Do Top 1% Students Worry About Japan’s Future?
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Pretty interesting video. Thanks!!!
As an American, I can guarantee you going whole hog on immigration & ethnic diversity will only make things in Japan *worse* long term; if you see the Hellholes the parts of America where such policies are implemented the most *firmly* have become, you understand that. What the Japanese government *needs* to do is give the younger people *incentive* to have families of their own, *good* incentive, & to an extent, the younger people should recognize the elderly have a *point* in resisting immigration. Ethnically homogeneous societies like Japans have historically proven to be the most *stable* , & as America's a showcase of right now, ethnic diversity leads to absolute *chaos* . Don't get me wrong, I'd *love* to have a place to live in Japan myself, but even if it means I *can't* , I'd much rather Japan keep its residential market *closed* to foreigners in the interest of preserving its culture.
& speaking of the residential market, if the Japanese government wants people to move out to rural areas, all they need to do is *abolish* the inheritance tax; the inheritance tax is *the* big reason Japanese people are moving out of rural areas & into the big cities like Tokyo & Osaka, because the inheritance tax makes it *cheaper* to live in the big cities than to live in your family house in the countryside. I can *guarantee* you if the Japanese government just abolished the inheritance tax, a *lot* of Japanese people would move back out into the countryside; & they may even bring certain parts of the big cities *with* them, which'd *stimulate* Japans economy.
& *finally* , make work in Japan no harder than it absolutely *needs* to be, & actually properly *compensate* workers if they work overtime!
By the way, everything I just said applies to *America* too, so don't think I'm trying to be the pot calling the kettle black.
JAPAN, EU, S KOREA is being DESTROYED BY their USA master! The US has no friends...they treat them worse than enemies!
@@ezrafaulk3076 Yea, for most people, diversity just means new language and new types of food. They do not realize that those things come with extra baggage in the form of different cultures and allegiances. It is honestly too late for Japan, just like for the West. The root cause of the population decline in rural areas is pretty much connected to the decline in birth rates. You cannot get the birth rates up when both men and women are busy eagerly pursuing careers and success at their careers. Children then are a burden. Even if one gives free day care, the woman will still have to take time off of work, which from her perspective will put her behind in her career goals. At the same time, everyone is pushing for women to enter the work force and painting stay at home motherhood as some backward aspiration. So the birth rates will only continue to decline. It’s the same story for the West and for the East, and eventually for the middle-east and Africa as well if they embrace the same Western values and aspirations.
I owe your channel so much to my Japanese Learning Journey. Thank you so much Takashii
３年後同じ質問を同じ人達にしてみてほしいな
Indeed.
Especialmente la chica que habló de París. Vamos a ver los frutos de las decisiones que tomaron los franceses.
👩「22歳の時の私は無知だった」
30年後、、😢
Make it 5-10 years.
this is one of your best videos, interview more university students about different topics pls!
This is wonderful. It's so nice to see intelligent, kind young people who can face these issues logically and sensibly. Here in the U.S., young people are becoming so emotionally driven that they're not going to be able to accomplish much. Great video
I often here this case about working in Japan...Employees in Japan cannot just go home after "5.00pm" It would make them appear not loyal to the company. So what do they do? They "work" until 9-10PM. And then if the Supervisor or Manager or the Boss asks you to have dinner or a drink after office hours, you just cannot say no. You have to go along or you will end up an outcast in your work group with very little chance of promotion..... Is this true?? Or even if this is not entirely true, How common is this kind of work situation in Japan???? Somebody please tell us.
simple answer: depends on the company
Watch the movie "my broken Mariko" it shows a very good picture of a Japanese office worker.
Thanks to COVID, that custom has almost completely disappeared.
In general, this is true for a stereotypical Japanese business/office. Unless the owner/management has taken government guidance about OT work seriously, there will be an atmosphere of "it's too early to leave" when it is actually the end of your workday. As a foreigner, you can get away with a lot-including leaving the office when scheduled.
Japan's annual work hours are 1,607 hours, which is below the OECD average.
By comparison, in the United States, work hours are longer than Japan at 1,811 hours, and 50% of Americans have side jobs, so if you include those, working hours could be even longer.
Nowadays, drinking parties are rare. In a survey, over 80% said they only go out once or twice a year, and only on special occasions like the end of the year.
Whether or not there is overtime depends on the company, so if you don't like working overtime, you can just choose a company that doesn't have overtime and join it.
0:45 This guy looks a lot like Kobayashi Toranosuke (I hear the sunspot series)
I want to come to JAPAN!! I last visited in 2019 right before COVID and it was UHMAZING!! I imagine it's still the same, though with a lower morale due to the pandemic and low yen. However, Japanese culture and cuisine is so strong I feel like they could be fine if they just learned how to export their culture, ie: anime, cuisine, art history, video, porn, etc...
It is happening not only in Japan but in many countries. Life will get harder from now on...
As a Chinese I am hoping that my country will be able to help Japan revive its economy in the future.
The 4th-year student girl of University of Tokyo is something!
Regarding the rural Japan.
Japan started program for digital nomads. Unfortunately only 50 countries has the opportunity and the minimum salary you have to earn 10kk yen yearly.
Unfortunately me - Poland, EU, with 8kk yen yearly can't benefit from this program. I find that average salary IN Tokyo is around 6,5kk so I thought 8kk for rural Japan will be enough?
My dream is to buy a house in rural Japan and spend there 4-6mo yearly, unfortunately for now max is 90 days.
Maybe Japan could open more for people like me. I have no problem with paying taxes in Japan, also language will be not a problem because I will to learn [actually started by myself].
Now I am working to be eligible for a business visa [start business nad hire at least 2 japanese people]. We will se what future brings...
best for all of you!
The Japan rural areas (small towns) dying is a big problem, because it's a loss of community and culture each time they die, there will be nobody to continue the traditions. It's very sad and unfortunate. But also a very difficult issue to fix.
Loss of productivity in farming is the biggest worry probably
That's not the only problem. The most important factor is everyone flocking to Tokyo. It causes a lot competition for job opportunities. Meanwhile, the rural areas is just massive desertion. That's land wasted. This is the biggest issue. That's why they are even willing to giving out houses for free in the rural areas.
remote work for everyone
my idea is Japan should import American rednecks to re-populate the Japan countryside.
Not really a difficult issue. It's just about jobs.
“My grades were really low in high school, so people were surprised I passed the exam 😁” lmao
That guy is really smart...you can tell.
What a Chad
@@thepragmatistfr 👍
He probably just did bad cuz was busy playing video games, he used 1% of his power 😂
I wouldn't be surprised if by "low" he means all A's and not A+ lol. Humbleness is common in Japanese culture.
Be careful in accepting immigrants, is easy to them in but impossible to get ride of them.
One of the best interviews out there. I've seen some where random people are interviewed and have basically no opinion on anything. Definitely Toudai students are sharp and understand the subject from many perspectives, and have interesting opinions
This is hilarious.
Young Japanese: We need more immgrants and diversity like Europe.
Young Europeans: We need less immgrants and have a strong culture liek Japan.
The youths in Japan don’t know what’s happening in EU
They are so naive about immigration 😲
No, they are realistic.
in what way?
Japan should look at Europe, what stupid immigration policy can cause - loss of public saftey, erosion of norms and values, destruction of social and health care systems etc. etc.
Smart and selective immigration policy is vital for highly industrialized aging countries to successfully survive.
It is kalergi plan in action in europe. Japan better stay relatively closed and deal qith problems with its own powers.
I lived in a British city most of my adult life. The values and ethics of the immigrant populations were much better than those of the native population. Scapegoating is really en vogue in the West, but it's not a good look.
I hope Japan finds a Japanese solution to the demographic problem. Being born and bred in Australia from immigrant parents, I do not believe multicultural societies are as safe or as productive as homogeneous ones. Furthermore, the quality of life for most individuals does not really improve in a growing population, the main beneficiaries are pensioners and corporate profit margins to the detriment of everyone else. The world needs to abandon the baby-boomer mindset and stop pandering to their interests. This is a planet of finite resources and the non-violent shrinking of populations should be celebrated. Japan, lead the way.
Please do more interview of this type of people, Takashii!!! I seriously feel super refreshed & stimulated after listening to their knowledge!!
Yes
Actually their knowledge is horrible for top students, Japan is screwed.
@@nijimavtuber How so? The population issue is honestly the single most important issue the country is facing. None of them were incorrect. I don't think it's their knowledge that's the issue, but their expression of what they want to see happen and how.
I was waiting for someone to come out and say "we need immigration, but also need to restrict which countries we allow immigration from" because that would've been a ridiculously honest and true answer.
They were all intelligent and articulated, but it's still a nation of people who are conditioned to not really 'say' what they 'mean' when they put it out there.
They really need to put down their slice of humble pie and balls up. I know that's a tall order, but the meaningful change they want won't occur unless the younger population does something about it.
Knowledge is not often reflective in actions taken, unfortunately. They have the smarts, but they need to put this shit into motion NOW. It may not sprout for a couple of decades, but it will, once the aging population drops off. Otherwise, they will just become that aging population, no matter how smart they are.
If I could move to Japan and do my job there and they didn't have their ridiculous 'under 30 for a work visa' law in place, I would do it in a heartbeat. Settle down, find a wife, have kids.
The biggest issue is paving the way out, and that takes more than just smarts.
@@nijimavtuber It's not bruh just like try listen to other interviews from like Harvard students or something..some of them even lack like common knowledge & it's supposed to be like the best school in like the whole world or something!!!
That's what studying 10 hrs a day for a year does to your brain.
Not sure having Japan become like Paris is the wisest thing to be honest. Paris is not what this lady thinks, in fact there's a saying along the lines of, Europeans wish that Europe is like how the Japanese think Europe is...
Immigration will not help Japan. The culture would change and not for the better. Keep your high trust society.
Japanse people in favour of immigration, should live in an European city for at least a year to find out they're wrong. It's all fun and amazing when visiting an European country shortly during holiday, but it's way different when actually living in such a country.
Immigration in itself is not the problem. It's about who you let in. In Europe "we" chose to let in the worst people from the worst places for some reason
@@sonneh86 Migrant workers should be allowed in Japan as long as they leave when the job is done. They should not be allowed to bring their family over or become a Japanese citizen. That's the fault European politicians made and should be held accountable for.
100% truth. I'm from Korea. Korean people are so naive. They think when traveling to foreign nations it's so wonderful but they have no idea how horrible and messed up it is.
@@GlitterDedicatorI disagree.
@@GlitterDedicator you mean use cheap labor as slaves?
After living in Japan for some years....I noticed something peculiar, people usually don't talk about politics. Young people do not care about voting. Young people do not know who the candidates are or who would better represent their values and expectations. What are the consequences of this lack of interest? The result is that conservative parties continue being elected forever and ever. When I saw those people talking in your video, I thought....all those young people would be good politicians. Now talking more broadly...........I believe that in all countries of the world, we should elect people that are really worried about people, not just allowing rich companies to become richer. Takashi, this was your best video. I see your videos very often.
Yeah. Why would politicians implement things that the elderly are not for, when they could be implementing things that the elderly *are* for. The elderly seem to be their main voter audience, not the youth.
To be sure, even if the younger generation were extremely engaged, they'd still be in the minority, so I think the apathy is justifiable to some extent. Then again, the longer-term consequences of political apathy (which, in Japan, goes far beyond just the youth) are... probably not great.
All political parties in Japan are big government conservatives. What are you talking about
As far as I understand, there is a very "non-political" culture in Japan. I never been there, so I'm no expert, but as I understand it people almost never talk about politics with others, they dont get into political arguments, its not as much as on vogue as in the US/europe, people are more inclined to repsect authorities, the elderly and dont argue with these groups, challenging authorities in a conservative coutnry like japan isnt well recieved, so in conclusion there isnt any drive for people to get political. THose who get political are seen as weird or as caring to much or something
It’s funny because here in is US we just had a very embarrassing presidential debate in front of the whole world. Two really really old men, I think it’s becoming a problem everywhere it’s scary
About Paris, she might want to look into safety issues and reconsider her point.
I was thinking the same thing. Like she must’ve been in one of the safe areas I guess
The safety issues are not linked to the origin of the people, but to their social and economic situation. If you let immigrants in and the discriminate against them, you will indeed create a security problem.
In Europe, we have pretended for a long time, and often continue to do so, that the integration of immigrants is a task for the immigrants, and only for them. It’s not. If you invite people to come to your country and do the hard work, the least you can do is treat them equally. Treat them well and they will accept your rules and habits. Make them feel unwelcome and treat them unfairly, and they will react.
@@thomasalbrecht5914 Non, c'est lié a la culture et l'éducation.
I can hear a pro-immigration attitude in many of the statements. One would like to call out to the Japanese from Europe: keep up, don't make the same mistakes we did. It starts with small steps that are barely visible at first or are even perceived as interesting and enriching. But it won't stop there. Preserve your peculiarities and your great culture.
Pretty soon Japan can enjoy its very own Humza Yousaf, raving that there are too many Japanese politicians in Japan 🤡
Just as the lady from Okayama said, I moved to a small island called Shodoshima 4 month's ago, one of my best decisions ever since I moved here, beautiful scenery, absolutely best community. Highly recommend for everyone!
Hi there . Where is Shodoshima are you? I am from Wales and live here with my wife and daughter.
What visa do you have?
@@digital-nomad For now only Working Holiday
@@richarddestinyford8792 Hi there! Near Sakate and Umaki.
@@TheLastKeyblade Ah I'm jealous! Americans don't have that option. I lived in Japan 2019-2023 and am eager to go back :)
She is so wrong about Paris.
As a French person living in Paris, I can say that diversity exists but does more harm than good.
People are killed, stabbed, molested everywhere in France; it is a common thing, but the government and media just decide to ignore these security issues as well as their sources:
IMMIGRATION (I won't mention any ethnicity or I will be canceled).
SO PLEASE JAPAN
Don't do this mistake
OR CHOOSE WHO can get it and WHO can not
Please tell which immigrants.
Japan would do well to give serious thought to the recent anti-immigration reactions coming from European countries that were leaders in immigration policy. Isn't the situation in Sweden, Germany, and Paris a disaster for the original citizens? What was impossible even in Europe, where society is based on the assumption that people are evil, is in no way likely to work in Japan, where society is based on the assumption that people are good. It is beginning to become clear in areas from which immigrants are flowing that Japan, where foreigners are given welfare benefits and expensive medical care can be received at reasonable prices through health insurance, is a more attractive place for immigrants than Europe. This is clear from the comments on this video.
移民政策で先行していた欧州各国から、最近反移民へのリアクションが出てきていることを日本はちゃんと考えた方が良い。スウーデンやドイツ、パリの状況は、元からの市民にとって惨状ではないのか？ 性悪説で社会が成り立っている欧州でさえ無理だったものが、性善説で社会が成り立っている日本でうまくいくはずがない。外国人にも生活保護をあたえる、健康保険で高額医療がリーズナブルに受けられるといった日本の方が、欧州より移民にとって旨味があることが、移民の流出地域に知れ始めている。この動画へのコメントをみても明らかだ。
@@uhu4677Same being from Germany and it's sad if we say something against immigration we're racists. It's just we have cultural differences. It's just natural
I never visited Japan but watched a lot of videos and I agree. For the reason we have currently having and the fact that not everyone respects Japan's cleanliness and this habit could go to ruin if they would consider immigration
Are you talking about immigrants or refugees? I can only speak for Britain, but you need to pay a lot of money to receive all the stuff you list as an immigrant. You're not entitled to public funds until you get indefinite leave to remain (which is 5 consecutive years of living in the UK and paying for the visas and NHS surcharge along the way, even if you're working and paying tax and national insurance). If you're talking about refugees then I hope you never find yourself in their situation coming up against someone who shares your views.
The other thing to say is that the stats often don't support the lines of the people scapegoating immigrants. Again, just speaking for the UK, the stats suggest a significant economic benefit of migrants, and that migrants are less likely to be in receipt of state benefits compared to the native population (perhaps just because they're not entitled to receive them as previously mentioned). Even the crime stats in the UK suggest no impact from foreign-born people to UK crime levels. Again, can't speak for other European countries, but I wouldn't be surprised if the same was true elsewhere. I think what you've got is global economic problems and people looking for someone to blame instead of just getting on and fixing things.
Japan's lucky to be able to see how the immigration experiment worked out in other countries and having the data hindsight without actually having engaged in it.
I can understand your stance on immigration especially mass immigration as practiced by some countries but the alternative is a shrinking and poorer country and economy and also stagnation as the few young people in the society are overburdened by crushingly high taxes and the need to care for elderly relatives instead of working or innovating and as the state needs to allocate more and more dwindling resources to care for increasing numbers of elderly.
The elderly Japanese themselves are often left hung out to dry as there aren't enough young people to look after them or the money to provide proper care as their relatively meagre pensions run out and there are not enough young taxpayers paying taxes to replenish the system. It's one reason Japan has very high poverty rates (worse than the USA) and very high numbers of elderly living in poverty.
Let's not forget chronic labor shortages leading to further economic decline and even potentially food shortages as there aren't even enough farmers and lots of farms are turning fallow which means Japan is almost entirely dependent on food imports to feed itself which itself depends on the Yen retaining some kind of purchasing power. Let's not forget Japan also lives in a very hostile neighborhood (most of their neighboring countries hate them because of the atrocities Japan committed across Asia before and during the second world war), who, other than the USA, is going to defend Japan against China, North Korea, etc., when the majority of its population is over 60?
Japanese are very good at hiding these issues and most Western media hasn't updated their image of Japan since the 70s and 80s when they were predicted to take over the world which is why most non-Japanese don't know about these issues, but they are very real problems and there's no amount of wishful thinking from a tiny minority of elite students is going to make them go away.
@@Andrew-xw4zj
I don't know where you are from, but you're replying in English, so I assume you're not Japanese. I appreciate your concern for Japan. However, the first priority is for each country's citizens to take responsibility for their own country. Please worry about your own country before worrying about Japan.
Japan is still not an immigrant country, but if things continue like this for about 30 years, it may be seen as a new immigrant country. However, when I look at the situation in Europe, which has already accepted many immigrants, from the benefits of accepting immigrants that you mentioned, I find it very unbearable. In fact, Europe is trying to change its immigration policy. You seem to know a lot about immigration, but why did Europe change? Why are they starting to think that accepting immigrants was a mistake? If you know, please tell me.
Also, I'm concerned that your perspective does not include developing countries that send their own citizens out as immigrants. If you're right, don't developing countries that send out useful citizens as immigrants suffer great losses? Those countries are developing countries that still need to develop. It is not developed countries but developing countries that need to get out of poverty. Developing countries have no need to donate their useful citizens to developed countries as immigrants. I don't want Japan to be a country that seeks its own interests by exploiting the human resources of developing countries and hindering their development.
As an aside, your view that "most of their neighboring countries hate them because of the atrocities Japan committed across Asia before and during the second world war" is incorrect. The only ones who hate Japan are mainland China and Korea, which are promoting anti-Japanese education. Our great-grandfathers lost the war for the liberation and independence of Asia from white rule, but I'm sure you know that that war was a turning point that led to the independence of colonies in Africa, not to mention Asia. I can't help but feel that our great-grandfathers, who died in that battle, are grinning from the clouds high in the sky.
Thank you
It's great to hear high level proper Japanese grammar responses from these students ! There is lots of casual and keigo mixed in their comments. Please more of this!
Hello, Takashi! I would like to see a video about you interviewing Japenese locals on the countryside about what they think of locals from the big Japanese cities, and vice versa. That would be such an interesting video showing what Japanese citizens from rural towns and big cities think of each other. 😊😊😊😊
great idea !!!!!!!
Wow that's really interesting. Would like to see a video about that topic. It would be educational.
Cool idea!
Japan, have children. Embrace the challenge of raising kids even in poverty. Don’t import the rest of the world thinking it will solve your problems-look at the failures in Western Europe and the UK. It's heartbreaking to see young Japanese people consider emulating these struggling Western nations. When anti-social behavior starts, Japan’s response will be far harsher than in our tolerant Western countries.
More please. Thoughtful young people who are articulate is a joy to watch.
Tip for Japan, don’t be to excited about immigration unless your medical, schooling, and housing capacity can support it. Here in Canada over a million immigrants in 2023 has created a housing crisis with rents more than doubling and average house prices rising so substantially that the younger generation may only ever own a house via inheritance. School systems and medical systems are overwhelmed. What eventually occurs is that citizens get annoyed with the immigration policy and finally lash out as immigrants consume services that citizens struggle to get especially doctors.
More interviews with smart people, they always give the realest answers 🤓
After being in Japan since last year, I can tell you, Immigration will NOT be a good idea for Japan. Like that girl said, they cannot handle tourists, imagine a bunch of people moving to their country all of the sudden? Is recipe for disaster. Not all solutions work best everywhere. I think Japan MUST start to redistribute resources properly to support their own population to allow them to have kids, since they already have a population that wants to marry and have kids, they should not fail them and support them. In Europe, the population was not interested in this things so immigration was the best option, yet, even there, it has problems now.
I lived in Japan for 8 years have a Japanese wife my kids are dual US/Japan citizens. Japan needs to allow more immigration but they DEFINETLY need to allow dual citizenship and fully support their own citizens more in having children. To be honest Japan would be better off supporting dual citizenship more then allowing the hundreds of thousands of dual citizens to come back have families of their own. Japanese society needs to change to survive it is that simple.
東大生ですら移民受け入れるとか言ってるのやばいだろ
けど、それに伴う問題も認識してるから現実的ではあるのでは
てか、多分学校で散々言い聞かせられてるんだろうなとは思う。皆同じ意見、考えだから。
Goddamn these are supposedly Japan's best and brightest but every single one of these kids had the same talking points and opinions. "Japan is an island" "the birthrate is decreasing" "the population is ageing and will become a burden for young people" "there are not enough subsidies for young people" " we might have to accept more immigrants for the industrial workforce" "accepting more immigrants may make Japan unsafe" etc etc etc
Ok everyone knows this, you do not need to be in the top 1% of university students to be able to parrot this information.
It's clear that Japan's education system does not promote novel thought and ideation, just memorisation.
I did not get the sense that these kids even thought past the most basic, superficial and common talking points made in mainstream Japanese media. For me this was pretty disappointing.
There are many countries with similar problems as Japan and there are many different solutions to those problems that those countries are working out. I am disappointed that the new generation of Japan's best and brightest have such superficial levels of thought and interest concerning these major problems of their country. If these are Japan's future leaders, the country is going to have a really hard time pulling itself out of the problems it's in.
Solutions
1)Offer tax incentives for large firms to relocate to the countryside. Bringing future tax spending and populations to non suburban areas.
2) increase interest rates, lower taxes on investing, reduce death inheritance tax. All these three things prevent the very richest from investing in Japan and low interest rates are pointless if people do not invest.
3) Raise the yen. The idea behind lowering the yen was to make Japanese products more competitive on the international market, but Japanese companies have to raise the price of their products to cover for the fact that raw materials are now more expensive to purchase. Japanese people are now significantly poorer because of the weakened yen. Japanese products and companies should not compete with Chinese in the lowest price market, they should compete with Europeans for the highest quality markets.
4) get rid of corporate influence and nepotism in politics (the biggest problem in Japan)
4) start promoting renovating and utilising these abandoned old houses (Akiya) and promote a countryside lifestyle (young people in the countryside ARE having kids but not at a rate to keep the population up) -
5) fix the real-estate market by encouraging renovations and preservation and heritage listing houses - stop rewarding and propping up needless construction of new houses that average people can't afford to live without having to forgo having children.
6) dissolve the JA (Japan agriculture) and design new systems for the proliferation and production of local farm produce. Remove current liscence restrictions that prevent people getting into farming. Pave the way for Japan to be as self sufficient in food and produce as possible by revisiting and solving current rules and regulations and the JA keeping farmers poor and groceries expensive.
These are just a few ideas from the top of my head and probably a lot wrong with some of these ideas but these kids don't even think about this stuff and it's alarming.
they have no experience of the world yet, they're just students that have spent their teenage years studying, eating or sleeping.
WOW, someone else gets it..and I'm betting its an outsider like myself watching Japan's leaders drag their heels while trying to never take responsibility. They have only just started with some efforts covered by your talking point, dealing with a problem everyone has been talking about for at least 15 years. The most important part of solving problem #1 is bringing blue-collar jobs back to Japan. How many factories were shut down when Japanese companies outsourced to China? This is the same stupid mistake first made by the west and then repeated by Japan and South Korea. Outsourcing much-needed jobs should be penalized, not rewarded.
@@ChrisinVietnam I think you don't realise just how elite this university is. It's crazy that Japan's best and brightest have approximately zero worldview or imagination. These will be the future leaders of the country but they have never once thought outside the box.
The best comment in the entire comment section!
It's nice to see young people in Japan encouraging foreigners to visit and make friends with Japanese people. I do hope that older generations would give the same encouragement, if asked.
Accepting immigrants will not solve their problems, just create new ones. For example in their Perfect scenario they provide benefits for immigrants to come, a manageable amount come and they respect the Japanese culture. In reality undocumented amounts will come, and the culture will decline over time and the infrastructure will become overburdened. Eventually when you try to speak about solving that immigration crisis, people will call you racist and the problem will just not get fixed. That’s the problem the west has, don’t do it Japan. The main issue I see for women not wanting kids is money and work, the government needs to provide serious funding and child benefits if they want the population to grow.
These people who say they want immigrant are very foolish.
Being more accepting of immigrants is great and all, but as a geijin I do not want to see Japan import problems that comes from increasing immigration which includes but isn't limited to losing itself, it's cultural identity. The culture and its people is what I fell in love with, and what now drives me to learn Japanese and spend a month living and experiencing it's culture and people first hand.
I can understand Japan's concern with immigrants and safety. I can't blame them tbh. Immigrants need to be respectful and follow the rules of Japan. Also there is the language barrier. Obviously if you want to go to Japan you have to speak the language to be able to communicate....Later
The problem of Japan is low population and the solution of immigration is just not a viable and long term one. as migration has no 'Japanese' root. The solution is simple, each of top University of student give birth 3 children +, everything will be taken care by government. They have already proof their capabilities of studies and hard work. The country need more baby and children. Forget those academic and studies and thesis. All these will be done by AI quickly. The best part of Japanese's culture can lead and transform the Asian and Orientals. The pursuit of quality and self perfection make the whole human culture advanced. It's 2024, forget those mistake made by 1924. Then Japan will flourish again.
This is my opinion as a Japanese person. In the first place, even when looking at population density, Japan's population is not small, and up until now it has been too large. There is no need to worry about the population itself, but the proportion of elderly people is a problem.
Furthermore, the birth rate is also declining in other developed countries, and Japan entered the next stage of developed countries earlier than other developed countries.
In the end, the issue is the ratio of elderly people to children.
That was a very interesting watch to see young people expressing these insightful and compelling views on Japan! Loved hearing from them on these topics
Imigration is not the right way to fix population issue. All those top students will go work abrod at the first ocasion. They wont have kids because they can"t afford it and they will focus on work. Japan should make policies that favorise families and worker rewarding. Imigration come with a lot more probleme than just security.
do you want a declining population or to import crime and cultures that will try to push you out of your own lands?
That was probably your most insightful video yet-congrats! I really enjoyed it. Many foreigners who aren’t familiar with Japan tend to see it as a flawless place. I think it’s important to highlight the positives, but also to provide a balanced perspective by showing some of the challenges as well.
日本は受け入れる移民を厳しく選択する必要がある。カナダ、イギリス、フランス、スウェーデンは、あまりにも急速に移民を増やしすぎ、逆効果になる可能性がある代表的な例だ。
Japan has to be very selective of the immigrants it lets in. Canada, England, France, and Sweden are prime examples of how too much immigration too fast can backfire.
日本も近年かなり増やしています。労働移民の数はめちゃくちゃ多いです。中国、ベトナム、フィリピンなどからです。
@@わわ-l8w この三つの国は犯罪者多すぎ。
The guy in the stripped vest is such a inspiration as for a person aspiring to continue studies in japan
Thanks for the great video!
7:13 pls don`t. Japan pleeeeease do not becom second Paris, Berlin, Stockholm or Brussels. One of the reasons why tourists love Japan so much is its special, original culture. There is no need to turn it into another melting pot of nations.
this is such a perplexing issue - where does one culture begin & end? I'm reading the Sovereign Individual & it's really clear how IT is breaking down & transforming our notion of "nation states" - boundaries will continue to disappear & it could happen from the Internet outward!
that said, I've lived in Japan & 100% respect the culture. an absolute inspiration & there is no reason we couldn't have many of their values elsewhere - it's just a matter of choice as to how you live you life & to what degree you're willing to live outside the box & adapt.
Open the immigration Pandora box and kiss your country goodbye.
TBH I'm quite happy to know that, from the interviews of this video at least, Japanese youth seems to be quite grounded and even optimistic of Japan's future. I'm brazillian, and I've been accompanying japanese news outlets, some more focused around the brazillian-japanese side, and from what I've gathered, Japan's quite far from any kind of apocalypse. I'm happy to see I'm not alone in seing that Japan has a future.
Every country has its problems and issues. Some more than others. But that doesn't mean that it's useless to try and work for a better country.
I hope to visit Japan soon. Would love to do my masters there, but for now, just a visitation would be cool.
Just keep in mind that these students are the country's elite, not your average youths.
この人の動画は左寄りであり、偏った動画なことも忘れないでね
Ah, I see your top 1% students are also determined by which parents have the top 1% of income
That ending about shyness is so cute, it’s very endearing!
The boy in the striped tanktop is literally me. I got a lot of bad grades in highschool and college and now i turned it alp around and have a perfect gpa at a great university for my major. I relate to him the most with how he feels about the rising of living costs and static treatment of the emerging working class. Thank you 🙏🏼🙇♂️
Which University u study in Man
@@pronoynath1171 CSU San Marcos. 1171 how peculiar, i know that # from somewhere.
Happens to lots of people, because HS sucks and most people are pretty immature at that age
I am chinese. I was an ordinary one in an ordinary school (not in Japan) studying automotive engineering. I hold a different view on population shrinking. That is, in the long term it is likely to not be a bad thing, especially for individuals. I hear that many people say population has a strong relation with a good economy, but maybe because I was told that population is not a good thing in china, I am not for a great population. In my view, a great population in an area is equal to its density and fierce competition. Who will benefit from it? business or GDP? Does it really make a better life for most people? It really makes sense that many people explain the potential sharp decrease in populations of many asia areas creates issue, but how about a slow decrease? I think it is good for a sustainable environment for people. I think the trouble is how people feel the turning point and how fast it drops or even soars. Let us see if it is good for the economy or not when there is a sharp increase in population. I remember closely canada is faced with an unemployment issue due to a sharp increase in population which is to 40000000, immigrants contribute most. By the way, I would like to say it may be good that immigration policy does not turn fast. At times, “slow” is “efficient” when talking about mechanical processes. I want to say another thing. Japan might have learnt chinese culture in the past. I think in terms of food, chinese culture is not bad. But how people get with people is bad. Please keep away from it. In china morality is used to judge other people, not self. Everyone is like a teacher, looking at others' behaviours and repeating traditional rules. Therefore, it is better to not say different opinions. But people still need opinions, so when a group of people sit down, the first thing they do is to rank and decide who is boss, then listen to him. That leads to another culture that is comparison. People are always afraid to be looked down upon by other people and try to beat down others on anything. Anything can be a comparison or a competition. I am tired of it and cannot breathe when people compare me and try to be superior to me over everything that can be ranked, where there are no benefits after that. Many chinese say it is because of chinese government. No, it is not. This is one more culture that they always say it is others wrong. It is the chinese culture that picked the chinese government. I can feel it in a basic unit of chinese society. It is everywhere. Do not believe that in ancient time the society was good. Please do research yourself. Chinese always say a thing in a way that is beneficial. even do not believe those people on your side. they just stand next to you because of need. That is an additional culture.
It seems that a lower population is not good for traditional industries because that usually equates to less output/revenue/resource gain. But I also believe (a little bit) that the decrease of population growth for Japan is not a terrible thing because there are already over 100 million of people in Japan. Maybe things like the overall quality of education and other things might improve with a smaller population. A focus on quality seems to align closer with new Japanese industries, developments , products, etc. especially when technology can increase automation. However, like one of the students said in the video, the uneven distribution of people across the country (rural areas) is not good. That is maybe why a decreasing population is terrible, because the overall presence of people in rural areas/corners of Japan will become weaker. Humans are still tied to the land, but if there are no humans in the land, then the land is underused and is less valuable, which is not a good thing because it should be valuable. A rural town will not be as valuable as Tokyo, but the lady is right. There is too much centralization in Tokyo. Likely for profit and convenience, but perhaps not long-term stability.
@@acolyte1951 agree - it's a very old school way to look at this issue. Manufacturing gets automated, very slow to be fair but it does. So having a slowly shrinking population mixed with some immigration could be an awesome thing if it's handled properly.
Interesting points. Yeah is it truly as bad as they say, or are our governments just lying to us because it would help inflate the GDP and overall economy of the country? What we should be focused on is the average quality of life for the people. It’s a shame that most governments will use corporate income as a proxy for over all wellbeing of a nation.
@@acolyte1951 The problem isn't the population - its how *concentrated* it is. Tokyo could lose 10% of its people and still be a crowded metropolis. Everyone is chasing a dream of a high income in the big cities. Meanwhile the small towns and villages fall apart as everyone leaves. Who raises the food when nobody wants to be a farmer? Immigrants are NOT the answer - over time they will become just another problem because they bring their problems with them!
Overpopulation also causes a big problem on the workforce because many fields get oversaturated with applicants to the point where employers can easily get away with lowballing their salaries
I’m a Japanese who was born and raised in the U.S. I just visited your country last month and my humble opinion is that there is NO reason to be pessimistic about the future of Japan. Just like us in America, there are certain segments struggling, but the core of the country is made up of good people. Like these students! The future is in good hands!!🙌
Vinegar, there are many, many problems that long-term residents of Japan can see - lack of ambition is one of them. What you saw here are the top 1%.
@@earlysda not commenting only on these college students specifically. I live in the United States, in one of the safest states. And yet we have 100x more homeless; we just had a random stabbing two weeks ago, and a 16 year old who was shot by a military type assault rifle. My point is that a “bright future” which is the title of this video, is not necessarily dependent upon how ambitious your population is. You don’t need EVERYONE to be as ambitious as the top 1% to have a bright future.
Lack of ambition? But you famously die from work exhaustion. So the competition is fierce, high ambition must acompany it no?
I mean houses are half empty so getting a place to live while getting reasonable amount of money must not be a problem. I geard the issue is lack of free tine due to everyone working so hard...
Cant you live off a half time work? Sure it would mean living less frugal but it would free up time to live, have a life outside of work.
@@86Corvus 86, What you say is mostly true.
That does nothing to negate the fact that Japanese young people generally lack ambition. Were you not aware that more and more of them are never having any kind of physical relationships in their lives, and don't want them either?
@@earlysda reports of statistics which support that are quite common. if problem can be separated into cause and effect, the lack of ambition is effect to me. babies are naturally motivated and curious. as people navigate political, economic, ideological, and material spaces experiencing no or negative progress, they tend to give up
I am learning Japanese, and ALL of these people spoke at double speed, I swear! I even had to slow it to .75% when that young man who was with his uni friend was talking (the shorter of the two) he spoke SO fast. I had no chance of actually following along (even though I rely on subtitles 95%)
Are you on a Mac computer?
Had it at 1.5x
@@earlysda ??
It seems like most of the problems facing Japan stem from the work culture. When you have no free time and no energy, making babies is really tough. It seems like all the problems these students were talking about are rooted in population inversion, which is ultimately caused by young people not having children. I am working on learning Japanese as my third language, and I love Japan. I don’t want Japan to become like Europe and the US, with too many immigrants who refuse to integrate. I would love to move to Japan for a few years, but not at the cost of destroying what is wonderful about Japan. Japan needs to be very careful with immigration, or in a similar way to England ceasing to be England and France ceasing to be France, it will cease to be Japan.
I really like your video. I just come back from Japan after 3 weeks so the part about immigration and foreigners was quite interresting to me. I would love to live in Japan. I'm French and well... Your country is so much more beautifull, safe and respectfull than mine. I'm optimist about your futur ! GANBARE !
Loved the ending of this vid!
Been in Tokyo for just over a month now, I've made a handful of Japanese friends and I've noticed that when approached, more times than not, they are just so happy to speak with me! (3 Years of on/off Japanese study, still very broken but enough to make friends!)
With brilliant and hardworking students like this, Japan will find ways to deal with its issues.
Through copium maybe. Either they let in a lot more people or they are doomed.
We just came back from two weeks japan trip and it was an experience and can't wait to go back, one day. The people, culture, mindfulness, and safety was out of the world especially for someone like me who came from US where I feel sometimes it is non existent. People got labeled into groups and easily triggered with a slight saying or actions. I am glad to see the next Japanese generation (at least those interviewed) are very well grounded. They understand the potential issues not just from external but also internal as well and most importantly, has a series of solutions in mind. I can see tens of thousands of hours that they spent studying are worth every seconds of it.
7:20 Diversity can be great for places that have been built around it but even still it creates challenges that will inevitability erode the original culture. Japan will lose its cultural identity with too much immigration. People moving to Japan should assimilate to the culture. Look at how just tourism has been affecting Japan. Part of Japans immense charm is the polite cadence, the cleanliness, and the lack of crime. Don't open your borders just to boost the economy, make those jobs more desirable or automate them!
Honestly as an European thinking about this, I think Japan will probably have "waves of immigrants", but from EU.
I don't want to bring EU issues into this, but IMO, there will be years of new people coming into Japan and a prosperous era, before it ends up just as in here (and I truly, TRULY, wish it doesn't have to).
As a foreigner, I will offer an objective perspective on Japan's future. If you, the Japanese people, were able to overcome the devastation of two nuclear bombs, you can certainly address your birth rate and economic challenges. However, there is a real threat, one that appears benign but is actually dangerous: the importation of Western cultural values.
Western culture is heavily centered on individualism and a hedonistic mindset. Combine this with the current "woke" mentality, and you have a formula that could potentially harm your country long term. Just look at the situations in Germany and other European countries, not to mention the United States.
"overcome" the devastation? Last I checked Japan was still occupied by 50,000 foreign troops who think the country is their playground to abuse their captives, a US soldier in Okinawa just kept up with long running tradition of foreigners attacking schoolchildren. Ever play Ghost of Tsushima? A time back when Japanese men had self respect and valued national sovereignty. Look at the men in all of these videos, do they look like strong self respecting individuals that will lead their nation or grovel to their masters?
I SOO agree, Sebco! I was going to write the exact same thing!
I LOVE the Japanese culture for its purity, cleanliness, respectfulness, etc..
Letting in other countries' cultures into the mix would only taint and ruin its purity.
They, to me, seem to be the most advanced society of what humanity has to offer. Other cultures seem to be animalistic, chaotic, disorderly, etc. in comparison.
I'm from the U.S. and I know how our society is in comparison to the thousands of videos I've seen online of Japan.
I would DEFINITELY not taint and ruin the purity of the Japanese culture, if I were them.
Agreed., This one girl said immigration can disrupt the current moral values, and she actually meant that was a good thing.. The opposite is true in my opinion. Nothing good has come from immigration to my Western country in the past 20 years, and the degradation of our society is palpable. Financial, moral degradation is apparent, and the unity of our formerly homogenous society and population is now gone.
Especially young women fail to see these threats beforehand when they are quite obvious to most young men. Female instincts are fit to govern a small unit like a family, or very small village, where everyone knows each other.
For a bigger unit tho, things like inclusivity and diversity, are poison for the trust to remain among people. Once the high trust society is gone, the overall happiness goes down considerably. Its not just a loss of safety. One begins to dislike the fellow man, and that's bad for Your soul.
yeah, apparently some liberal westerners hate Japanese conservatism and are trying to fix Japan. I once saw a Japanese hapa on TikTok saying BS like "Japanese bento box culture is a symbol of patriarchal society and Japan needs feminism" Besides this, the number of videos that criticize Japanese culture and mindset is increasing rapidly these days, and I'm getting tired of it.
@@keyser021 Yeah I wonder why the US happen to be there it almost like something happen in the 1940s that made people from the US angry or something
Possibly the most interesting interview so far, for me! Well done!
This interview felt sooo great! And I think the best solution to the issue is reflected implicitly in your video, insightful, determined, conscious young people are (in my opinion) the biggest solution to the issues Japan is facing, these are very intelligent people that want a better Japan and that, through studies, can definitely be a change for the better. I know that the issues are difficult, but I think, contrary to many other countries, Japan has what it takes to face and overcome the issues... You just need to act on it
Well done picking some clearly very intelligent youth for this interview, their views were quite well put together and painted a good picture of their generation's perspective.
Great insight into the thoughts of a variety of students. To them I would say Japan is not in decline. The population is declining and there are economic challenges - some associated with the population issue, but that's not the same as the country being in decline. The most obvious concern regarding population is continuity of Japanese society. Immigration is not going to solve that. Young Japanese people must find a way to connect with each other and have families. If only at the replacement rate. There's really no need to "grow" the population. There's a mistaken belief that economic growth (or strength) requires population growth. Japan has a higher GDP per capita than both India and China - nations with large populations, because the Japanese economy is more productive. Large immigration isn't necessary to fix the labor market. This brings us to "diversity." That word was used enough for me to provide caution that "diversity" in skin color should not be a goal for Japan if you want to maintain Japanese culture. It's one thing to accept the natural course of marriages of people from different races, and those people maintaining Japanese culture, but bringing in people who have no intention of assimilating into Japanese society would be incredibly destructive to Japanese culture (or any culture). Finally...relating to population...Men - give your wife or girlfriend oral sex until they orgasm. Up to 80% of women fake orgasm during sex because men don't understand (or refuse to accept) that most women (probably also about 80%) require clitoral stimulation to have an orgasm. Your hand can work, but cunnilingus is what works best. You're (both men and women) going to have to get over the shyness factor for sure, but after that, well, you might end up with over population :-) Didn't expect this post to end like that did you?
So coming from Germany and living in Japan for a little bit now (working in software/games). Tax and to some degree cost of living is better in Japan, salary and weak yen here is definitely a problem.
They mentioned lowering education costs which is funny since I recently saw the news that universities will probably increase them by a bit which makes it even more impossible to send my kids to a good place.
They really need to be careful with the immigration and how many at once and how they integrate them/me. I saw mass immigration in Germany and how many sub culture bubbles are existing that pretty much live under their own rules and laws and don't care about that they are in Germany so people get more and more on the edge and vote for far right now. It's all nice and good to have immigration but you can't just let everyone in and in masses. It destabilizes the society and culture, common sense.
The flow of money and industry that goes out of Japan because of various reasons is a big issue as well like mentioned.
I saw some news about what Korea wants to change in regards of their work life balance and help for parents which are a step in a good direction. Like proper parental leave for when kid gets sick, father can also by law take proper time off to help etc.
The amount of vacation I get here in Japan (which I partially need to use for when I get sick), the salary and that I pretty much have to live in Tokyo and with it, a fairly small place and still expensive. Makes it difficult for us to get a kid. My wife (Japanese) also needs medical treatment for that which is quite expensive. When we checked for schools and such I was shocked how expensive education is here compared to Germany.
And the company I am at is actually already kind of nice in regards to work life balance for a japanese company. There are more things of course. Overall I think I prefer my life here in Japan though. Safety, the people, the culture and other convenient things make it nice. My Japanese still sucks though so making friends is tricky.
I want to give every single person interviewed a big hug or thumbs up. So incredibly kind and well informed. Thank you for interviewing them and letting them share their enlightening perspectives on these various topics!
They are sadly not well informed. Sure, they realize there is a problem with the population decline. But, not a single one seemed to understand why it occurs and their solutions are even weird. One person suggested decreasing education cost. How does that even help? The girl studying to be a lawyer was an air head talking about diversity without understanding what troubles it has lead to in the West. It’s just silly kids thinking they know stuff.
It’s true he should give them some little gift for sharing their thoughts 😊
If by well informed you mean they agree with you then sure.
@@ZipMapp By agree with me you mean that I agree with facts then sure.
@@thesuccinsuccess You cannot just say "facts" while at the same time quoting nothing and being super vague about what is factual, if anything, in what they said. Most of the ideas were quite common place and the rest was merely propaganda.
IMHO, pursue implementation of robotics and aI before accepting immigrants.
A great group of interviewees with refreshing thoughts and opinions. Japan's future is in good hands!
Japan's population has been about 30 million for hundreds of years with no real economic problems. Now it's 126 million, with an enormous government that is just a parasite, which is why Japanese have a massive economic problem. These kids have cute marxist ideas, but the reality is that their big redistibutionist government ideas have been tried multiple times, and have failed every single time. I'm guessing that history isn't the most popular topic at Todai.
Japan is a great country with so many advantages being inherited from the post-war generation.
I had been very impressed by so many old Japanese men I talked to who could speak three languages. They were very international and had courage to work outside Japan with Japanese companies and organizations.
But this post-war generation still keeps the seniority society as they have been raised in. However, this way of keeping everything in control apparently doesn’t work for the late generations because young people can see the outside world from their mobile phones. Young people have developed their individual perspectives without facing hardships.
However, moving toward the individual society from the collective society is relatively risky for Japan. The Individuals need to be relatively strong with unique characters to survive in deep ocean.
You should interview international students from Todai as well!
Every country has its positives and negatives but I hope that Japan will somehow overcome these problems despite the predications that have been made in negative way. I still love Japan and wish to live there for a long time
I am not saying that Tokyo and Osaka are bad as for myself I would love to explore those cities one day
I personally agree with that girl who recommended living in the local regions as I would also love to live in those areas and I feel like I would definitely learn properly about Japan and its culture
I want to explore all of its cities
I will definitely come to Japan in nearer future
Arigato Takashi san
Keep on making these videos brother
She's right in that Shikoku is very nice, old, laidback Japan.
@@earlysda Yes
They gotta be careful with immigration tho. Assimilation is all about numbers, not cost, Europe downfall is a living proof of that. Immigration = assistance = cost = weaker economy = emigration, no security = emigration, no security = no birth. Which leads to a autochtone population decline, and even demography decline, cf Europe once again.
1:39 Thisss
13 hours study isn't my cup of tea eventhough I'm a medical student 😂
I think it's a good thing immigration is limited in Japan and it should stay that way. Just try to change things to encourage people to have more kids and be in relationships. Japanese identity and culture is wonderful and should be preserved. Though who knows what the Japan of future generations will be like.
If I was Japan, I'd be more worried about international politics with countries like Russia, NK and China.
Tbh, japanese people are so hard working, I don't think they have so much to worry about concerning the prosperity of their country in the future. Japan should keep profiting from exporting their culture and perhaps learn from Korea on how to improved on that aspect. And keep working on innovation.
Also, shoutout to that Okayama girl, been there for a while and I loved it! Would totally live around there. I'm hoping to go back "soon"(?)
So many Japanese , never having lived outside of Japan are naive and do not realize that a SAFE clean country like Japan is unusual in the world , to the point that they don't really exist. Japan thinks they can have immigration and still keep the same level of safety. LOL, good luck.
Tokyo University is not top 1%, I think it’s more like top 0.1% or top 0.01%. Definitely not a well-represented sample.
Japanese say this and that about immigration, but they really have no idea.
Japan is dying because of their aversion to having kids and allowing anyone to immigrate there. You also don't teach people the actual history of Japan. 1932-1945 is just not spoken about in Japan. Germany on the other hand teaches all their history and is a member of the EU. They are doing fine.
I love these interviews. I've only just recently started learning Japanese language and learning about etiquette. It's great being able to hear these viewpoints! I plan on visiting one day but I want to be as respectful of the culture and customs as possible when I do.
Thank you for these videos, they are great for learning!
What makes Japan unique is its culture. Bringing immigrants will only negatively impact the Japanese culture. This will be evident in everyday life such as stopping in a formation at a traffic light without passing the person in front of you, being quiet on the subway, not eating on the subway, doing your job with perfection (like the Japanese do), cleanliness, crime. I think that the government should increase salaries of the Japanese workforce, create a more life / work balance so that families can have kids and be together, subsidize education, give incentives to staying and working in rural areas, promote these rural areas to the booming tourist industry. One of the main reasons I visit Japan repeatedly is because of its Japanese culture, if that is taken away then a big part of its allure / charm is gone!
weeb japanese culture is from china
the women in this video are really dumb lmfao
Take a look at Shin Okubo. It's unrecognizable from other parts of Japan. It's already happening.
Japan needs to break out of its shell and start investing heavily into its youth and educate them for free to save the country.
They are spending way too much money for the elderly which won't help save anything at this stage. I'm not saying starve them, but don't spoil them either.
About population decline:
Overworking is a big problem in Japan. There needs to be laws protecting employees from their own employers.
Can't expect people to build families and make babies when you drain them of any energy that they have to sleep from exhaustion after work. People needs to have ample amount of personal time so they can socialize.
I'm not Japanese but from my understanding, this is pretty much the situation. Correct me if I'm wrong in anything I've said.
Thanks for another insightful interview video! I really like watching these to practice my Japanese listening comprehension, since the dialog is interesting, natural, and articulate. I wonder if you would consider adding Japanese subtitles as an option for these videos to assist with language learning? The automatic TH-cam subtitles often have a lot of errors.
The japanese young at least have one thing going for them. When they grow old, they will be running their country. It is just a matter of time. In my country, when I am old 50% of the voting population will be foreigners. My people will never have a say in anything
The girl from Okayama Prefecture insights are invaluable! I would love for you to have a follow up interview with her on living and settling in rural Japan ❤🙏🏼
and letting her show us around her hometown! (if she isn't too shy about it - I get it could be tough!)
If Japan wants foreign workers, they need to make their work culture a lot better. Skilled workers from Europe and America/Canada are not going to move to Japan for work if they are going to be worked to death. Not only that, but when you factor in the fact that gay marriage is not recognized or legal in Japan, it makes it a lot less likely that younger people who are more likely to be in those relationships are going to move there.
Legalize gay marriage and fix the work culture, then let skilled workers in (bachelor's with 3 years of experience in related field)
Globalism is not a friend. I hope Japan can always be for the Japanese. My own country is lost...
The first priority of these" 1 %" should be to free their country from USA occupation and protect their young girls.I am not japanese but as a fellow asian i genuinely feel sympathy for japan.U may be rich but u r not free.
Seeing Japanese young people have so many clear in-depth insights of the country, I'm very optimistic about Japan's future! Many countries around the world that allegedly do better in the economy than Japan does are not necessarily a better place to live! From a long-time resident alien in the US
Why all of women are so beautiful
They are top students so they are young, smart, and less tired lol. Also they have a higher standard of dressing well and physical fitness there. The guys look great as well imo!
Because Japanese women are the most beautiful (albeit also the most socially inept) females in the world? 😅
Majority of Todai students are from rich backgrounds ->> Majority of students have rich fathers with beautiful wives ->> Majority of students are beautiful offsprings
Because Japanese ladies are the most beautiful in the world. Why do you think the whiteys keep on flooding over in droves to colonize the ignorant and naïve ones, after failing to feminize their own? 😅
Because most of the parents of Tokyo University students are doctors, politicians, CEOs of big companies and they got beautiful wifeys. Naturally, they are thoroughbreds with superior genes, so they are beautiful in appearance.
Man those problems that Japan have pale in comparison to the USA and other countries. I would still move to Japan if I was guaranteed a job, healthcare, and a place to live, that's how desperate people in the USA are getting. However, everything is subjective to individual circumstances.
What a great video. It really highlights the deeper thoughts the younger generations have. More than a decade ago we hosted a Japanese exchange college student (I am in the US). We did a get-together with him and all the other exchange students. Somehow we touched on the topic of how they were able to get into the program. Out of nowhere one of them just said, "I have a secret to tell you guys. I haven't told anyone." Everyone quietly waited as he said "I actually have a job and paid on my own to come here." Then, an instant gasp from everyone else. Then tons of comforting words poured out and he started crying. As an American who started working at 16, I was SO confused. Then he went on to say how he was raised by a single mom, how he secretly worked further away to save up money to support himself and his mother. Apparently, everyone else's trip was paid by their parents. My takeaway as they explained the situation to me was that it was embarrassing and almost taboo that he had to work. In the US obviously it's completely opposite. I certainly hope this type of sentiment has improved since then in Japan.
Nothing has changed in that respect in Japan.
But every year, the number of Japanese studying abroad is decreasing.
Thanks for the story.
8:12 This guy was very clear with inmigration.
Are you sure this is Japans top 1%? That young girl, at 7:10 has no idea what's happening in France lol. Japans not like that yet? Pray to God Japan never becomes like what has happened in France and Europe.
she probably only saw the tourist version of France as a tourist. A lot different when you actually stay and live in a place. Just like Western tourist come to Japan for a week and think it's the perfect smooth running society with no clue about all the issues under the surface.
This one was easily one of your most interesting videos/interviews.
Well done.
Todai students really show just what's so special about them, and that some of the most important people in Japan's future might come from them. Would love for you to keep interviewing them on other topics (if the guards don't kick you out ^^).