil is the Brazilian..(not) LOL
Laura Blanco ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Laura Blanco it's to my understanding Brazilian women are pretty much the same! But hey if you got it, flaunt it.
Laura Blanco lol
All nice "book" answers. In reality, things are very different.
this
As much as I love Japanese culture, they tend to say one thing and do the opposite thing. In Western countries (especially America), we tend to be pretty blunt about things.
@@howardman3926 Plenty of Americans are more racist behind closed doors, I have no idea what you're talking about.
@@howardman3926 If you want to experience some blunt prejudice, China and Eastern Europe are your best bets.
@@gymnopedie4445 You've never been to Japan have you? lmao
"People overseas have different ways of thinking. So if more mixed people work in Japan, we will have diverse opinions and we can do a better job."
Best damn thing I've heard in a long time.
That was the single most incorrect line in the entire video.
This wont have the outcome you think it will.
日本で育ったハーフ、ミックス、非(東）アジア人系の日本人の皆さん、僕のチャンネルでインタビューを受けてみませんか？こちらまでご連絡ください。www.yutaaoki.com/blog/contact
Are you a mixed or non-Asian Japanese person who grew up in Japan? Would you like to come to my channel and get interviewed? Please contact me here: www.yutaaoki.com/blog/contact
yuta can you make a video about half filipino/half japanese cuz theres so many filipino in japan
+That Japanese Man Yuta How come most of Japanese people don't speak English? They know a very difficult language (even for them who are natives) and they can read occidental typography, it should be so easy for them to speak English.
+sukhoy they learn the English language in school, but they rarely ever have a chance to practice it with other English speakers. its like trying to learn any other language that is not native to your own country.
+That Japanese Man Yuta
I have a question though not sure you or anyone can answer. I know Miss Japan had a bit of a backlash but when I browse JP fashion magazines, celebrities, musicians, etc many look nearly like her or are tanner than the average Japanese person.
So I ask is the entertainment world just different than the "real world" in Japan or is Japan just okay with mixed/non-Asian people on their TVs but not elsewhere? Or is treatment just luck of the draw like most places with humans?
+sukhoy English is also a difficult language. For example, how many words that sound the same have different meanings, like the difference between "scene" and "seen." Also sentence structure is different in English vs Japanese. Any person who is native to their language would have any difficulty learning another language.
僕も日本とイギリスのハーフです。日本には２歳までしか住んでいませんでしたがイギリスとドイツにいたころの日本とイギリス人としての経験ならあります。それと日本にも何回かいっています。僕が今まで分かったことはイギリスやドイツではアジア人だと思われ、日本に行くとすぐに外人だと思われることです。これは本当につらかったと思っています。特にドイツにいたころはクラスで一人だけのアジア人ですごく馬鹿にされたり友達も少なかったです、それも日本に行くと外人だと思われ、話しかけってくる人が少なかったり日本語をしゃべるとびっくりする人が多かったです。今はイギリスの大学にいてそれも随分変わりました。大学では色々な国から来た人が多くこういう経験をした人が多かったりするからだと思います！
Just before I post this in Japanese, i thought i'd better do it in English as well. I am half British and Japanese but on the great opposite, rather living in japan, I've lived most of my life in Germany and England. From my perspective, it has not been a great time being the only Half ''Japanese/English guy'' in my class in Germany. I got looked as if I came from another world. Yes, I was automatically Asian. They would call me Chinese (Germans think China is the whole of Asia lol) and such picking on me, because im foreign. On the other hand every time I go to Japan, I get seen as a foreigner too. They don't speak to me and when I go up to people speaking in Japanese, they would be surprised and start asking where I learnt it and these conversations are very common there. Now that I am in a University in England, that has stopped. In my opinion, this is because there are people from around the world having similar experiences like me or also because people start mixing with other people from different countries and in the end of the day it does not matter where you come from!
Sorry for my text being so long but I just wanted to share my story.
lol im just writing my experiance so calm down bro :p
sometimes you end up in a really bad class. I'm born in germany ( not fully german, but you don't see that ) and because I moved a lot I was in very different classes. Some where awesome some where just awful ;-)
そうですよね！(x_x)私もハーフ(日本とインドネシア)で、確かに一時期日本で外国人扱いされたりしました。でも、今はたくさんの外国人が来日し、また沢山の日本人が外国に行くようになるなど、日本人にとって、外国人が珍しい存在ではなくなっているので、これから生まれてくるハーフの子たちは、余りそのような事が無くなるかなとおもいます！(●´ω｀●)
Daisuke Yamaoka yeah no we don't think that china is the only country in Asia, you must've had really bad luck when getting your class, because I am a German highschool student and know very few people that would actually be as stupid to think that every asian is Chinese
I’m half Japanese / half British too. (I’m fluent in both languages but I’ll use English for sake.)
I would say I got the worst of it when I was in primary school in Scotland.
I was quite shy due to my background and as a result literally had no friends.
I can laugh about it now but it was quite depressing when I realised I’d not spoken to anyone at all for six hours.
However, when I went to Japan, all comments I got were compliments on my appearance and ability to speak English. Even random old ladies on the train gave me and my sister positive comments.
Not one of them referred to me as a ‘gaijin’ (although I don’t see it as an offence at all), they would mostly say ‘haafu-san’ which is as polite as it gets.
I have very supportive friends now and I would say how you are treated depends on the individuals you come in contact with. I seemed to have been fairly lucky with that.
Sorry for the rant!
My deceased half Chinese Japanese wife had a hard time finding work. And talked about strange comments people around her made. When she used Japanese characters for her name she went on more job interviews. So I’d say on the surface people publicly put forth a tolerant accepting face but the heart of actions show differently.
"they speak 2 languages", that's an assumption and not always true.
Mara Ram haha
True
A human is human.
A friend of mine speaks 7languages, as I do... I may be half... but his DNA is 1 kind... thousands of years traced back.
I meant it's a fairly fair assumption. And it's not really offensive unless they go further with that even after clarifying u don't speak two languages
Most people haven`t got a clue. that is why the often ask to spell my name in English...!!! I am Italian, Jesus, what has English to do with my name???
Weird flex of them to not speak 2 languages
Who said it's always true?
I wonder what their opinion is about Miss Universe Japan Ariana Miyamoto? She got a lot of backlash for winning the pageant. I also watched an interview with her and she talked about being made fun of when she was a kid and what its like growing up half Japanese. Very interesting, and kind of sad.
I think they did a video of her before on this channel! If its the same girl then a few people spoke on it before
+purplechickon Damn that model is sexy af
Yeah I saw the video too. She's was called 'hafu' by her classmates because she's half African American. Most Japanese didn't even happy when she won Miss Universe Japan. :/
+Muhsein Kamarudin Hafu means half...which is literally what she is. What do you expect them to call her? Full japanese?
And you shouldn't pretend like you know what most Japanese people thought when you clearly don't know anything. Should I think most middle eastern people are ignorant based off of your comments?
+neomanxl Haafu also has a negative connotation that could be akin to calling someone a mutt. You should watch the the movie Haafu to see the word's actual implications in different peoples' lives, specifically when you're part Japanese in Japan. And a lot of Japanese nationals actually didn't like that she won. Just check out social media :)
The vast majority of people I know with half-Japanese children say their children refuse to speak any English, even at home, due to peer pressure at school. Some people think because half-Japanese children might be able to speak another language, it also means they think they are better than everyone else. Many people who grow up in Japan and speak only Japanese are still viewed as foreigners if they are not ethnically Japanese.
It's hard enough trying to fit into Japanese culture if there is anything different about you.
出る釘は打たれる。
I'm not trying to be negative about Japanese people. I love this country, and it's mostly because of the people. But what people say in public and what they really thing isn't always the same.. I've been fortunate enough to know so many Japanese people who are comfortable telling me what they really think, because they know I won't judge them for saying something negative.
I'm fortunate enough to live in one of the few places in Tokyo with a large number of native English speakers. Almost 20%, in fact. I hope that for this reason my half-Japanese son will have a positive experience as he gets older.
So it's true when people say Japanese are two faced .
supa3ek Not at all.
Japanese people are rarely two-faced. It's just not polite to say negative things about other people in Japanese culture.
The reason is that the (Japanese) listener will often feel like it is somehow their fault, or that they are expected to fix the problem.
+TrickWithAKnife I am biased, but having lived in Fukuoka... maybe the people in Kyushu are less "cosmopolitan" than Kanto and we are a little bit more of an oddity, especially on day trips outside the big city..... but the people are much more straight forward, not as uptight, less judgmental, less obsessed with "standing" and "ranking".
Every time I went to Tokyo, it was like you could feel the bureaucracy weighing down on everyone. Tatemae is culturally ubiquitous... but in Tokyo it permeates everything. It's taken to the nth degree. Tokyo has a very stuffy rigid feeling... I didn't enjoy the 4 or 5 times I went there.
It's like night and day between Kansai too. Much more relaxed culture, maybe a little too much for my taste. Osakans really like talking and even w/o language barrier I don't lol Okonomiyaki Osaka-style is the best though. And their clubbing scene rocks thanks to no US military bases.
I always suggest anyone wanting to visit Japan either skips Tokyo or makes sure they go some other places as well. Kansai probably has the best tourist attractions w/Osaka, Kyoto, Nara and their airport is #2 for me (only behind Hong Kong)... but depending on season & festival timing, Sapporo & Tohoku are great too. I went to the world fair in Nagoya, but I'm not sure what else there is to do in Chubu? Their castle is very famous, but every region has a castle - most have several. Hiroshima is heavy, esp if you can read the numerous plaques you'll find (even just shopping around Hondori), but a priceless experience & lesson. Best walking garden hands down.
As much as I loved living in Northern Kyushu, it doesn't have much in the way of tourism.
As big as Tokyo is and as much as it dominates government and business, the real Japan is found elsewhere imo.
So many people - esp illiterate journalists - seem to have an opinion on Japan based mostly on Tokyo and I find that's one of the reasons my own experience rarely matches up.
+TrickWithAKnife I totally agree! Same goes depending where one is raised. If your son were to be here in the United States, he would have no problem speaking English nor be ashamed or refuse it. Perhaps even embrace both cultures (The Japanese, and yours).
So you are glad you live in a large foreigner community which speaks a foreign language. That's called colonization.
If you live in Japan you should at least speak Japanese...
1:06 "MATTE! MATTE!"
This is so cute for us but for them it's normal asf 😂
@@tanjiroukamado5766 tbh if a kid was screaming "stop" just like that it would be equally cute 😅🤣
@@CROAiva wait..wait..
hehhee Choi San
Matte kudasaii
Honestly the experience of half-Japanese people vary a lot depending on many things. For example, were they raised in Japan or not? I feel like if they're raised in Japan they probably see them as another Japanese person as they probably act and speak like a Japanese person. I'm half-Japanese, yet because I was raised somewhere else I never learned the language and in Japan I'm basically treated like a foreigner, which makes sense cause I can't speak Japanese well at all. Another thing to keep in mind is with what they're mixed with. I feel like half-Japanese half-white people will have it easier than let's say a half-black person considering how darker skin is viewed in Japan and well, I think we don't have to mention how many times it feels like "white features" are more desirable as it looks like generally speaking our perception of beauty is quite eurocentric, the blonde with blue eyes has always been perceived as beautiful. I remember as a kid wanting blue eyes like some of my classmates really badly lol, and even now I still sometimes can't help but feel a bit jealous of those people with those super deep blue eyes.
From what I understand stereotyping is very common in Japan and the the racism seems less overt and japanese seem to not make your life harder over the color of your skin. I might be wrong as I have very little direct interaction with Japanese people but they seem to at the very least seem to be willing to give off the appearance of decency.
What about half asian half asian? Like half Chinese half Japanese?
I'm half Japanese I grew up in the UK where I'm quarter English I'm bearly discriminated against I did get some racist remarks but not discriminated
I think the video would have been more interesting if you got to interview someone with opposing views. It doesn't have to be hateful, just statements that would make us understand the other unaccepting side more.
Anna Tria I think it was intresting enough. Negativity isn't nedded to make something interesting. But there are lots of videos like this with not really opposing views on Hafus because that would just make them racist but more on foriegn influence. It's obvious there are people who probably don't like it but it's mostlt because they don't undersrand and it's usualy seen in younger kids and foes away when they get old enough to think for themselves. Watch actual mixed people's videos if you want something real and interesting. Or black foriengers in Japan.
One girl said if a person is mixed it doesn't matter for her, but she still referred to a mixed person as gaijin. That's saying he/she is not Japanese but a foreigner. Maybe that person grew up in Japan. How is that treating them the same? Even though she means no harm, I bet that is what everyone halfu is feeling, that "forveer a gaijin"-attitude.
Narnendil
I think that would be up to the one being told how to interpret it,
Me as a mix, don't mind it, I accept that I only have a part of them. I will always have gaijin blood, both are part of me i don't know about the others but all of my half friends think the same ^_^ and even if they call us gaijin were ok were proud.
It means they look foreign fool. You people will ALWAYS find something to bitch about.
Dont read into it too much, its just their way of saying foreigner
Narnendil If it's true, why do you bitch about it? You'll never be japanese if you're a foreigner.
+Esen Tries why is that though? In Europe or in America, when you get the status of a citizen, you become the citizen of that country. How does it make sense that you are treated as a foreigner if you have the citizen status? If it's only because you look different, it's just racism and you shouldn't be defending it. Also if your mother is from France and your dad from America, but you are american citizen, you are American. There is no "You can't never be American because your mother is French, you are always halfling!" way of thinking like in Japan it seems.
I have two cousins who are half white, half Japanese, and they grew up in the countryside in Japan. Unfortunately, the Japanese people there were not as forgiving or accepting as ones in the city are. The eldest of my cousins experienced some pretty heavy discrimination (even to go so far as the teachers assuming/treating him as if he were mentally challenged if he ever misbehaved, even though he didn't really do anything worse than any other kids his age.)
I lived in the Japanese countryside for five years with my Japanese husband and our half white children. Initially the teachers had some misgivings but most of them learnt to accept and appreciate my eldest child, who was an excellent sportskid and a good student. My youngest had some hard time, but I put it down to individual problems with that witch of a teacher she got in year 3.
My second kid was an altogether different story and he was not welcome at all, because he is autistic and mentally challenged. The school saw us as most uncivilized and obnoxious for pushing him down their throat.
I basically liked our life in Japan and I was ready to stay there forever, but I couldn't help feeling the public eye, as if we were on a parade whenever we stepped outside our home. We had to tiptoe around people all the time, guard our words and actions, maintain our reputation as carefully as we could.
This is really pathetic. I am really sorry for both of you.
They only like attractive hafus. If you’re hafu but ugly or with a dark skin they will discriminate you.
I think the whole thing boils down to attractiveness. People like attractive people and avoid unattractive people
@@riapie9569 That's anecdotal evidence and only covers the tourist experience. And what does a general acceptance/indifference to a black woman walking around prove? There are forms of discrimination that aren't in your face obvious.
@Rosalee Smith dont be a low iq dipshit
@@CheddarFryes yeah, in the philippines half breed with caucasian are usually treated better than pure pinoys. This is no relation to racism but they are just percieved as better looking. And anywhere in the world i think good looking people are treated better.
That's an idea created in YOUR mind.
My problem with this video, like with most of the other videos here is that the titles are misleading, This isn't what Japanese people think. It's what a few young peeps in Tokyo think. It's good that these topics are discussed, but at the same time the opinions of a few, clearly moneyed, students in Tokyo are in no way indicative of the entire Nation of Japan and of all Japanese people.
+DarcNoodles yah youre right
+DarcNoodles Probably should have asked some older folks
DrRyan82994
older folks are more the most pro-u.s demo in japan
depends entirely on the old folks you talk to. If there is one generalisation i can make about Japan is that you should never make any generalisations about Japan or Japanese people.
+DarcNoodles The english subtitles are also much softer than what the people are actually saying in Japanese I noticed.
"they are Japanese inside". I love that line of thought.
+Kougeru that line kinda bothered me because it means that there is only one way to look japanese on the outside. If youre a mixed person who was raised in japan and choose to identify as a japanese person, then youre japanese inside and out. ITs close minded to think there is only one way to look japanese physically.
I disagree. It's a scientific fact that Japanese people, Chinese people, African people, German people, ect...all look different. America is really the exception since it's a country of immigrants. I don't think it's closed minded at all, since people tend to look very similar when they're from the same area.
I do think that as more mixed-race people come in, it should become more accepted that citizens of the country will start to look different. People will start to assume more often that the mixed-race _are_ Japanese citizens and not foreigners. But I don't think the number of mixed race people will be high enough for this it to be norm any time soon.
It's not an insult. It's like them saying "he's one of us".
MrCollegeSmart You're twisting their words and meaning completely; a negative spin. You'd be a good politician :). This video is specifically referring to half-Japanese people that live in Japan, as far as I can tell. Japanese citizens. They're not 100% Japanese by blood or in appearance, but they're "Japanese on the inside", or Japanese in every way possible, other than physically. There's nothing negative about it. It's 100% about physical appearance. They admit they judge people based on it, at first...but get to know them and don't care how they look.
+MrCollegeSmart Japanese is a nationality, not a race. they literally meant "they're one of us".
I'm half japanese half spanish and I find this very amusing haha japanese people are so nice
obviously you have never heard of tatemae.
Paz! JesuChristo te ama/Iesu sa ma ga anata o aishite i masu mucho amen. Bendiciones:D P.s. Juan 14:6 por favor y paz
St T.
I am a Japanese, and had several Hafu people in our classroom in elementary school and junior. But we didn't have any problem with them because we just recognized them as a Japanese. They were even too much proud of being Hafu. This interview is not like Tatemae for me.
Well. Mixed Japanese are recognising from not mixed Japanese, mixed Japanese are not forigener.
Not mixed Japanese are beautiful peoples
I heard that half Japanese and full Japanese who were not born in Japan are not qualified to get many jobs and opportunities available to Native full Japanese. Is this true? How do Japanese people feel about this?
would be interesting to see if the answers given on camera would differ if people were given anonymity...
Wow, you brought up this topic. Actually, it is not me, but someone who did a volunteer activity with me. She was a half-black and half-Japanese. Well, from the start, she said that she is Japanese so she could speak Japanese fluently. However, till the end of the activity, the group leader who is pure Japanese still thought that she is not Japanese and he was amazed by her Japanese skill. When I saw it, I barely could understand how pretty close-minded the leader was.... Even though, in another thing, he was pretty multinational minded as well... Well, I think that kind of mindset is owned by the average Japanese. I hope Japanese can accept differences quickly since this country will be visited by more and more foreigners anyway. (some of them may stay here as well...).
There is a reason for his so called closed mindedness. Based off of appearance he assumed she would have a hard time and despite what many sjw will tell you there is nothing wrong with this. You must understand how few foreigners or foreign looking people there are in Japan compared to the number of Japanese are " Asian " looking residents.
@@tobylanglois3698 That makes NO SENSE whatsoever. And there is something VERY wrong with that professor AND with your statement. I could see if she is just a random person that looks black to him - no harm no foul is he doesn't automatically assume that she speaks fluent Japanese. But WHEN SHE TELLS YOU UP FRONT THAT SHE IS JAPANESE AND SHE SPEAKS IT FLUENTLY - for the teacher to still be "surprised" at her fluency - is utterly stupid. It has nothing to do with anyone being a sjw - why would you even inject that into the conversation? He shouldn't go "based off of appearances" when the person tells him directly that she is Japanese and also fluent. Also, for you to keep saying she is a foreigner when she is Japanese born and raised is just as racist and closed-minded. It is not for YOU to tell someone who they are. Obviously they know better than you. It doesn't matter how few foreign looking people exist anywhere - it's not about how she LOOKS after she has told him already who/how she is. And in any case - either way - she is fluent in Japanese because that's her native language. No matter what she "looked" like - for him to keep pretending to be surprised at her fluency is just plain stupid. White, black, red, yellow, brown or mixed - fluent is fluent. Based on your brain not your skin color.
I am haft Japanese and Vietnamese. Still being bullied because of it. They don't even see me as A Japanese person :(
So sad! Vietnam is so pretty and their food is the best!
karenjisama Vietnamese has soulth east Asia face that's why was hated
That's horrible, I'm so sorry :(
Just look at them. And give them the middle finger.
I’m half-vietnamese and half-japanese as well. None of this ever happened to me, they treated me like a normal person :/
As the Euro American grandmother of two half Japanese/Anglo children, this gives me good hope. They will return to live in Japan in a year or two, but they were born in the US, as their dad was sent here by his company. Usually the marriages are Anglo men and Japanese women, but my family is Japanese man and Anglo woman. My daughter lived in Japan for several years, and they were married in Japan, and she speaks fairly good Japanese. My granddaughter goes to Japanese school almost every Saturday, so she will be able to go to the correct class when they move back. My grandson is too little, but his favorite cartoon character is Anpanman.
Some of them seemed like they were lying when they said mixed people are treated as equal in Japan
I was born in a country where a lot of people have multiple origins and or don't have the country's nationality. It's also normal for someone to speak fluently three or more languages, if you don't it's very strange and it will be difficult to find a job >_<
When I hear that in other countries people with two nationalities are rare or somewhat different or discriminated, it's very strange :P But I'm conscious that it might be the case in the major part of the world...
I would love to visit Japan anyway XD
May I ask what country you were born in?
Luxembourg :)
+Marimi malu Oh I see. I assumed it must be somewhere around there but somehow the curiosity kept growing :) Thanks!
+Marimi malu same here in Switzerland :D
Same here, in The Netherlands ^-^
ゆうたさん！私..ハーフです。黒人と日本人のミックスです！Being Half black in japan..i did get bullied a few times, but once I got to middle school, everyone started treating me nice. Hafus are cool you know lol. But there was that thing where half white hafus were seen prettier. But I get it because they 'fit in' more than the half black hafus. With their skin tone being similar and everything. I know they don't mean to treat us differently but それが変われば良いかなーって思いますね. (sorry for the japanglish going on lol)
+Tiara Ai Colquitt You can talk to me in your Japanglish as much as you want! haha I usually prefer writing in English because it's quite mendoukusai to write kanji. I'm actually interested in interviewing mixed or non-Asian Japanese people. Would you be interested in something like that?
ThatJapaneseManYuta Yes! I don't know how that's going to work out but that would definitely be awesome!
+Tiara Ai Colquitt Let's talk! Can you send me a message from here? www.yutaaoki.com/blog/contact
ThatJapaneseManYuta OK! Thank you!
+Elvir kadriev thanks? lol
The "half-Portuguese" guy the girl met at school was probably actually Brazilian, as we also speak Portuguese. I live in São Paulo, Brazil, which has the world's largest population of ethnic Japanese outside of Japan - and many of them now are going back to work in their ancestors' homeland. The first generations of Japanese immigrants here (over 100 years ago) were very much closed into themselves, but now intermarriage with Brazilians from other ethnicities is the norm rather than the exception and they are completely integrated to Brazilian society and culture, while also charmingly preserving their traditions. Because Brazilians have always been largely mixed-race themselves from the beginning, intermarriage with them is no big deal for us, and it is no longer a big deal for Japanese Brazilians either. In fact, ethnic Japanese are highly coveted as in-laws, as they have a great reputation among Brazilians, as very intelligent, hard-working (and hence successful), ethical, honest, devoted to family, everything one dreams their children married to. My own experience with them is the best possible.
Seu inglês é perfeito :)
If she said half-Portuguese, that's probably because he is from Portugal
@@TheDao330 on my view in that case, she mixed up the things,it is normal people confuse Portugal with Brazil, it's almost the same language and that it is why a lot of people think Brazillian people are Portuguese or inverse. Brazuka representando na gringa
Rafongas what amadeus skada meant was that the woman probably said the guy was half-portugese because the guy is probably portugese. Of course I’m aware of how similar the language is, but she probably only knew because the guy said that he was portugese rather than her assuming based on the language that he probably didn’t speak with her.
@@nnzchallengers8415, the language is not "similar", it is the SAME language. Of course there are many differences in pronunciation, usage and vocabulary between Portugal and Brazil, just like British and American English, but not enough to make the two variants distinct languages. Although centuries ago Portuguese merchants (especially in Nagasaki) were important for Japan's trade with the rest of the world, the number of Portuguese in present-day Japan is insignificant, whereas there are several hundred thousand Brazilians living in Japan (some say over a million). So, it's much more likely that the girl met a Brazilian guy than a Portuguese one, and that she mistook the language for the nationality.
Interesting how a majority of the interviewee’s experiences with halfies seems to be limited to their school years. May be a coincidence or that the way the questions were worded lead to those sort of answers, but it does make me wonder what happens after graduation that makes these people no longer have any contact with their half japanese classmates/meet new half japanese people.
I've been to japan and I'm mixed black and white. My experience was fine. Oh and my Japanese is weak. I went to Temples, Tiny Side pubs, Slept in PODs, Got lost on the train saw disneyland for the first time. IT Was awesome!! Sure I met some idiots but tell me which country doesn't have them? :) I wanna go back again!
I'm not even half-Japanese (I'm half-Filipina), but some of the things about being bullied for being mixed hits close to home for me. People in school bullied me for looking 'weird'. I was frequently asked questions in Tagalog, which I didn't speak (mother never taught me) and it confused and frustrated me at the same time. But at the same time, I met a group of friends who were all of mixed origins, (one was half-Japanese, one was half-Korean, and a half Hawaiian/half-Filipino) and we talked about we all liked, and shared stories about the different types of foods we liked. We were different, yet not so different at the same time
What do you think about half black/japanese?
Answer: If we actually get to know them, we won't treat them differently
Damn is that really what she said?
It sounds kinda different on Japanese, it's hard to explain
It’s not as bad as it sounds in Japanese. What she said was that because there are few non-Japanese people, they stand out and if you’re black, you stand out even more. So she could also look at black people since there aren’t many, but once she gets to know them, she wouldn’t care.
This goes with people with curly hair as well. This obviously suggests that there is a problem with Japan being homogeneous, but what you interpreted isn’t exactly what she said.
The little said spoke volumes.
Japanese people are so well-mannered
Absolutely love them
Rin Beckste
But there is a lot going on below the bow
That's tatemae for you...
If a person is like japanese-korean or japanese-chinese, they are teased by them. Even if japanese people demonstrated saying 'we hate korea,get out of here' in front of japanese korean school. It is so mean and bullsit. People dont know they can be badass among which contry they are mixed with
This is edited obviously . I was there for a month and most are really not friendly. If you try to order something in Japanese and mess it up they give a insulting laugh and don't even try to communicate. They were scared to death of me since I'm 6 feet tall . Walk down a street and they see you will turn around and walk away. I don't have tatoos or piercing either the things that most Japanese dislike. I found people in China much nicer BTW
Tony Moretti i agree with you. Chinese people seem to be kinda rude before talking with them. But they are very friendly and fun. Japanese people are very kind and nice before being their friends,they seem to always hide their opinions like tatare. They usually have very closed minds and can be very racists especially to korean and chinese. There are lots of situations that some japanese insulted korean tourist( giving them too much wasabi sushi and saying 'fucking korea, get out of here' to a korean youtuber). International people who really dont know them are just naive
Well of course they think half-japanese are pretty or handsome... because when they think of half japanese they think of people with Japanese and European blood! So of course they are good looking and they 'look up' to them! You can see this very clearly because they said that they think 'half-japanese' know how to speak English. Well other than Japanese and European blood mixed, what do you guys think of Japanese blood mixed with another Asian blood?
sorry guys, this is just my opinion
+Lucky 😂😂😂
+Lucky You sure? Well, some European people are really pretty or good looking..
+Lucky Lol nah maybe just different opinions?
+The Real Meow but American girls are literally from all over the world including Japan and Europe and Africa and Ireland and India. O.o
I'm half Japanese and half Malaysian, most think I'm just full Japanese.
I love how the people you interviewed were into the conversation. They all seem open to the idea of more foreigners and mixed people.
Brasileiro representando, só espero que tenha sido educado com as mulheres japonesas!
Next time u do a somewhat controversial topic keep the people anonymous (and make sure they know they will be) and ask them to be honest. Isolate them from crowds if it helps. I feel like they're responses are not how they really feel and more like how they are supposed to respond cuz its politically correct. We're all I bit racist it's not exactly a secret.
+julio muniz You're absolutely correct... I honestly don't know a Asian person from Asia who would look at a half black, half Asian person without a slight feeling of disdain. If you asked them how they feel with a camera shoved in their face, of course they would say it's fine.
Good idea...
Half filipino, I agree aswell.
I can agree with you 💯 per cent !! Still ❤️ Japan
i truly believe and know I'm not racist. Thus not all people are racists.
(im half mexican-american half japanese) i think its funny because in America everyone thinks im not american and in japan everyone thinks im not japanese yet i have lived in both countries equal parts of my life. (military life) 😞
Hmm...Sakura, I can only assume you meant "funny" as sarcastic with the little smilie. (So I hope I'm not wrong cuz I wasn't trying to be an asshole.)
See, that was exactly the situation as "my other 1/2" was literally born into (on the military base) although it was shortly after he was born that his father decided he was ready to move on & retire from serving his country (and blessed to have lived
through 2 wars) & forward now with new wife & 3 young children & etc.) As I'm pretty sure you can completely understand as well as relate to my little short story there?! Lol =D
My point is this, I have found myself getting more offended THEN which is generally follow with frustration for frankly witnessing that b.s for @ almost 19 yrs of that exact bullshit of others finding it "Funny" &/or other times situations got A LOT worse...or more like Real. Smh. Which he has mentioned exactly what it's like in Gjiam & Okinawa and many others in Japan. Frankly, it's just annoying as hell how closed/narrowed minded sooo many people really are. Smh. Ya know what I mean?...Being 40 yrs old & seeing just how incredibly ugly the world has become...personally, I doubt that's what my higher power had in mind when he put us here.
Anyways, I'll wrap it up by saying (it yet again) obviously this is just my opinion. Oh! Btw, you make sure you keep that head up. ;-) Besides, it drives "those
Sakura Elizondo Yeah in america people always say something like "where are you really from?"
“Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.” -Anonymous
Can confirm this is very true
That’s like the entire society. Most noticeable in countries like Japan.
absolutely true.
but also the quote is from oscar wilde if i'm not horribly mistaken.
Suddenly becomes obvious why Anonymous is represented by a mask.
@@denizkendirci Yeah I was thinking that too. Oscar Wilde definitely said this quote
0:55 I think it's funny how the majority of japanese people think that half-japanese speak English, like, there are other languages out there lol
Most of half models and actors in Japan speak English, and sometimes they get their job because they speak English. Even if their parents aren't native english speaker, they make their kids go to international school to get English skills. We hardly ever see someone on TV speaking other languages. So it makes easy to think us mixed race people can speak English. It's like foreigners always talking to me about Anime. I'm not familiar with it at all, and not all Japanese are "Otaku". 60 or 70%people yes, but not all.
Manga caracther InuYasha is a metaphore of mixed people.
Oh shit youre so right! Now when i think about it
God, I never thought of that. That may even be partly intentional.
Holy shit!
I always thought this about the show as a kid. I'm haafu myself.
I LOVE how Japanese sounds, so lovely and people sound thoughtful when they are talking . I can't wait to visit Japan this summer
Where are you from
I'm Canadian-Japanese but i never really experience any discrimination in Japan. I also lived in korea when I was younger and that's a different story-
1:03 that guy is just so polite and friendly, looks like he's more open-minded too. I hope if one day I'll travel to Japan I'd make a lot of friends like him.
I am a hafu from Miyazaki and I constantly go from Miyazaki to Wisconsin. I'm half Spanish (Spain) and half Japanese. I was born in Miyazaki and studied there for quite some time. I have never had a problem. I agreed with 1:08.
I feel relieved hearing some of these answers. I am half Japanese, half French, and I've felt pretty nervous about going to Japan next year. This gives me hope that it will go well ^_^
+Rueben Hardman Haha pls . Just because you're half white doesn't mean people will worship you. That's the most ignorant and stupid statement ever
+yusuf zulfi Not because she's half white, but because she's half-french. Japanese people are obsessed with Paris.
Westermann15. So r Americans
Yusuf Zulfi It does mean you get treated better and that's a fact.
Anna Starr How are Americans obsessed with Paris? Lol I'm American and Paris has little relevance in most American's daily lives. If anything we are far more obssessed with England. But even obssessed is a far stretch. Americas are one track minded like that, most of us tend to only worry about our country or just ourselves.
1:44 I really like this guy, he seems very intelligent and capable of looking at things from many different angles. Special thumbs up for him!
This just reminds me of a small discussion that I had in my JPN101 class where we discussed the difference between 外人(gaijin)and外国人(gaikokujin)and how they basically mean the same thing but gaijin would be considered a bit derogatory, and I didn’t expect to see it come up so soon 😂
Being half-turkish and the other Japanese, people always reminded me the moment when these cultures intersected: the heartwarming efforts of the Japanese people in saving the crew of the ship "Ertugrul", sunk during a storm off Japan in 1890, and then the decision of the Turkish government to send a Turkish airlines plane to Iran to rescue the Japanese expatriates who were abandoned by their own country during the war of 1985.
I'm half turkish and quarter italian and filipino!
I'm portuguese and I found this really funny xD. It's funny because they want to know how to speak English, but we (mostly) want to know how to speak Japanese (I know I do). One day I want to visit Japan, but I am embarrassed because I don't know how to speak Japanese. Anyway great video, all of their opinions are quite interesting!
+Mr.FoOL você vai conseguir
Nikita Ivanov Hehe, um dia irei conseguir sim :D
i know that feel, tugas unite!
Lol... I'm trying to speak Japanese....but it's quite hard to learn Kanji accent
this topic made me remember the difference between brazilian and portugueze, I see many brazilians saying they dont understand much the way portuguese speaks.
"there was this Brazilian
He was hitting on all the girls"
😂
I'm surprised so many people in the comments have such a biased, negative mindset on the subject, and even automatically assume the interviewees are being dishonest. In reality, the opinions here are absolutely representative of the general (non-rural) population in Japan. Bullies exist, but without exception, the root of the problem is in the individual bully, not the larger culture.
THANK YOU! I was mixes in Japan and I never had any problems the ppl in the comments are imagineing
People acting like you only get bullied in Japan
@@ScaryAppul-114 People who watches this video are divided into two people. Those who watch it just to find flaws and sources for their bullshitted anti Japanese argument and those who really are culture and express their opinions.
I like how honest and comfortable they are talking about the subject.
Great video as Always Yuta :')
hahahahaha
Inside joke going on here or? ...
"If I were mixed, I would definitely be self-conscious about it"
What a flaw
And then she goes on to say they don't treat mixed people any differently! well clearly they do if there's reason to be self-concious about it... Such a disconnect between what they want to think and what they actually do
@@goeast12 The US is one of the countries that doesn't give a rats ass if you're mixed or not. Actually mixed are seen as hotter than full whites or blacks. Especially when compared to a place like Japan.
@@s.a.8548 That's totally bullshit. Mixed people are seen as hotter in the US if they are good looking and light skinned. Basically the same in all countries, however way you are mixed.
@@user-tv2ll4mf5q She didn't say there was a reason to be self conscious.
@@MTMF.london I'd say it varies in the U.S. People from urban environments where it is an actual melting pot are usually proud of being mixed, especially considering it is more accepted in urban centers to maintain their ancestor's cultures. If we're talking a mixed person in a predominantly mono-racial/ethnic environment, then yes it sucks, and that's the case around the world. The U.S. however IS the largest melting pot and you will not find the kind of diversity found in L.A, NYC, Miami, Chicago, Austin (insert any major U.S. city) in any other place around the world. In these places, it actually IS cool to be mixed and people are largely accepting of different cultures. So relatively, yeah the U.S. is more accepting of biracial people than a place like Japan, where their largest urban centers are like 98% mono-racial. I'd compare Japan more to the mid-west of the U.S. where the racial demographics are comparable and it indeed is strange to see someone who is mixed and people do in fact feel self-conscious because they are an extreme minority.
When I was a kid I hated being half, but when I became an adult, boy it was such an amazing blessing. Being able to switch between cultures and bridge all of the gaps. As well as the one thing I hated, standing out from the crowd, became my greatest advantage in life. Really blessed to be mixed heritage and my life is amazing for it.
Man, what a wonderful microphone you've gotten.
+TimesTwo I've been using that microphone since my very first interview video.
+ThatJapaneseManYuta "He said with 1 eyebrow up"
ありがとう！わたしはハーフです！チェコと日本！わたしは日本人とチェコ人です！りょうほうだいすきです！Hey! Thank you! I'm half japanese and half czech. I'm same japanese girl same as czech. I love both of them.
And btw: cool work, love your channel!
ナオミ
3:26 ！ありがとう ！
3:26 ！ありがとう ！
+Naomi ADACHI I'm sleepy but when I read your comment first I thought you said チェロと日本 and I was like えっ？チェロとのハーフ・・・？どうやって？ww
+Naomi ADACHI thats sexy tho
私もハーフです〜
オーストラリア と日本人で、オーストラリアにそだちました。
as a half japanese I really appreciate you taking the time to do these interviews. ありがとうございました
I’m half Japanese and I didn’t grow up in japan, but I’ve visited several times and people I meet there are always so fascinated by me and my sisters. They also are usually shocked at how well I can speak Japanese (but that’s probably more because I live in America)
Just love Japanese people! I have just started learning Japanese, sooo hard 😭 Those two guys spoke sooo quickly, impossible lol. Wish I will be fluent one day!
otaku_dreamz Awe wish I could live in Japan, you are right the best way to learn any language is to completely immerse in its culture and surroundings. I'll be very happy just knowing the basics, or maybe even an intermedia level ^^
+FoodishBeauty Think we can learn together? looking for people I can learn with I aint easy doing it by oneself we need some practice sometimes... Let me know :)
+Landry Glazahi can i join in? self study can only really bring us so far.. xD
Mikel Kun Man I'm down for it. I gotta get back into it I've been on holidays for 5 months and didn't really learn anything... Hit me up in private so I can give you my email details we'll set something up :)
Landry Glazahi sorry took me forever to respond! I'll PM you... except I don't really know how to do it. HAHA XD would you mind hitting me up instead?
Only the two guys interviewed alone seemed to really "get it". I loved their answers. Everyone's else's answers were based on the "norm" being Japanese. Sure, that's true in Japan, but in a global perspective, thinking like that is so backwards and fruitless.
It’s called 建前
Topic aside, did anyone notice how many people and cars are around and yet how quiet, and clean it is there? How lovely, I remember when America, I mean California was like that too :(
i’m a half japanese, and half arab. i wear a scarf (hijab) on my head. i’m going to be moving to japan in a few months and i’m so nervous about how people will see me when i go to high school, because i feel like i’d definitely be seen as a gaijin especially because i have quite a noticeable religion and being muslim is not always seen positively..
Yuta, thank you for the video. I moved to Tokyo half year ago and I usually discuss the themes of your videos with my Japanese friends. It's a really good way to understand the culture difference. I'm from Brazil and I have so many half friends the are living here I'll show thus video to them! Keep up the good work.
How was the move , I really want to move to Japan before I'm 25 but I don't want to teach English
Me: Name five English speaking countries.
Japanese adult: America, Guam, Brazil, Russia and ummmmmm.......
Can you name five?
Inkjet Printer Canada, North Canada, South Canada, East Canada, and Pangea.
@@QCLagstone U.S., Canada, England, Scotland, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand.
Inkjet Printer There are way too many English speaking countries in this planet. Never underestimate the power of English language and of course, you will need it when you travel to a foreign state
Inkjet Printer There are way too many English speaking countries in this planet. Never underestimate the power of English language and of course, you will need it when you travel to a foreign state
Anyone in there half japanese like me but couldn't speak japanese? or I'm just alone ;-;
Keneche Yamazaki this is me too! I really wish I could speak Japanese!
Lily Kurokawa 2 of us now ;-;
same here, but I've been to Japan and it was still very enjoyable though my dad had to help me a lot :S
Keneche Yamazaki I'm same here. I'm girl. So I want hangout with japanese men. But I'm thinking they not like me very much..
Keneche Yamazaki my brother is part Japanese (I think he's an 1/8). the rest is white. You can see it in our mom more (she not my bio mom) and especially in her mom. Dark hair, fair skin, smaller physique, slightly hooded eye. My brother has been asked if he's part Asian and he usually says he is somewhere down his family line. He can't speak a word of Japanese at all. But he's great with Spanish! lol
Being part black and part Japanese the only time I ever talked to many people from Japan and Korea was when I went to this summer camp, and I got on really well with them, and we had a lot of fun even though there was a language barrier
The younger girls really bothered me (white shirt with necklace and brownish cardigan). They said they don't treat half people differently but admitted to expecting their "gaijin" classmate to speak English. That is treating them differently. Especially if that kid has grown up in Japan...he isn't gaijin.
I really wish you had a more educational approach to these videos. They are so good and informative, but teaching the less accepting and open public about the faults in their ways of thinking would be really beneficial.
ps. the guys in this video seem so smart and open! loved them!
+TwoTube2 I think what mellamokori means is that hrough Socratic dialogue, one can point out the inconsistencies of another person's views, and therefore educate them, without being preachy about it
socratic dialogue doesn't mean persuading people to think what you think. It's a way of encouraging people to question their own assumptions and beliefs.
thanks for replying to clarifying yourself.
I just want to respond to your comment that I think highlighting people's contradictory beliefs, in this case regarding Japanese people's treatment of minorities/hafu, is important for social progress.
So assuming the role of educator would have been helpful. It could have been done simply by asking questions to make them realize that they do actually treat hafu different, even though they believe they don't.
thanks, for the exchange and have a great day
Hi, thanks for the impassioned comment.
It sounds like you may benefit from a primer on Japanese social issues before you dive in over your head on this topic. I recommend starting here:
thediplomat.com/2013/10/in-japan-will-hafu-ever-be-considered-whole/?allpages=yes
www.pri.org/stories/2015-05-12/how-japanese-american-burst-japans-bubble-racism
www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/11/01/issues/tackle-embedded-racism-chokes-japan/#.Vl2DXnYrKM9
www.ibtimes.com/japan-court-rules-against-hate-speech-extreme-right-wing-groups-sprouting-across-country-1417834
With a bit more learning on your own, hopefully you'll be able to use some of that energy to connect the dots by yourself.
Good luck to you and have a great day.
+epocs Ok troll. I live and work in Japan and have met a ton of girls like those ones. They don't realize that they assume all foreigners speak English and things like that. Hafu are not ethnically Japanese, you are right. but if they know nothing other than Japan, people should have the sense to not be offended if they don't speak English.
+risingsun08107 Yea that is what I meant. I know he isn't going out in the streets to teach anyone. I just wish more people would point out hypocrisy I guess...open the dialogue more.
You can see in their facial expressions how what the say about "we treat them as everybody else" is not what they really think.
In class we were talking about pearl harbor and I was a stared at quite a bit because I'm half American and Japanese. I did go to Japan and go to school with other students. At first I felt uncomfortable because I was half American, but I was surprisingly treated a lot better than I thought. It felt nice for people to accept me as I am for once.
it's funny because asian people thought I was Filipino Japanese mixed, but in fact I am Hispanic... nothing to do with Asians, but I would love being Asian
I have a buddy who's half Filipino and half white American, and he hates being part Asian--he says girls aren't into Asian guys. I was like, "You're part Asian? I always thought you were like half Mexican."
How interesting! It seems to me like some of the people being interviewed were answering different questions at several points, such as when the video went from two people answering whether 'mixed' persons were treated differently to one interviewee speculating on why difference in treatment occurs. Not a fault- I can imagine why editing their response to the initial question out might have been preferable- maybe it was longwinded, say. I liked how the video seemed at least to showcase different levels of interaction with the topic among interviewees. I also wonder whether it was difficult to find people willing to speak on this topic.
It was pretty revealing that 'mixed' pretty much amounted to 'non-Japanese' in some of the interviewees' responses. It makes me think that some of the people being interviewed have a definite sense of what it means to be Japanese, and that ethnicity and nationality might not be wholly separate in their thinking.
Echoing what some other people have already shared, I think it'd be more interesting to hear what actual half-Japanese people would say on the topic of their own experiences.
Thanks for the neat upload.
I'm half Chinese half German....
i don't know,i'm half french,half japanese (born and raised in france) and japanese ppl don't see me as japanese and never will,not even my japanese family.i really feel like a stranger in japan,like "you are not a part of us",but ppl in japan treat me well and respect me (as long as i am respectful with them of course)
half way through and i wonder why you didn't interview actual half-japanese people about their perspective
OMG i love the sound of the child in the background in 01:05 screaming "matte matte"
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I went to Japan, and they didn't like Americans at all. We had to get a Japaneese person at the hotel to hail us a taxi, because they wouldn't pick up an American. Then, when we got in to be taken somewhere, the drivers would yell and swear at us in Japaneese. Unpleasant. Will NEVER go back. This happened the whole time we were there. We were ignored at many places, and stared at a LOT. People didn't want to wait on us, etc. It was eye opening. I don't believe all this "friendliness" here on this. Even though we tried to be very friendly, most of the people we came in contact with didn't want us there. So, how is this explained?
Interesting. Well. I'm half Mexican and half Salvadorian American born and raised. But I look Arabic/Middle Easterner lol. A lot of people think I'm some type of Middle Eastern/Latino mix. Lol. Even other Latino Americans think so when they first meet me. Lol. I love it tho tbh.
Mix, about half-way, of neanderthal and homo sapiens with maybe a touch of denisova, just like them. Is all.
Kitchissime What mean half japanese? sorry i'm learning english yet
Marianna Morel A "Japanese half" has a Japanese father (or mother) and the other parent is a foreigner.
Un "medio japonés" tiene padre (o madre) japonés y el otro progenitor es extranjero.
Why don't you ask some mixed Japanese people what their experiences have been growing up in Japan, instead of asking the Japanese general public about it?
I understand the standard format of your channel is to interview random people on the street,
but for a video pertaining to this more specific topic, it might be worth a try to recruit interviewees from diverse backgrounds.
Most of Japan is ethnically Japanese, most half Japanese people in Japan are either half Korean/half Japanese or half Chinese/half Japanese. It's very rare to find biracial people in Japan.
@@Dom_om_nom There are a lot of variety of people in Japan. That alone proves they are mixed. Don’t deny there cultural heritage. Japan = Yamato + Ainu + Chinese. That is why many Japanese resemble Phillipinos.
Personally this is a scary video to watch because it doesn't match Hapa people's opinions of how they have been treated which makes me wonder if what these Japanese people are saying is true? Every time I hear a Hapa person speak of their experience in Japan whether born or emigrated, it's almost always negative at first, and as for half black people, it's ALWAYS negative (eg Miss Japan). I love to travel and want to go to Japan because the contract seem awesome but honestly I'm really worried the incredibly high levels of racism (or more ignorance) will spoil my trip?
+Steph Powell Just from my experiences as a half Japanese person (half Japanese, half Russian), there is racism towards non-Japanese people, although I never experienced it myself. The reason for this is probably less to do with being half white and more to do with looking almost 100% Asian. I only had one other friend growing up who was half Japanese and she had a Filipino Mother. That said, she looked 100% Asian obviously, but you could tell she didn't look fully Japanese. And as a result, she was bullied. The weird thing was, she had what I would describe as a "medium skin tone" as in somewhere between light and tan. In saying that, she was bullied because of it even though there were some Japanese people in my class who had skin tones the almost the exact same colour... We both know what the problem was, of course...
It's difficult to tell what your experiences will be in Japan as I have no clue what type of people you'll meet. I can't imagine you'll face any blatant racism as Japanese people tend to be a reserved lot (stereotypes aside). However, I'd be lying if I said that I didn't know Japanese people who were slightly racist towards certain people. I'm unsure if they mean to be as they are "fundamentally" nice people... but I almost know for a irrefutable fact that they would try and hide their true feels if asked on camera like in this video.
U will likely be treated with mild forms of racism in every country u go to, Especially ones where there isn’t a large amount exposure to black people
They treat tourists better than they treat foreign residents. I've heard old Japanese people say they're okay with foreigners as long as they are only visiting. Tourism is fine, "invading their country" is bad.
Oh, yeah, and from your picture I can see you're black, so be prepared to get even more funny looks than they give to white gaijin. Japanese will generally be very polite (on the surface) to all foreigners, but they have a more positive mental pictures of pale foreigners than dark ones, and it's not just people of African ancestry, it's every ancestry. Pale Australians get treated better than Australian aboriginals; pale southeast Asians better than dark-skinned southeast Asians; pale Indians better than dark Indians; etc.
@No No If you want people to stop thinking that you're an asshole, stop writing shitty things...
I'm Celtic (technically just European but a majority of it is Celtic so I just say Celtic), Latina, and Japanese and I love so dearly each of my cultures and the backgrounds I come from. This video made me smile so much 😊
How do you know you're celtic?
I used to work at a store similar to Hot Topic with geek culture stuff, but it had a lot of Japanese imported candy, and every week this Japanese woman would come in with her young daughter (5 or 6-ish) to get candy. Her daughter was half black, and I couldn't get over how adorable she was with her mother because she was so shy and would have cute mumbled conversations in Japanese with her mom.
Great video as always Yuta.
Is this concept of "half japanese" technically correct? I mean, if they are born in Japan or if they get a citizenship they are Japanese, or aren't they?
Im Brazilian, and in my country there're a lot of immigrants and people whose one of the parents are not Brazilian, and we never think of them as halfies or something like that.
+romulloqueiroz There's nothing really objective about race and ethnicity. So ultimately it comes down to a matter of opinion.
Depends on the country. Countries like Canada and the USA are multicultural, so to most anyone can become American or Canadian. Japan is like 98% ethnic japanese so it's much more complicated
I got it, thank you.
+romulloqueiroz Here in Brazil we have both ius solis and ius sanguinis(don´t know if I wrote correctly). The first refers to those born in the country having a right to citizenship and the second to "blood"(parentes and granparents) granting citizenship.
In Japan case there is only ius sanguinis(or naturalization giving up your nationality). They are very scrict on that.
+romulloqueiroz Japanese is both an ethnicity and a nationality. Non ethnic Japanese with Japanese citizenship are fully Japanese by nationality but are not ethnically Japanese.
My heart feels so happy that a rare few learn through their silly misconceptions and look at the true person.
So wonderful.
Many people view us mixed people(handy) as lovely toys, privileged people that are on the outside, or even with a hate.....
I rarely received kindness... the kindness I received in childhood was only if they thought I was a toy,
However...
I learned the bad people are just louder. There are many people with good hearts and many people who learn in life. No way should we stay sad and think everyone is bad, not everyone will have facts straight... and that's ok if they ask to learn....
We need to close our eyes to really see a person.
We need to examine and treasure and share our history.
Mix... will NEVER dilute your culture IF you keep it and hold it strongly in your home and country.. wether your DNA is strong or you seem HAFU
Being mixed (korean/white) in middle America, I used to be asked regularly by my classmates if I was chinese (because china is the only asian country, right? =_= ). I've only had one instance of racism from a fellow student and once in a while I still get asked as an adult in work/college settings where I came from. Even had an old man at a pharmacy about 2 years ago thank me for opening a door for him and he went on and on about how great asian culture is (and I'm 100% from the states... LOL!)
Then... I took a trip to Japan last year. And everyone thought I was japanese. I had random japanese people ask me about my 3 yr old ("how old is she?" & "She's so cute!!" etc.) and even an obaasan at a bread shop and an ojiisan at a construction site stop me to strike up conversation about my kiddo also. I went to restaurants with my husband and repeatedly had them hand me a japanese menu and him an english menu. Even had a japanese college student working at a pizza shop apologize and flatly state that I looked japanese (his english was awesome.) Other than a few words, I don't speak Japanese at all.
It was a weird experience for me. I've had difficulties fitting in while living in America but in Japan I blended in so well and was treated so nicely. We were there for 1 month and that was my experience. It was a fairly consistent experience as well. However, my husbands experience was different. He had japanese people try to communicate with him in chinese/korean/english because they couldn't figure out what he was (he's vietnamese with some french) or just flat out avoid him. It probably didn't help his case that he had tattoos and facial hair. lol.
I hated being called a gaijin. It was never said as kindly, as they said it, when I was a kid. I still don't appreciate being called gaijin
What does it mean thou? And do you still get those kind of treatments?
@@davidpombos2910 It means like foreigner, in a polite way. And Outsider if someone was being mean about it. Yeah. My aunt calls me that, because I'm only half japanese. Now don't misunderstand it's just what she says when she's mad at me. So I just let it go.
@@paikeahigurashi7575 damn, it sounds really mean from your aunt, I've heard Japanese people in general may be xenophobic but I wouldn't actually say anything about that because I haven't experienced it myself, btw thanks for replying
@@davidpombos2910 There's bitter hearted people everywhere. We all just do it differently. Is my aunt cold hearted for doing that to me, yes, but she's a person, and she's my aunt first so I'll respect her.
Personally, I used to hate being called that word. But nowadays, I don’t really mind it as long as they don’t use it in an insulting way. To me, most of them use it in an innocent way. Most of the people who use it don’t know it’s a “slur” My friends sometimes call me gaijin as a joke and I don’t really mind and I even think it’s pretty funny. But I will admit that especially in elementary school, I experienced being called gaijin as an insult and I empathize with you.
Thanks talking about half people. It's a shame that you didn't asked the same questions to the old people and maybe in smaller towns.
I know my mother had lot of problems when we were young in Japan because there were racist people who didn't accept foreigners and half children.
And I'm sure there are many children bullied in schools. Personally, so many people made fun of me in France because I was half japanese !!!
Maybe it would be interesting to ask questions to half people to know how they managed to grow with two nationalities.
And I think Japan should make new laws for half people. It's very hard to " choose " a nationality when we're half.
And personnally, I still don't know who I am.
It's not a problem only Japan should resolve. But the entire world. Because now, so many people are half.
Doubt the elders would have been honest. The Japanese hide their feelings in public to save face :/
@@hexyko4850 Who the fuck doesn’t LMAO