Comments by "Yo2" (@yo2trader539) on "Life Where I'm From" channel.

  1. Sir, just one advice from somebody who struggled with both English/Japanese growing up. If you're going to live outside of Japan, please make sure your kids learn Japanese language/culture from your wife. It will make life so much easier and fun when they grow up. It'll also keep them connected to their families in Japan. It will open a lot of career opportunities too.
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  2.  @taylorliu9093  These cultural roots are far deeper, going back thousands of years or if not more, far before Han Chinese arrived in Taiwan (or even before Southern China was Sinicized). The oldest human remains found so far in Okinawa prefecture--specifically Ishigaki Island--go back 27,000 years. In the last ice age, most if not all of East China Sea was land. So yes, people have been migrating, trading, raiding, inter-marrying...throughout most of human history.
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  3. I think Japanese Shinto descends from a philosophy which was once prevalent in Northeastern Eurasia. I see similarities with Tengrism which was a common cultural, religious, and philosophical practice among the Mongolic, Tungusic, and Turkic people of Northeast Asia for thousands of years. If I'm not mistaken, the Greenlandic people migrated out of Asia when Tengrism was still widely practiced.
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  4. That's because US occupation of Okinawa continued till the 1970s.
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  5. Why Hinduism?
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  6. You will flip out if you knew that southern parts of the Korean peninsula were speaking Japonic languages in ancient times. The dialect, the DNA, culture...I'm sure even Koreans can see the dialect and genetic continuum from North to South.
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  7. I've worked with a few Nikkei-Brazilians, Nikkei-Peruvians, Nikkei-Americans who have completely integrated to Japanese society. Their children are educated in Japan and work in Japan like any other Japanese. I also know many who live in an expat bubble. We offer special visa schemes for those with Japanese ancestry, because we have historically perceived them as overseas Japanese. However, that image and hope was altered when we encountered many Nikkei-Brazilians in the 1980s and 1990s. Only after 2 or 3 generations, some of them completely lost basic understanding of Japanese language, culture, or norms. Some of them had absolutely no respect or interest in learning Japanese laws and following Japanese customs. My experience is that Japanese society or Japanese people will accept you as long as you become comfortable in the language/culture.
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  8. I'm sure you've heard the expression "looking at the shoes" in a traditional HATAGO or RYOKAN. Historically, shoes, clothing, skin-tone, or hairstyle reflected socio-economic class. But the HAZUKASHI part is more with the parent. People will judge the parent--as in the expression "wanting to see the parents's face--when a child wears or acts inadequately depending on TPO. Poor manners, choice of clothing, behavior...all that means the parents failed their children.
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  9. We cannot do much. US bases are in the way of everything.
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  10.  @DarkMachine2501  That would be naive understanding of national security. Okinawa is most at risk from Chinese aggression, which is why there has been a military build-up for decades now. The US Forces in Okinawa is the proverbial tripwire.
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  11.  @Komainu959  That is such a lie. So much money was spent since the 1970s so Okinawa can escape from disastrous situation caused by US occupation. Only people who don't know about the realities of Okinawa would say that.
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  12. They've most likely studied abroad, or attended International/American schools in Japan. The highschool kid seems to be mixed and has an Aussie-like accent, which is rather strange in Okayama prefecture.
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  13. You must be mistaken. Middle-east is disgustingly dirty.
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  14. I've never been to Yokosuka for that reason. I always thought Yokosuka was uncivilized and dangerous because of US military presence and all the baggage it brings.
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