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  1. Nobita-San's content is getting more in-depth and so informative. Japan must give you a medal!
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  2. I see this problem are not just US but also other country. Do you think college are worth for a shackle called student debt especially with today economy ? I don't think so if you ask me, world need more entrepreneur class/ job making class.
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  3. Hard? As a foreigner, I found it much easier and much funnier than in the US. From my experiences in the US, I felt like it was an interview, and was uncomfortable with it. Here in Japan, I was actually having fun and enjoying the time with someone else.
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  4. Language and communication is probably the biggest barrier to this kind of dating. I would struggle with it if I couldn't easily talk to a partner. It does seem like there are a lot of factors here, however. Some of the women brought up concerns and possible difficulties which I hadn't even thought of! A sense of adventure is definitely required!
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  5. I somewhat understand what they’re talking about. It’s uncomfortable to speak about for fear of persecution and ridicule yet they desire a connection to other people. It’s just they prefer keeping to themselves over feeling like they’re bothering people. It’s complex. Thanks for the video TJR.
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  6. Thank you for this upload. I have worked with people with autism for almost 30 years now. It is very interesting to listen and take part of people from other cultures. Arigatou gozaimasu.
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  7. Her attitude really shines through in her smile! I enjoyed hearing her speak
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  8. I wonder why the historical relationships between Japan and Taiwan vs Japan and Korea were so different. Like why did Japan treat Taiwan so differently?
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  9. as a "half" Jap/swiss kid that was born in japan, we migrated to Australia and got our citizenship there. for few years I had 3 passports with different nationalities. When I was turning 18 I remember I had to decide, keep Australian&Swiss or keep only Japanese. at that point, as much as I loved Japan I knew i never wanted to work and live there, so it was an easy choice. My koseki is still there so I was hoping that If i absolutely have to go back to japan i'll probably be ok (didn't think about how I would ever leave the country again until the older lady in this vid mentioned it, leave and re-enter every 90 days?) I remember my Japanese mother was understanding but sad to see her children not "be Japanese" anymore, but i told her at the time, "I will always be Japanese, whether I have a Japanese passport or not" and watching this video reminded me of that time. still, getting older now and I do wish my future children would have the choice/ability to adopt Japanese citizenship if they wanted it.
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  10. I have similar concerns to the couple the end of the video. My grandchildren are half Japanese and half Canadian. The older one was born in Japan and the other was born in Canada. Currently, the family is back living in Japan, but what issues might there be for them in the future, especially the younger grandchild who was born in Canada? They are still very young but I still wonder.
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  11. I am really happy to see you did not give up talking in front of your camera and I am looking forward to seeing more of it in the future. 🙂Also, I appreciate your relationship advice that is on the same level with that of the best psychologists and couple therapists on the planet. Well done! Thumbs up! Oh, and congratulations on over 650,000 viewers on your channel! So nice to see your channel thrive and the reason for this is your dedication and high quality content.
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  12. Want to drop a comment of appreciation for posting this video. Christianity in Japan has always been fascinating to me (and how the Japanese portray it) and it's heartening to know that actual Japanese Christians see that Christianity and the Japanese are not so far apart as it would seem.
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  13. So eye opening content, thank you Nobita-san!
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  14. I am 55 and I also am autistic. I was officially diagnosed as a very young child but my parents and therapists kept it a secret from me all my life. I found out for myself through the wonderful internet about 10 years ago and confronted my mom about it 6 years ago. Nowadays you hear so mush about autism but go back less than 20 years and there was close to nothing to find.
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  15. May Japan be able to solve their problems someday, there's still tons of animes I'd like to watch😢😢
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  16. As a asian america who also dealt with social issues i wouldnt consider myself a hikikomori but i would love to come to Japan and aid help or just hear out the stories of hikikomori's, we may have similar or different views that can help them or others move out of that mental jail in most peoples head
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  17. Many thanks for uploading this video. I have been experiencing a Parental Child Abduction that was conducted by my Japanese ex-wife. Ms. Umemura is one of the top lawmakers who are addressing to improve Jpana's family law, I strongly support her. Also, I hope Ms. Yukiko Kada will have a chance to appear in your further video for this matter.
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  18. Great video. Nice to hear from a variety of every day ladies on this subject. Keep up the great work.
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  19. I loved this video very educational:)
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  20. @Nobita England and Scotland have different financial bodies for education example in London you would pay £30000 for university fees in Scotland you would pay £9000. Student loans are paid depending on income meaning I'd you do not earn above a certain annual salary you will not pay it back. Only when you earn £16000 per year annum then you will pay back you loans at £76 per month on low end mid level £30000 per annum you pay £128 per month. Part time jobs are encouraged in Scotland for students. I hope Japan adopt Scotlands system.
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  21. Thank you nobita for your hard work ❤ its so sad and depressing...i wish all japanese people to find peace soon someday. 😢
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  22. Thanks for making this video Nobita!
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  23. As a European visitor who has been to Japan as a tourist several times: Racism is nothing relevant. If you can not deal with slightly weird or embarassing situations, stay home, is what I think. Yes, people treat you different. Many times for good reason, and to your own benefit. Like when I used the slippers in a restaurant, and just kept them on instead of returning them when I reached my table. They were meant only to go to the table and back to the shoes, but noone was mad because how would I know? There was a sign but hell, I can barely communicate, reading is way out of my reach! We had a good laugh when the misunderstanding became clear, and all was fine. Gaijin make mistakes like these, and noone gets mad, so I guess we can be happy for some "differential treatment". Also when I drank a good amount of expensive sake, I got shocked because what I thoght was "per bottle" prices, were "per glass" prices. After a little talking I understood that it was indeed me, who was in the wrong. But no, they did not make me pay - which would have been their right. In the contrary, they understood my honest mistake and were so nice they even made me some delicious tuna specialty for me and we had a great evening. I could talk of many more cases like these, but what I mean to say is Japanese people are very polite, and also kind people. Even, or especially, to foreigners. Yes some people are rude, arrogant or condescending. They are just people, you will find the same everywhere in the world. Also maybe they just had a bad day, don't take it personally. Or maybe they had bad experiences with foreigners. It is their right to be worried or have a negative view, do not hate them for it and do not demand they change. Yes sometimes talking Japanese is just being ignored because they can not comprehend that a foreigner knows (some) Japanese, or maybe they can just not understand the weird accent. But all those things are not malicious, and for every person I found who would refuse to "understand" my japanese, I found another person complementing me and making an effort. When people are not used to meeting others they can not easily communicate with some issues are to be expected. If you can not deal with that best stay home. Traveling is an adventure after all. You always have to be aware that you are "invading" another person's cultural space, so the problems are on you, not on them. Cherish what you can take, but do not demand, and try not to be a nuisance. Personally I feel extremely bad about the people complaining about "racism". I travel and I am happy about the privilege and honor of being able and allowed to visit these countries, so when I see other people from my country (or white people in general) complain I am very, very embarassed by it. Also the other way around it is the same thing, and I hope that my ignorance is/was not being interpreted as rudeness or racism. I remember myself talking with an older Japanese man about a woodpecker we heard (but couldn't spot), and only after he left I realized that I was very rude the entire time, because I used very informal Japanese language, ("hai, kikoreru, omoshiroi tori desu ne"...). Am I now racist because I spoke to an older man in such an informalt manner? Is the Japanese girl at the ramen shop now racist because she would not make an effort to understand my basic Japanese? No - I hope we can get over those leftist lables and enjoy cultural exchange without these hateful words like "racism". It is difficult enough to communicate over language and cultural barriers, and always a bit "hazukashii", but in the end it is a good thing and as someone who loves to travel I'd find it a great loss if intercultural experiences were determined by such negative concepts as "racism". I can only say I had a wonderful time every time I visited, and I hope I can come many times in the future and experience the same beautiful people and their hospitality.
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  24. As with all government programs, the loneliness ministry will just become another money pit, which is unfortunate. It will require a cultural change in the big cities to get people to not isolate themselves.
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  25. Chris is honest, straight forward, entertaining and funny . I just love this man as I do love Joey, the Animeman/Trash taste guy. They are great business men without having sold their soul and kind heart to clicks and clout. -- Thank you so much for your review. From Germany with respect and love ☮
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  26. Ok, Nobita... What the actual fuck, mate?
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  27. Great interviews. I like that you talk to many people and we get to hear different opinions. Thank you for the hard work.
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  28. What an amazing, strong lady. Good on her and thank you for your videos!
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  29. First of all, I’d like to thank you Nobita for this amazing interview video. For sure this will make people think deeper about race considering different perspectives and your work really helps both Japanese and foreigners who have some bond with Japan. I am Brazilian and I’ve been in Japan 4 times. As a black person who speaks Japanese, I always felt safe and welcomed wherever I were. Except one time in a restaurant in Okinawa (2019) I was denied to have a seat that was free. The man who was dealing with me had a angry expression and didn’t give me any explanation why he denied me a seat. Japan has a culture of treating costumers as Gods, and that restaurant wasn’t doing that. So, I considered that place as below Japanese standards service, expressed my gratitude and left there. I went to another restaurant nearby and had an amazing meal, service, the whole package. After I came back to Brazil a friend of mine who has Japanese citizenship told me that maybe the man who denied me a seat assumed I was American from Okinawa Military Base and that trigged him to his bad behavior. Even if this was the case, I don’t think it justifies it. Anyways staying in Japan for short time can be fine, as tourist can be amazing but I’m not sure about living in Japan for years. Looking forward to visit Japan again.
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  30. Nobita this is the best video I've seen from you so far (and they are all good!), and I can tell that an absolute ton of work was put into it. Thank you so much. What a wonderful job you did.
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  31. This must be why my 一年生 female Junior High School students spend much of their time in class combing their hair, applying face creams, and staring into fancy handheld mirrors. These 12-13-year-olds are practicing being adults already, including fixing their deadly gaze on the ALT! :hand-orange-covering-eyes:
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  32. I think it's common in all coutries, women use children to take revenge on their ex-partner. Even if they do not have sole custody, they do everything to make it difficult for fathers to have contact with their children. This is very common in Poland.
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  33. I wish all countries had that kind of relationship. It's a great way of expressing what it means to be human. Thank you for another enjoyable video Nobita-san👍
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  34. Thank you for making a very interesting VDO. Nobita san is one of the only few who makes great vdos about the Japanese society.
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  35. Thank you so much fro sharing the thought of your grandmother!! I guess I knew the most things and in the end it didnt change my mind of someday moving there, thank you so much Nobita-san!!!
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  36. おはようございます，のびたさん。ブラジル人です。日本語を勉強しています。日本は大好きです。ビデオで面白かった。ありがとうございます!
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  37. very inspiring man! his achievement is very difficult and that's despite the discrimination that he is facing
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  38. It is interesting that Rinka said that husbands have wives around their age, but they prefer porn(7:48). According to Mari, Japanese men say that their wives' body is unattractive(6:21). Perhaps the men are not being honest about the real reason they find their wives unattractive. I have heard from another Japanese channel that Japanese woman turn into another person after marriage. On Nobita's channel, their was a guy he interviewed that said he avoided being at home as much as possible. He said his wife was constantly attacking him and making him feel unwelcome in his home. I highly doubt he and his wife have an active sex life. Her attitude is so hostile that he does not want to come near her. Perhaps this is true for other Japanese men. Their wives may be attractive, but their behavior is a huge turn off. I know a lot of guys that will not touch a 9 out of 10 if she has a hostile attitude.
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  39. To put it in another light; I speak such fluent English with an American accent both people living in the UK and America think I am American. My mother tongue is Norwegian; through the exposure of American entertainment such as TV and video games I learned not just how to speak it but to flip between it at a needle-drop. The only times you can discern the differences is when I am either: A. Drunk. B. Really tired. It is fully possible to learn another language to such a degree you become, in a way, superior? It is so important to you that you will study it for hours, as I have, to master it. One thing is having an ear for language, it is something else to really "imitate" it. Yes I wrote this drunk.
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  40. As a foreigner who can speak Japanese well enough to go have serious meetings with a lot of terminology but not enough to say what I want to say smoothly, I feel exactly like this.
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  41. This has been an issue long before COVID but COVID has definitely exasperated it.
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  42. Awesome video Nobita! Personally as a German, I love the looks of double eyelids but going under the knife for that is too much. Please ladies, no surgeries for small things
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  43. This was really sweet and heart warming to watch.
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  44. Youre usually good with subtitles. I haven't seen them the last few vids.
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  45. I just decided to spend my time reading books and spending time with family. Honestly, if I DID fit in with my peers, I might have made a lot more bad decisions. who knows, maybe I might have become a bully myself?
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  46. Truth. Good piece Nobita-san! You hit on many of the dating red flags in Japan not just for foreigners, but for Japanese, particularly returnees (帰国子女), as well. Some like gaijin chasers are (or soon come to be) well-known among foreign men in Japan. However I thought it very interesting that you brought up the maturity differential between foreigner men and Japanese women of the same age. It’s something that I had perceived over the years, but I kinda always chalked it up to my own biases or interpretation. You make a good point that Japanese culture and media reinforces the idea that immature/airhead behavior is attractive/cute for women, so that dating older women may be (is) necessary to find someone with whom you can have meaningful conversations. You touched about the 30+ “leftovers” (売れ残り) problem, but there is an aspect you didn’t really hit on… those who feel pressured and are desperate to get married… they can have a tendency to do whatever they can to hold on to the person they are dating. This often looks like not really being their true selves in the relationship, just going along with their partner’s wishes… until they are married, then the mask comes off! The only other thing that I would mention is applicable to all relationships, not just interracial/international couples. Spending lots of time as things become serious talking about what each other expects in marriage… such as both partners working, having children, education for the children and caring for aging parents. Successful long-term marriages between people of the same background is hard enough, when you add significant cultural and language differences, it just makes the need for communication all that much more important.
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  47. It seems to me that these problems are very surmountable if: 1) young people get out and vote 2) increase immigration (nothing crazy just a small percentage increase) 3) Corporations stop working there people literally to death.
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  48. Nobita, I have watched your vids, and find this one to be the best of all. ( in my opinion) the raw emotions of the girl, the passion she feels, the intelligence is intense, the viewer feels it, we like her , she is good people that had bad surroundings while she grew up. I feel sorry for the kid myself. She seems like good people to me.
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  49. it feels like it's more of difference than "disorder"
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  50. These rules can easily apply to any country, maybe in different forms and shapes but for example, immature is immature no matter if you are an otaku or girl waiting for Prince Charming expecting to dance through life. This applies to men as well. I think to be successful in the relationship you must have feelings but at the same time not to be blinded by beauty and have eyes and judge situations correctly. Unless as Nobita mentioned, you are after one night adventure.
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