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  1. This is so interesting! America also has/had "omiai". But it's basically disappeared with the changing times. The rise of technology has certainly had its perks, but it seems it's got quite big downfalls as well..
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  2. Who cares about public perception? Well Japanese are all about what others think, it doesn't matter wha you want or think just please everyone else.
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  3. Another excellent video from the best Japanese youtuber! Thinking of all people's perspectives
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  4. 芸者屋のお酒も高いです。たぶんホストは古い風習の新しい形です。芸者にたくさんのお金を費やすことも悪いですか。
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  5. Interesting video. I’m sure I would love Osaka humor. I’ve been in Japan 15 years now so to me Japan is home now. True, many days are still like “day one” with repetitive questions like “where are you from?” (I often answer that I’m from “Itabashi” rather than where I grew up). But I do understand that it’s intended as a friendly conversation starter, rather than discrimination. I think this video describes very well, the difference of thinking between different cultures and backgrounds. I am glad that schoolyard bullying toward foreign looking students isn’t so common here. I moved to Australia from Europe when I was five. For my first year of elementary school I was a prime target for bullying because I sounded different. Quite challenging indeed!
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  6. I live in Japan and went to church once, it was just tons of old people, it seemed off and a weird version, not the same as native christian culture, kinda creepy but at least they can meet and have tea / make friends because the older people are vulnerable to be lonely in Japan
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  7. Until the nineties there was the custom that the man should pay for both. Going Dutch was unthinkable. Thankfully no longer, nowadays. I have never been to both, Korea or Japan, but the first seem to be more extrovert in comparison to Japanese, something that makes them more friendly and affectionate. I thought that Korean mukbang wound have shocked, but that was not the case. 😎
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  8. Male porn stars have it far worse, no question. I don't think people give male porn stars enough credit for how mentally prepared they have to be and how difficult it is. People focus on women far too much but, honestly, it's just easy for women from a physical stand point. No question. It's not a dream job of "having sex with tons of women". All I say is put yourself in their shoes and see if you could do the same exact thing. It's draining and taxing. Great video as always, Nobita!
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  9. I like how Nobita put the negative perception at the beginning and ended the video with something positive.
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  10. Great video, as a person with a stutter too, I love to hear people's stories and how they are trying to improve it. I remeber I would get made fun of and people would just mock me by repeating me when i would stutter. I feel lucky having speech therapy to help my condition from 1st grade to 5th grade at my US public school... however it isn't completely gone and still struggle with it. I realized too that since im Bilingual, my condition improved in English but not so much in spanish and many sounds in spanish still get me stuck. I hate it bc a lot of my family tell me it's because i dont know spanish lol. However, I'm glad to see people are acknowledging this more and creating tools to help for future generations. Now 24 and an engineer, I hope everyone here knows that they can still achieve everything they want in life!
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  11. excelent topic, i couldn't agree more with the last sentence from that woman, world is full of hypocrites.
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  12. 1: Not that I know of! The problem is our stagnant work market, which makes it hard for the youth to find a job, but unemployment is not something people actively look for. Youtubers, for e.g., are considered like autonomous workers (bad word-by-word translation), not NEETs, bc they are their own employers, but they still make an income nevertheless 2: Eeeh good question, I'd advise to check with your doctor if it's related to any health issue, or stress, or whatever else (I'm not a doc, so uh yeah). The "eat more" doesn't work for me because I have a health condition that makes it difficult, but working out helps me gain weight, cuz muscle mass. Just check all is good, and take care of yourself :)
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  13. I have a stutter and it still comes back every so often and I’m 29 years old now. It was so hard as a child and even got bullied tremendously because of it. Even working at a job customers would poke fun so much I would break down crying over it. I wish people were more accepting and understanding of small differences in others. I was in speech therapy as a child for troublesome words or letters but it still was never a “cure” for stuttering.
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  14. When your mentality breaks you are gone.
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  15. Serious Topic! Nobita:-) Refreshing to hear Japanese perspective.
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  16. Great point about teasing at school. It happens anyway. On occasion race might be a convenient path. But if it weren't available then another.path would be used exactly the same.
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  17. i really like how animated you are in this topic. I laughed a lot! <3
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  18. When there's a need, there will always be someone willing to supply whatever demand requires. That's the way it works, companies come up with solutions, even if those slolutions don't solve the real problems. IMHO Robots and AI are expected to solve the problems with jobs and toxic working culture as they can undertake the tasks and chores that are too boring, time consuming and not as satisfying to do for humans. However, we get this. Why? https://youtu.be/xcZJqiUrbnI?si=GZJIYsp2U6QuV7_Z HRPC-4 android was quite advanced more than 10 years ago, it could be everywhere now, but where is it? What happened? Nobita, I subscribed to your channel many years ago when it was still named "Find your love in Japan". I don't remember the reasons you gave for the name change but it's still sad.
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  19. @4:30 Great message to other Gaijin in Japan - lighten up on the finger pointing and accusations of 'discrimination' at any slight (real or perceived). A thick skin and sense of humor will significantly improve your time here, be it a few weeks, years, or more.
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  20. This video made me cry. I cant imagine the suffering these people have been through. I feel so bad for Catherine and the kid who was abducted by his Japanese mom too...
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  21. As an immigrant living in japan I can honestly say that Japan’s future seems waaaayy more bright than America. I feel more confident about japans ability to turn things around than my home country and I hope to help make japan a better place together. I love it here and I think there’s so much potential. And I am optimistic about that.
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  22. Nobita, thank you for talking about issues most people try to ignore. Just another person who's appreciating your work. And to add a bit to discussion, share my experience a bit at least anonymously. I'm also living in Japan, i didn't realize just how strong gender roles are here until years passed and it was too late. When i married i didn't really see much difference between men and women, mutual effort what mattered to me. Effort, what we accomplish can't be the same. It was perfectly fine before moving to Japan and at first we went, to my wife's family place. Slowly without noticing myself started living in "because i am a man, i have to"... my wife is also can be easily influenced by others and things slowly started to change. Too slow to notice. About 10 years passed and my wife got sick with incurable autoimmune disease with many complications. To make things shorter, i almost lost custody of my kids, i realized that i have no rights to about anything, only responsibilities and not because i am a foreigner, but i am male. That wife could take the kids ANY time and just leave, can divorce and take kids without much of an issue. The story is much more complicated and long, in the end, now i'm living with a person who changed so much that might as well be complete stranger and has full control over my life. I can't divorce now for two reasons, i love my kids and there is almost 99.9% chance custody will go to wife no matter what, regardless if she's able to take care of them or not. If divorce initiated by a male need a heavy reason and ridiculous amount of money and time, huge sum to pay for compensation. I simply can't afford this nor i want to loose contact with my kids. For a decent chance at success need a really good lawyer, they cost a lot. I'm not too proud about this incident, but i'll share anyway. Just how much it can affect a person. About a year ago when i got too drunk at one after event drinking party i lost control over negative emotions and almost ended up killing myself, luckily survival instincts kicked in at the last moment. Drowning is rather unpleasant. I could contact one single person i thought i could trust. Talked for a while, somehow calmed down. But in the end was abandoned quickly since i am man and have to sort out my stuff myself or just endure it. There is no one to talk to, even just simple complaining could relief stress a lot, but nope. In Japan man is not allowed to be weak at any point in life or he will be buried underground and viewed as trash, don't complain about anything, has lots of responsibilities but almost no rights when it comes to family. I push on for my kids, anything is better than loosing them. There are still years ahead until they graduate school, wherever i can endure until the end i try not to think. I guess this video struck a chord with me. Wrote so much of personal things even though i know it's just a waste of time and will be buried in the comments.
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  23. I think many forgeiners want to be like him,but perhaps are too scared, uneducated or nervous about it. From every non-Japanese person I've spoken to about Japan, the country is pretty well loved and respected abroad! Most people find it so beautiful, amazing and unique! Someone like Chris is needed to help bridge that gap, since he knows the culture and people so well and makes it easier for forgeiners to approach Japan. So many of us abroad want to learn and emulate Japan's lessons too, we often wish our countries were more like Japan. Of course, every country has it's flaws, but it seems Chris cares enough to try and address it. It really makes me happy to see that cross-cultural bond he has made.
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  24. Kato Cha is already set a new record for got married his partner, 45 years younger than him. Since then, age-gap relationship seemed less questionable, at least for men, in Japan!!😆
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  25. How horrible. What a strong lady.
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  26. RIP 🪦 Japan’ 🇯🇵 i was blessed to have the opportunity to live there for 2 years. Sad seeing the downfall of Japan
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  27. It is my understanding that conversations about Autism/ADHD in China is heavily parent-directed and we never get to hear from the autistic people/ people with ADHD themselves. It'd be really nice if we can shift the focus. #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs
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  28. I find it funny that a lot of the time that people, and I mean all people, make assumptions when someone is foreign to them. I've been on the receiving end and all I can say is, take it in stride. It's not that big of a deal as long as you are sure that that person respects you.
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  29. "Women in Japan often judge men just by their income level. Yeah, many women often care about how much money he makes." That is in every country, by every women (whether or not they are conscious of it). It is built in the female mind by biology to see how many resources a man has to offer.
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  30. So much respect for the experts, the therapists and those who understand challenges and benefits of human relationships. In no universe is this ok, it’s horrifying, you cannot be a stable or emotionally healthy person without the negotiations, disagreement and empathy you get from interacting with someone real. We need to be challenged, and learn to understand others differing views, and compromise. How disturbing and weak minded is anyone who can only be around something that they can make suit them. It’s such a fraudulent way to exist. And harmful to yourself. Just get counseling and get back to relationships. We shouldn’t avoid what’s difficult.
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  31. Lucky for me I am a man and despite being not being in an athletic condition I am 6'5'' 200+ pounds and confronted my bullies with force including punching one in the face, I do my best to stay away from people in general and keep my anger in check, but it is not easy and I understand smaller folks, especially women, do not have the same advantages. I would suggest to all people they should workout or do some sort of sport to build confidence also if possible seek a trainer to teach you self defense.
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  32. I feel like there must be "more" (not really, but relative to the porcentage of Christians in the country) True Christians in Japan than in any European or American country, cause in the West it is the norm, so people sort of have a basic idea of what Christianity means (in any denomination) but doesn't really care, while in Japan, because there are so few and it's kind of a odd thing, the people that stay in the faith must really believe it and live it.
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  33. It’s a big burden for families whose older adults cannot enter the long-term care facilities due to stigma including dementia. They have to take care of their parents without support from the society. Once they complete their mission, they cannot return back to work due to their worsened mental and physical health leaving the country accepting more foreigners to work. It’s not like they are not capable but the society also limits its own people. This powerful country needs to do something to decline gradually gracefully.
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  34. I've always wondered how it would be for me to go to japan, being american Japanese!
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  35. This was a good interview! Thank you so much! 😊
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  36. I recently went to Japan, and it's shocking that there are businesses that openly discriminate against other nationalities.
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  37. So sad. I love Asian eyes. I have to admit that I have never thought about it before I watched this video, other than thinking that single eyelids are very beautiful.
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  38. We see the same kind of thing all the time in the US. there's technically laws preventing it, but they're barely enforced.
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  39. On one hand, it's bad Japanese do not know the history of one of the most pivotal moments in world history, and their nations part in it. On the other hand, the nation is not weighed down by the baggage of events nearly a century ago, allowing future generations to move forward, while that post-war generation worked to keep the things that made it occur (Imperialist Ideology) not occur again. It's complicated to say the least. Edit: The generation that lived after that war was very much affected by it, to the point it was in everything within Japanese Culture. The wish to not want to be held back by that however was present too. As an example from the famous Gundam cartoon, "They are held down by Earth's Gravity". It was not meant to be taken literally, by symbolically as being held down by the old world and all of its baggage. How one couldn't move away from the issues of Earth's history, allowing it to affect the current era. It, of course, was used as propaganda by one faction or another for justifications of warfare, which proved the point.
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  40. Another informative video! Thank you for presenting so many different aspects and perspectives of Japan, Nobita!
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  41. Nobita san, it's a great video, 😊but it made me sad. 🥺All the social activites, even the unpopular Nomikai (drinking) culture with bosses and colleagues are stopped. I miss saying hello with neighbors. I hope we Japanese people find the may to improve this issue. And my heart warmed when your friend said 'Nobita san is only my friend' 🥺
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  42. Thank you for making these videos, Nobita-san. Honest and open discussion is really important and your videos are good examples of that
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  43. I would say, this isn't just in Japan. Bigger corporations outside Japan are also seeing how far they can push things, even breaking the law if they think they can pressure the victim into a position where they can't call out their company for their actions (which I know is already difficult in Japan, because you haven't any whistleblowing safety laws, and you have quite extreme defamation laws that seem to trigger before anything else). Companies inside Japan are also getting a bit too confident that they are 'safe' when employing people outside the country (see Selen Tatsuki/Dokibird and Nijisanji for a recent high profile case), not realising that actually, many of their contractual malpractices are not protected by international law. Mental health stigmas are not generally as harsh as they are in Japan in the rest of the world, but even outside it, they're strong enough that not enough people are looking for help. They're also not really explored in children at all, even though things like full time working parents/guardians and just general lack of mental health support is extremely common. What Nana said about wanting to be treated the same as before resonates with me in particular, because I do try to function as I have in the past, only to find it doesn't really work anymore. I've never really had that many friends though, so I guess I've not had too much of a social loss. It's still sad to see though. I'm glad Nana has someone there that she can count on though, it's not easy to find someone like that, even outside Japan.
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  44. Good vlog. Everybody needs to learn their history both the good and bad. Not to make people feel bad but to understand our mistakes and to have the knowledge to keep from repeating them again. I'm from the U.S. and we made a lot of mistakes in our history. In WW2 we where at at war with Japan and Germany and now we are allies. I've visited both countries a few time and really enjoy their cultures, food and people. It's not the people, it's the choices they made and the choices we make now.
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  45. Some other observations- Since Japanese houses are relatively small (and the TV location is usually close to the Kotatsu) this results in sitting closer to the TV which results in TV volume being lower naturally , also since walls are thin this results in TV volume being lower to not disturb the neighbors - in that situation, if you add both environmental noise such as an air conditioner and multiple people in a house, then reliance on reading information on screen becomes greater because the audio is more difficult to hear. Additionally, in the case of a family, young kids who sit closer to the TV (because they are smaller) have better hearing ability (because they are young) will hear the TV fine but older adults may not, due to being farther from the TV and having naturally deteriorated hearing ability due to age. This often results in a fight over the TV volume. On a side note, I also think the lack of text in Anime is also related to adult disinterest of Anime - because they can’t hear it when watching with their kids -as kids fight to keep the volume down. If you can’t hear it, then understanding is diminished. Of course there are kids that like to keep the volume louder I suppose. So this theory may not be correct in all situations.
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  46. Another excellent topic covered by you. Very interesting indeed. I like how hard working, disciplined and proffesional he is.
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  47. Thank you again for the videos. I really love how you explored ASD and more about mental health in Japan since it's a common thing. Really this channel should be more popular because it covers a lot of details without any shilling and to the point.
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  48. I feel like it isn't racism but instead the differences that each side possesses. me personally when I think of racism I think of "HANG THAT BLACK N***GER" or "MY RACE IS SUPPERIOR TO YOURS!!" that kind of foul abhorrent behavior. from what I've heard and seen, the racism in Japan is nothing like that which begs the question of the name racism even being fit for the situation. all though for the renting apartments situation where the landlord denies foreigners; whether that be in the right or wrong, that is 100% a form of discrimination. such a difficult situation isn't it, lol 難しいですね.
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  49. I know that it always sounds as if i'm repeating myself over and over again but i really want to say how interesting many of your videos are. I don't always leave a comment but i'm watching all of them.
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  50. I've experienced this in Japan a few times and yes racism is absolutely in Japan. I don't mind being stared at, especially by small kids. That's actually fun! My GF is japanese and she is much much shorter than i am so we get stared at a lot but i don't mind that. It's when I'm by myself and people don't want to sit next to me on the train that it becomes uncomfortable. Or when they get up and stand at the door for another 5 stations before they get off. Maybe they don't mean bad but it makes me uncomfortable. However it happens less when I'm with my GF so i guess it could just be being scared I'll talk to them in English and when I'm with my GF they know I'll talk to her instead. Still i see it in my GF too. She sold her apartment to a Chinese guy. He was willing to pay full price while some japanese lady asked for a discount. I think she would have given the discount if the agent didn't stop her and took the Chinese money. She really didn't like the Chinese guy buying the house even though he was a totally ok guy. Then again my japanese family in-law have been totally nice and welcoming to me. And took me everywhere for sightseeing.
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