Meet the Japanese man fighting in Ukraine war as a volunteer
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Japanese mahjong parlour manager Yuya Motomura has left his shop and home to join Ukraine’s volunteer army fighting the Russian invasion. Motomura is among a handful of Japanese men who have disobeyed the Japanese government’s warnings against citizens joining the battle.
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A Taiwanese volunteer had passed away during combat as well. RIP to him.
He will never be forgotten brother.. many would like to fight in Ukraine but the courage to make it real is another thing..
China virus will make jokes about Taiwan sadly. Taiwan is the best country 🇹🇼
Serves him right
@@vealhead002 go back to China dog eater
@user-rx9ds5rm9x taiwan is barely a best country. But USA is
That given support by few JSDF soldiers to him was enough to be respected as a brave warrior.
Fr tho
Zelensky had the chance to prevent this conflict through diplomacy. But he lacked the courage and the conviction.
In 2014 there was a coup. Soon after, there was a massacre in Odessa (dozens of people were burned alive). Ethnic Russians living in Ukraine were treated as subhuman. Their language and culture was being oppressed. A civil war broke out due to the rise in ethnic tensions. For 8 years the Ukrainian military was indiscriminately shelling civilians living in Donbas.
If Zelensky honored the Minsk agreement and pledged neutrality, none of this would have happened. The 8 year civil war would have ended and Donbas would have remained part of Ukraine. War is the ultimate failure of diplomacy.
Zelensky, Poroshenko, Merkel and Hollande admitted that Ukraine had no intention to honor the Minsk agreements.
Who didn't want peace? Who advised against the 2022 peace talks in April? Hint: someone visited Zelensky in Kiev at that time.
Russia's national security was compromised once nato began to expand eastwards. Russia clearly stated that Ukraine joining nato was a red line (November 2021) and unfortunately this concern was never taken seriously. The Russians openly stated: if nothing changes, we will be forced to act in order to defend our national security. Enhancing the national security of one country at the expense of another is unacceptable. The Russians have legitimate security concerns.
20th September, 2021. Ukraine launched military drills with US and nato.
NATO is not a defensive alliance. Nato illegally bombed Yugoslavia (a direct violation of the U.N. Charter).
We should never forget what they did to Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq etc.
Who blew up the pipeline causing an environmental disaster?
Zelensky banned all opposition and recently arrested a leading priest.
Zelensky also tried to invoke article 5 under false pretenses. Remember the incident in Poland.
Ethnic Russians living in Ukraine were treated as subhuman. Their language and culture was being oppressed.
Poroshenko said, “Our children will go to schools and kindergartens-theirs will hide in the basements”.
Russians will never forget the 2014 Odessa massacre. The whole world needs to know about it.
Why was Denis Kireev eliminated? He was a member of Ukraine's negotiating team during the peace negotiations. He wanted to help his country.
Ukraine has a hit list. They target artists, journalists and ordinary citizens. Hundreds of children are on this list. (13 year old Faina Savenkova was placed on this list.)
Pink Floyd's Roger Waters is on this list. Jimmy Dore (American stand-up comedian, podcaster) and Aaron Maté (Canadian writer and journalist) are on this list.
There is evidence that Ukrainian troops have been indiscriminately shelling civilians in Donbas. (they used petal mines and targeted areas where there was no military presence).
The azov troops trapped in the azovstal steelworks in Mariupol used human shields. They refused to allow civilians to leave despite of humanitarian corridors being present. Russia held a proposed cease fire in order for the civilians to leave, but azov would not allow the civilians to leave.
Ukraine has committed many acts of terrorism (car bombs and other forms of assassination). Darya Dugina (journalist) RIP.
The terrorist attack on the Kerch bridge killed the truck driver and the individuals in the adjacent car (innocent civilian victims).
I have done a lot of research and it took me a long time to write this comment. I have stated a lot of facts and I have given my honest opinion.
I have provided a brief summary of events that took place. In order to explain this whole situation in great detail, a book would need to be written.
Hopefully someone will write an UNBIASED book, stating facts and allowing the readers to form their own judgments. Everything I said can be fact checked and verified.
-perceivedreality7933
@@condorX2 Sources and where i can see the "hit list"? Felt so off when i noticed those names :D
@@condorX2how dit you get all the information you must have done your research?
Yuya Motomura is just an old fashioned samurai born in the wrong era... Luckily for him he has found a cause worth fighting for.
Since World War II, we have never had direct combat experience except for humanitarian assistance in conflict zones and the rescue of Japanese nationals. Therefore, I hope that their combat experience will be utilized in Japan's military experience in the future.
Them come back to asia to practice on their brothers😂😂😂
That's a pretty moronic thing to say. Surely the Japanese know more than anyone else of the futility of war. Ukraine has not been a democratic country since 2014, there's nothing to defend other than western imperial interest. I mean you'd think having a literal actor for president would give it away..
didnt the japanese help with the invasion of Iraq with the nato alliance thing?
Japan just itching to return imperial war times
He still has not been deployed. Needs 6 weeks of training. Hey, at least, he didn't have to bring his cat with him as a psychological service animal. He'll be fine once he's trained.
What a man!!!! Brave man!!! History will never forget him!!!
Respect to all volunteers 🙏🙏
RISING SUN FLAG.....
i tried go there but no anyone help me to get fir the visa
What is your pfp
@@temmie9430 IM EX MILITARY GUY
@@eastcoastsailingcenter7768 you want a second sun again?
Thank you, Mr. Yuya Motomura, for your bravery and dedication. We really appreciate it. Ukraine loves Japan!
The most of them dont even know what japan is, stop shittalking, they are uneducated nazis especially those azov mercenaries.
*Japan stands with ukraine!.*
@@MusicallyQ Just like everyone else, not everyone stands with ukraine, so no japan does not stands with ukraine.
@@STRYKER1467Japan imposed sanctions on ruZZia and condemns the delivery of ruZZian nuclear weapons to belaruZZia - so YES Japan stands with Ukraine 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
@@b0w3rick43 Still not everyone in Japan supports the nazis atleast they remember ww2 unlike todays germany who happily support the ukrainian neo-nazis, tbh its not that surprising its germany after all but japan is different you cant say japan supports ukraine while i have alot of friends there who do NOT support these clowns, they dont support russia either but i support russia, they did nothing wrong they are getting their country back it was always part of the russian federation and i hope china will also get their taiwan back aswell, send the PLA and retrieve it you can do it, the ROC terrorists doesnt exist they are chinese cititzens locked in a terror regime inside of taiwan and i really hope they will be once again part of the chinese motherland very soon, i pray for a united china and russia. слава героям россии | слава героям китай. 💪🇨🇳 🇷🇺💪
These men have my full support.
Japanese are brave people. Respect!
The Japanese grandfathers that fought in WW2 were tough to the bone. !
Yea, they tried to fight the industrial might of the USA. Brave.
Japanese are brave for being US slaves since the second world war?
Japan 😂😂😂killers in nanjing
@@rusticbox9908 these patriots trying everything they can to glorify the US
You are now a Brave Warrior Sir 🙏
The only one who could change a Japanese man decision is himself
Much respect to this brave man.
hes a war hawk
All these Japanese who go abroad to fight are almost always super right wing nationalists who believe in a revival of the Japanese empire. I can only think of one exception and he was a leftist fighting in some SEA country.
They shouldn't complain if Ru gives them a repeat taste of fatman and little boy
self-hxxx can take the most intricate, capricious of forms
🇸🇪🫡
As a Georgian im glad he helped out Ukraine and The national legion, a brave man we need more like him on this earth
More payed killers
Respect Motomura-san! Return home safe.
Many would want to fight in Ukraine but the courage to make it reality is another.. Godbless.. Banzai!
I hope he comes back a hero and well respected by everyone
1:13 his cat has, probably, different views on politics from its master)
cats are wise creatures
Jokes on you, 傻逼：The cat is Kneading which is a sign of affection and love.
Time to support communist fascist russia
It’s not that easy to be a volunteer,especially if you are going to war
What a poor fella, more meat for the grinder...
Wagner has left Ukraine. Right now Russia is on the defensive side in zaporizhzhia
russians citizens are the real cannon fodder ,stop watching RT
Glad he choosen to experience military life with a possibility to face live bullets and bombardment.
This journey will change his way of looking at and interacting with his surrounding
will also change his life time by 40-50 years
@@jacquefresco6648 😇.... super fast aging process ...
@@tanjongmalim6869 more like deceasing than aging
@@dansketch4603 think we are referring on different thing about the word "age".
A 40 years old can have a mental of 70 years old... thar is aged.
A person who expect to live to 70 years old but died at 40 years old, that is died at early age.
I am referring to case 1.
Respect to these men.
You are hero for Ukraine salute
Respect!
A modern day samurai, you have my respect sir.
go japan the south east asia is with you
I'm a bit distracted by his cat. It's so cuteeee
his cat tired to rip the ukrainian flag off. 100% Russian spy!
My deepest respect🙏
These people have more main protagonist power than 90% of Shounen and Isekai Protagonist.
Respect.
Freedom fighters and heroes.
Or foolish wannabe mercs, solely in it for sheckels (that they won't get to use in the afterlife).
RESPECT PENTRU VOI ❤❤❤❤❤
Bless you ❤
I have always thought Japanese people have become too soft and cowardly because of both pacifism and convenient technologies, because of the Japanese people I met online (some guy even said they'd rather starve to death in their small apartment room than to work at the farms).
However, the 8 (or 9 now) Japanese people volunteering to fight in Ukraine has kind of changed my mind.
8 or 9 people out of over 100 million?
those shut-ins are pest
Nice to see Eren Yeager volunteering to fight the war!
about time a titan shifter joins the war. I pray there is no air balloons though or hes fu*ked.
This man and others like him are true cosmopolitans. Not fighting for a country but for humanity.
Thank you for helping Ukraine 👏👏
What's a Ukraine? No such thing, only Russia
@@dipropraubha9434 found the orc troll
@@thehigherman9918 says the Ukanazi troll. Prove me wrong. Why is Ukraine considered "independent" lol? Did they fight for it at all? Or did a specific country foolishly just give it to them?
@@dipropraubha9434fuck rusia. No more rusia, like no more ussr. Slava Ukraina
If only i could..i will do the same for a humanity cause and restore freedom..love from🇵🇭 SLAVA UKRAINA
Shut up kid huwag mag magaling bata soso ka muna sa nanay mo.
Tama ka
Why doesn’t he try to join the Japanese military first and receive some proper training?
because he is mindless as a cork
Japan has no military, the closest they have is the JSDF.
4 to 6 years of service?
Russia will have lost by then...
he is over 45 years old, its old
Joining the Japanese self defense force? why? by the time the military releases him the war would be over....lol
I think he is underestimating the problems he had made for himself.
There should totally be an anime about this war story!
There's no medicine for stupidity.
Is there medicine for Pro Putin chinese/indians? Maybe.
You're spot on
tell that to the soldiers fighting for russia
@@ContraIsBased 💯
Bullet?
Respects To Him To All Japanese Fighters Fighting in Ukraine
Thanks for this information
Ziet er goed uit! Was je de resterende aarde die aan de knoflook zit er met water af voor het drogen ? Of doe je dat op een later stadium?
I feel a bit bad for him, that no one believe in him in his society at the point of going into a war
Like many u.s.a citizen who join military. Not because they love their country but because society failed them.
That guy is probably a spy or mercenary. Japanese people aren’t dumb people.
Join battle because of frustration. Sounds like japanese.
Not a volunteer but a mercenary. Stop lying.
He doesn't get paid
Sometimes they call mercenaries “Volunteers” or fighters for the peace.
Big respect , hope you live forever m8
Way to go!At 58 there must be something I can help with!Very proud of you 👏 ❤!
Let's hope he makes it back.
Oh he'll make it back. In a black bag, but details, details. Hey, I'm just being realistic.
@@WickedParanoid against russian artillery, he will be lucky if there is anything left of him. The odds are not in his favour.
Lets hope he makes it back... in pieces.
If it is his destiny to be brought back alive after the war, then lucky for him.
And if death catches him, then he will know that he served his purpose well for believing what is right to do in the face of death.
lets not
Slava Japan
Love this guy! He. Really loves freedom and democracy not just his own country but to the whole world instead! Bravo!
Isn't Japan is still have emperor?
I wonder if he could find Ukraine on the map until 2022
Salute you sir
Full respect to him
Instead of being an Hikikomori, he became a silly sort of tamagotchi.
That dude is going to be a nice cannon fodder.
Brave ❤
Much respect to him!
Big LOVE to JAPAN
Gotta love his cat making biscuits on his body armor. 😂
body armor for all that airsoft combat
He is brave and honorable and I admire him for that.
What can you expect from an unprepared hired sick foreign soldier with depression who does not know how to hold a weapon in his hands? Meat-
what can you expect from russians forcibly conscripted under threat of imprisonment? either surrender or dead
He showed up.
You talk
Nah, if I am not hired as a mercenary, I won't fight.
The spirit of Samurai is still alive
A foolish way to waste his life on the battlefield, he can do something better to improve his life...
would love to see you and your countries soldiers participating in this conflict
It's the strict japanese rule fault!
Poor guy😢...he realise being useless in his own country & families, just seeking attention from families, lack of affection....
It's better than those pinky boys earning 8 yuan per hour in Dongguan factories.
@@Hkchinese888better than a certain country where cows are safer than women
@@schivver or the restaurant patrons' a** got blowed off
just like what zimbabwe professor said " a loser has nothing to lose" 😅
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Respect.
Full respect Japanese samurai warrior! Greetings from Malaysia 🇲🇾🕊️❤️🇯🇵
To prove he is a samouraï or a yakusa?...🤔
I admired his courage and high spirit to join the fight. As they said die with honor
So he didn’t know it’s an American proxy war against Russia.
@@zeissiez Russia's invasion of Ukraine is still not justified
@@zeissiezWho attacked who?
@zeissiez russia is occupying ancient japanese land
@@theflipeechestlanjao7754 neither was the government in Kiev slaughtered their own citizens in Donbas for 8 years since 2014
Fair play mate 🇬🇧
Japan is the real world champion when it comes to bravery. Not afraid to die even its a suicide mission. Kamikaze!
Noon yan, ngayun iba na ang panahon.
They are afraid of atomic bomb.
you sound like some corn feed white guy, so sad.
@@boychannl7220who wouldn't be?
@@gammafive6598 Zelensky and Biden.
Real samurai
Lord Jesus pls bless & protect Motomura & all the volunteers. 🙏❤️
In his name , Amen🙏
Will jesus protect some one who doesn't believe in him against people who believe in him? Not that i support Russia nor the west i just wanna know?
I’d love to go but I don’t have any formal military experience. I know I’d be a casualty unless they train volunteers
You still can be volunteer, just not in combat.
War is a game of luck. It doesn’t matter how well trained you are. You have a 50% of living & 50% of dying.
Maybe his a half Filipino and half Japanese..he had 2 flag on his best...I'm so proud of this h guy🇺🇦
Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦
Glory to Japanese defender🤗 I'm so proud he had also our flag🇯🇵❤🇵🇭
What the heII is FiIIipino 😅? Some amazing country where everyone has food ??😂😂
*facepalm*
Please don't assume he's half without knowing. Anyways, Massive respect to the man
@@zvonkobogdan9634at least Filipinos don't go hungry, unlike russians who even eat twigs and leaves under their communist lords just to live for another day. Filipinos may have been invaded multiple times in the past, but in all those wars, the Filipino valor and spirit never did waver. Not even once.
著と待て... まじか？彼は正気を失った
It's japanese strict country rules fault to make many youngster depressed!
from ww2... they're brave but now
Yuya is brave like their Ancestor
The cat was making biscuits on his vest🐈⬛
a descendant of a Samurai. A ronin now with honor
A descendent of fascist imperial Japan going to help azov batallion and the white people with swastikas again
I totally want to see him equip a katana
@@VoidraMusic or at least a wakizashi for close combat.
And meet the same fate as them when they faced american guns
@@557_cna before that fate, he will take 10 Russians down.
Huge respect to Ukraine 🇺🇦 and Japan 🇯🇵 from Denmark 🇩🇰
He died all ready in the war
A Worthy living salute
I'm sorry for him. He chose to die at the meat grinder.
You can tell he is depressed, is it better to die alone in a room or to die fighting?
@@krolrey1909 to not die
@@dansketch4603Sometimes, you're already dead while still living.
If your comment is the true fact of him wanted to join, then l feel poor to him😔
Society is to blame!
Even if he is used as a helping hand, logistics are important too and he is willing to do it just to be fed and housed.I wonder if he is ex-military? He very well might be an accomplished fighter and know US -Japan joint tactics.
no not really, I sell those same airsoft 'body armor' vest at my shop, the one his cat is making biscuits with.
He followed the way of his ancestors, real way of Bushido
Don’t mistake these people for voluenteers, they are mercenaries. Geneva suggestion does not apply to them
Big respect..
Best wish for him, so that he can not return home.
brave souls
respect
Tenno heka banzai🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵
Bangsai : means ''pass bowel''
@@serbaserbi6004 a Chinese $#it
@@jayarajmaduturi3514 tenno hengkang bangsai 😂😂😂
@@serbaserbi6004 welcome to Nanking 🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵
With no proper training,might be one of those useless soldier that contribute nothing but body counts
The blood of samurai is alive love 🇯🇵
ok ,he thinks he lives in an Anime
If you watched "Hard target" movie you know his ending from this short clip.
You mean the one with Van Damme as the main star? I love those one!
Slava Ukraine ❤❤
Living hero 🙌
🇯🇵🇯🇵🎌🎌⛩️⛩️🏯🏯👍👍🦸🦸♂️Hero!!!!!!!!
0:26 is he half filipino and half japanese?
Any Indian volunteer? Ukrainians like those from afar.
@@mudshovel290 Many jobless PhDs
@@mudshovel290 During wartime people can loot
@@mudshovel290 Indians are much better at scamming old people through phones than they are fighting. Can't defeat an insurgency in Northeast India for the past 70 years! LOLOLOLOLOLOL!
To die depending the righteous its an honor, than to die with evil is a forever curse......
True
Hard to see the different of both.