Comments by "Yo2" (@yo2trader539) on "Japanese Man Who Spend All His Life In America 🇯🇵🇺🇸" video.

It's never too late to be exposed to your ancestral language/culture. Certain things will make sense instinctively. Although I grew up in an expat family outside of Japan, I felt the sense of belonging, pride, and homecoming each time I visited Japan as a child. It may be interesting to find out where your family originates. (You may require assistance from your local Japanese Consulate.) It's a special feeling to visit your family's tombs, seeing the region where your grandmother and great-grandparents grew up, and even connecting with your second-/third-cousins. The former Governor of Hawaii had the same experience. He apparently didn't know he had a large extended family in Japan.
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@nikkeisian4234 I really didn't know we had Japanese-Filipino migration. I've met/worked with Japanese-Canadian, Peruvian, Brazilian, Colombian, Hawaii & LA, and even one Indonesian with Japanese grandparents (who participated in the Indonesian Independence Wars). It was was eye-opening.
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I know many Japanese and Japanese Americans who live in LA. There are Japanese-language kindergartens, so I actually think it's about the will and necessity. Many want their kids to be bilingual and tri-lingual. Frankly, from a Japanese perspective, we don't understand the concept of "proving Americaness" by not speaking Japanese or practicing Japanese culture within our family/community, because that's who we our. We see no need to have to choose between languages/culture, we just need to be fluent in both.
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@lohbut2 People in Okinawa have one of the highest Japanese DNA admixture.
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It's never too late learn and improve. It's a powerful feeling to visit your extended family or stand on the very lands where your ancestors having been living for thousands of years, if not longer.
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@kingwolfboss6144 I don't know how citizenship works for international adoptions, but if you're born in Japan to Japanese parents...of course you're Japanese. (There is a reason why have special visa schemes for biological children of Japanese citizens and Japanese Descendants.) That said, the difficulty in connecting with Japan will always be language and culture, especially when you're raised outside of Japan.
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