Comments by "Gordon Graham" (@gordonbgraham) on "What do Japanese Hate about Japan ?" video.

  1.  @Candyy248  Are they? I’ve lived in Japan since 1988 and have raised 5 healthy happy successful children here. Could you detail the cons? I’m confident I could exceed whatever list you come up with two-fold with a list of pros.
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  2.  @Candyy248  Japan ranks 31st in the world for hours worked per annum according to OECD’s comprehensive data. That data is corroborated by Japan Rail’s statistics which show that train stations throughout Japan are most crowded between the hour of 5~6 pm, indicating that is when the MAJORITY of Japanese are returning home from work. It’s estimated that 70% of Japan’s workforce commutes to work by train. Japan Rail is Japan’s largest rail service provider. Japanese high school students annually rank in the top 5 countries in international testing in math science and literacy. Discipline in their schools is one reason for this. As a parent of 5 kids who are either in or have been through the public school system I couldn’t be happier with the genuine care and support they have received. Home room teachers pay visits to each of their students homes to establish relationships and good communication. When kids graduate from high school they’re all balling their eyes because their wonderful school days have come to an end. There are no drugs in schools like there are in Canada where I’m from and where many kids have gotten into drugs and crime as a result. Adhering to rules of dress and decorum doesn’t affect one’s individuality. Everyone has their own unique identity. Respect for the elderly is a hallmark of a society that respects others and respects experience. New ideas from young people are far more accepted than foreigners imagine. One does not preclude the other. The Japanese have the 2nd longest lifespan on the planet largely due to its healthcare system and universal healthcare which includes hospital stays, medicine and dental. Japan has affordable housing. The average cost of a home in Tokyo is $330,000. The average cost of a home in Toronto is 1.2 million. With a population of 40 million Canada has an estimated 250,000 homeless. With a population of 125 million, Japan has an estimated 3300 homeless. Affordable housing is a big problem in Canada where home ownership is out of reach for the working class. Japan has very low crime rates, especially violent crime. people can walk the streets in any neighborhood safely. Not so in North America nor Europe.
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  3.  @Candyy248  Clearly your work experience has been limited. And your understanding of working conditions in Japan is based on Internet hearsay. Try spending less time on the internet and more in the real world.
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  4.  @Candyy248  You've made a bunch of Internet hearsay statements that get picked up and perpetuated by those who have little or no experience of working in Japan, or by those in low end labor jobs, jobs which are tough everywhere on the planet or those who work in sectors like finance, marketing or agriculture in which overtime is excessive everywhere on the planet, not just Japan. The fact is most Japanese work standard 40 hour work weeks, Monday to Friday 8:30 to 5:00. OECD has comprehensive data on this. Japan ranks 31st in the world in hours worked per annum. All of North America and much of Europe rank higher...meaning their workers work longer. These statistics are corroborated by Japan Rail's data which reveal that the busiest hour in train stations throughout Japan is 5~6pm, indicating that is when the MAJORITY of workers are returning home. It's estimated that 70% of Japan's workforce commutes to work by train. Not everyone works in the corporate towers of Shinjuku, MOST Japanese work standard 40 hour work weeks. PS. Channels like Let's Ask Shojo pander to a Western audience to spoon feed them what they want to hear. He said he was leaving Japan...2 years ago. He isn't going anywhere. He is doing quite well in Japan, well enough to raise a family and spend tonnes of time making videos for a Western audience to consume...
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  5.  @Candyy248  An hour for lunch...And 16 National holidays, plus 2 weeks at New Years and a week in August and a week in May for Golden Week. The average making Japan 31st in the world for hours worked per annum. I ignored the "outdated" working culture practices because it's an ignorant statement. Ignorant in the true sense...not knowing. Clearly, you haven't worked in a company in Japan in the past 20 years. Get a calendar...and stop following content that peddles outdated piffle. The unpaid overtime myth is debunked by Japan Rail's numbers which show most Japanese return home from work between 5~6pm. 70% of Japan's workforce commutes to work by train. Japan Rail is Japan's number one rail service provider.
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  6.  @Candyy248  Yeah, It’s standard. It’s 31st in the world in hours worked per annum. The Japanese holidays are factored into the average annual amount of hours as it only factors in hours worked in total, holidays untaken included. It’s the same criteria across the board. You keep regurgitating Internet piffle. Which tells me you know nothing about working life in Japan for the average Japanese person. All you want to do is extrapolate the working hours of a small segment of the working population and say “this is Japan” when the MAJORITY of Japanese don’t work in finance, marketing or agriculture…the kind of things the Shogos of the Internet show you to guffaw at. Keep in mind, videos of father coming home Monday to Friday 6 pm and going to his son’s baseball game on Saturday then his daughter’s piano recital on Sunday don’t get made because they don’t make for salacious or extreme viewing so they don’t get made. Keep in mind what videos don’t show you…which is the mundane, typical life of the average Japanese. Which is why you have a skewed myopic view of Japan. The amusing thing here is I’ve lived here for more than 30 years and you’ve likely never stepped foot in Japan, yet you think you know what life is in Japan because you follow myopic content that panders to a Western audience by showing you the extreme. It’s amusing how many foreigners lack a complete more comprehensive understanding of what life is like for the average Japanese. It’s laughable really
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  7.  @Candyy248  Holidays taken are factored into OECD’s data. If someone doesn’t take that day off it’s counted as a work day and factored into the data that reveals Japan as 31st in the world for hours WORKED per annum.
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