Lmfao. The Irony is America or wherever he is trying to go isnt any better unless he has a lot of money and picks well. America and Cananda isnt all that great either. Just more diversity and personal freedom.
@@60wwediva How is there more personal freedom when you can t let your kids walk home from school without the fear that they will be kidnapped. What a S perspective when people praise things that don t fkn matter.
@@Antiteshmistbh after a while, I realized most of that stuff about kidnapping was just fear mongering and controlling kids, most kids won’t be kidnapped, it’s just that they exaggerate it, when in fact the numbers have been down by so much for so long, it’s just that people are afraid of what happened in the past with way more kidnappings, that they don’t take the time to think about what the actual kidnapping rates are.
@@CherryNovaGaming No they are , their birth rate is so close to zero and most married couples have at most two children and most of young people are not married
@@geo-crystallized3853 That's why they need to reform their family policy! Before the 1970's, married couples with children here in Sweden was the norm. Then it became the norm to put your children in a daycare centre so that women could go out and work too. It became possible for many women to combine work and family. Now in Sweden you don't have to be married to have kids. I think they would need something similar, shaped after their own culture of course
Hahaha, yeah it's almost funny how much this applies to Italy. Of course it's not if you've experienced this and understand this yourself. (Saying this as someone who has lived in Italy, but no more partly for these reasons).
@@alwaysabiggafish3305 I think it’s different cause rather than being a we don’t want you here kind of sentiment it’s more of a warning of why you should look elsewhere.
As a Japanese person not living in Japan, I’m kind of relieved because I already knew most of this stuff 😭 I love visiting for vacation, but I don’t think I would want to live there permanently. The society is also really tough
@@missplainjane3905 he is a Japanese person and sharing his thoughts and experience. Don't try to belittle his statement with your "anywhere" argument. Your opinions comes from anime and internet his from real life.
Same. I try to tell friends who go visit and as soon as they get back they talk about wanting to live there. I try to be real with them but they are so blinded by anime.
And let's not forget: * the impending collapse of its economy due to the insurmountable amount of debt the nation has accrued * the devalue of the yen due to bad policies from the government and the bank of Japan (they're trying to push the debt onto the people) * the exploitative work culture * the discrimination against foreigners (you're ok if you're visiting, if you are a "guest", but not if you wish to stay) The fact that Japan has not imploded yet shows how resilient the Japanese are... still... everyone has a breaking point.
@@SkitSkat674 America is not as bad as Americans think it is... not saying that things are not bad just that... well... compared to the rest of the world... you are mostly "fine".
@@SkitSkat674you could say that Russia is even worse in terms of having future, America is much better even of it gets worse - in comparison to few other countries
@@user-qm7jwthere is quite a few countries with similar quality as Japan, just that Japan appears to be more consistent as a whole country, maybe you have dangerous area here and there
From my experience, the youth isn't that educated when it comes to politics there. Not something they get taught and quite a taboo topic to talk about. Also people are taught to obey and endure instead of come up with solutions themselves, it became very clear during a course that focused on discovering solutions, to problems that weren't that complicated. It was the first time for them to have a course in which they come up with solutions instead of just memorizing what the teacher and books say.
There is hardly a youth to speak of. There hasn’t been anything like a youth movement or youth culture in decades. The country is literally dying. The schools are mostly empty and unused but the homes to care for the elderly and infirm are growing fast
A family friend, who lives in Japan, told us not to live in Japan because the cost of living is so high. And that its better to be a tourist just visiting Japan.
@@michaeladriatico1488Go. Hokkaido is awesome. Less crowded and cheaper than Tokyo, too. If you want to talk about high cost of living. Try Toronto. I stayed in Sapporo for 3 months. After calculating cost of living, it was 40%-60% of Toronto, depending on how close to the city centre you stay.
My family who returned recently from trips there said it is so inexpensive because of currency drop. food costs half the price in america under current exchange rates.
@@bernardocardoso1356 Thanks for the advice. The important thing for me is that the place I'm staying has a store that sells sushi or sashimi nearby that holds a sale an hour before closing.
@@chuenyeelauOK chuen. (🇨🇳🐀)😂 everyone and their mother has heard it, theres endless armchair historian videos being shoved down throats on Yourube. Whats that got to do with the topic? I don't care.
Except Japan doesn't want them, unless they look, speak, act, and work like Japanese people. They even tried luring Japanese-Brazilians back in the 80s. It did not go well, since, even if they were fully Japanese by descent and spoke the language, they just weren't Japanese enough for the Japanese. The state and the society at large needs to get over their ideals of homogeneity and inflexible conformity or they're just gonna keep rotting. Politeness is not the same thing as pluralism.
Not the best idea. Elderly people are the priority and Japanese elders tend to not be too open to foreigners unless you completely remove your personality and behave like how their society wants. Knowing the rest of the world, especially Americans. That wouldn’t really go down well 😭
@@bustednail.69 I live in Japan and I don't have such a bad impression of Japanese old people. Most of them are friendly and I have never met a xenophobic old person. I think Japanese zoomers are much ruder and more xenophobic.
@@ayaanaali8852 We never forgot what happened. We just learned how to move on and focus on the present. We do not dwell on the past too much. I'm from the PH as well if you're wondering.
Sometimes I regret not living in Japan for at least a few years, but I think I probably would have been pretty lonely there. It's a shame, but hopefully things turn around there in a few decades.
It's easy making friends in Japan. Simply follow your hobbies and it'll connect you with folks in Japan. I've done it, even if briefly, allowing me to meet new folks. Once I came back to Canada things fell back apart because of distance and my constant venting about how much Trudeau is killing Canada, and Japan is struggling on its end. I connected with people through Kantai Collection. Try to find something similar. Even use DeepL. If Japanese care they'll try to connect with you on those translation devices. Being in a rural setting also helps, yet RNG is RNG, you'll probably find someone to befriend you. I'm blogging my experiences, even videos on my channel. It's slow going, yet it's going up bit by bit.
Japan still have the lowest rate of emigration overseas among developed countries. South Korea has more than 10 times as many renounced citizenship as the Japanese.
@@asdfghjjhgfIt's not that bad comparatively to other countries. Only really the US (and maybe the UK/Australia) does better than Japan in terms of net migration, and Japan's quality of life is higher in my opinion. I'm perfectly satisfied with my life in Japan.
@@wakannnai1your country is being brought down by stubborn, conservative, hypocritical elders, in 50 years you will lose all your internanional importance
@@shairis2007”it’s going to be the end of the world already” people when they realize that there’s still hope and that humanity shall persevere even in these dark times:
People seem to forget that it is the end for poor countries. Why do you think there are so many refugees already. This number is only going to rise, and at some point Europe etc. will block itself of.
@@CactusCowboyDanThere comes a time were you either die from being choked, or you fight back. Japan has chosen to choke itself out, unless the younger generations say enough and prioritize having families again.
@@Trenex1000the statistics aren't there. the belief is that it's like 90% + unreported and that's how they can call it one of the worst place on earth for women
@@Trenex1000there's a reason Japanese train porn is so prevalent even after most porn sites started cracking down on nonconsensual acts simulated or (and I hope this isn't the case) not. They have female only train cars but there's so many people packed like sardines in there that not every woman is lucky enough to fit in them and a ton of women still get stuck in the genpop cars, and the culture of the country is so strict that most women don't even report their assault because the men they report it to will just shame them. Everyone loves to look at Japan through rose tinted glasses and make excuses but they have a ton of problems they refuse to solve because of just how many older people won't let go of the way they were raised, and the world at large makes excuses like "but that's just their culture!" Which is true, but look where their culture's gotten them: high sexual assault rates, no one having kids, and workplace exploitation that rivals and even surpasses the US. You don't have to live there to see the harm they're doing to themselves
@@Trenex1000 Just for context, by law, Japanese cell phones have to have a shutter noise of some sort that has to play at full volume whenever a picture is taken. This is because it was getting increasingly common for perverts to take pictures of the inside of women's and girl's skirts and post them online. I might add the most targeted people were high school students (ages 15 to 17).
Nothing you can do about it. Japan has been under US economic colonisation since its defeat. Its politicians made insane self destructive economic policies.
Japan *has a declining population that shrinks more and more* Japanese politicians and voters: "Oh no, if only we could've done something to prevent this..."
A work life balance would probably help. I have heard in Denmark they typically work 37.5 hours a week. It would take a miracle for the Japanese to adopt this practice but it would give young Japanese people the time to enjoy life a bit more and have the time and energy for a family. In itself a declining population is not always a bad thing if that decline is slow and gradual leading to a stabilisation point in the future, but it is bad when your population graph looks like an upside down pyramid.
@@stuartclarke3171 37 hours a week? In the state's it's usually 40hrs but even that is changing because u.s. companies are finding out that long hours affects productivity. I know Japan has longer hours I suppose because of their culture. A UA-camr working in JP asked his co-worker about the F.I.R.E movement, and would he consider ever trying to retire early? The co-worker looked baffled as to why someone would ever want to retire early.
@stuartclarke3171 That doesn't answer my question. Is it above replacement rate? Is it currently increasing? If you are going to display a policy as pronatalist, at least demonstrate that it had an effect on fertility.
Also for those who want to have a family with a Japanese, don't do it, or at least in Japan, since Japanese laws are in favor of the Japanese people before any foreigner (even with citizenship). So, for example, in the event that there is a dispute over the custody of the children, the Japanese will always have it, regardless of whether that person is a threat to the children.
Not entirely true. Japanese laws are in favor of WOMEN. So if you’re a guy, you have a chance of completely losing custody. But Japanese men do not have the same privilege. So it doesn’t matter the citizenship, but the parentage.
Can’t say I want to live there. I have a Japanese friend who convinced me not to. 😅 I still want to visit, however! It’s a beautiful island with delicious food and beautiful culture. I’d love to visit at least 4 times and experience every season there. The seasons are so intense over there and absolutely gorgeous.
I've always thought of Japan as a nice place to visit, but not somewhere I want to live. Plenty of videos have said that living in Japan as a foreigner is hard, so while I appreciate the culture, it's not a place I can see myself being in the rest of my life.
Living anywhere as a foreigner is hard. The country isn't tailored to you, you're outnumbered, the legal system isn't what you're used to, preservation of culture makes you a target if things go bad, you have no foundations to build from, there's varying language barriers, and you never can trust if your new friends and acquaintances have your back. That's the case with every country.
There are similar things happening in places around the world, especially in my country. I think it's a matter of "pick your poison" when it comes to finding a country to live in
@@itsAddie34 Luckily, there are more countries than the two. The US is the worst, most troubled western country. While every country has their issues, pretty much every other western country does better than the US.
@@solar0wind im not saying there aren't and im not saying each country doesn't have it's own issues. it was just a comparison of the two because im from the US and the video is about japan, which is a place i plan on living in the future ^.^
In are 2 week trip we saw 2 noticeable pregnant women. The population in Tokyo alone in more than 14 million ppl and we barely saw children. If we saw families with children they were visitors. In Osaka we did see more local mother’s with their children.
As an otaku, Shogo-san was the first to break my delusions about Japan. Like its the ideal country to live in. I love how honest you are. Thank you, Shogo-san Edit : Some people are confused about me saying "as an otaku." Otaku is a real Japanese word which means someone who loves manga, novels, anime etc. Otaku and Weeb are same thing. On the other hand "Weaboo" is a word used in internet which means a person who is a nerd when it comes to Japan. Hope it helps
I mean, if you're an otaku/weeb, you should be among the first to know about the harsh living conditions for the average japanese citizen. Unless you avoided any kind of slice of life or more or less grounded animes. Even the currently popular isekai genre usually starts with an overworked dude dying from exhaustion.
@@moteroargentino7944 I was a weeb from childhood. And by weeb, I mean an anime lover. So I used to think that Japanese society was like it was shown in anime. And as I was a kid, I only used to watch Doraemon, Pokémon and some others where the harsh side wasn't showed
I was in Tokyo for a month on vacation this spring. I didn't want to leave. I really like the people, the food, the architecture, the natural beauty, and the convenience of not needing a car. I'm still tempted to moved despite the warnings.
It will be quite some time before Japan begins to approach, f/e, the USA in terms of dysfunction. I suspect that “30 years from now Japan” is probably equivalent to “1990s US.”
I can understand why you would leave a country with rising concerns and issues,as I similarly come from a African country with many economical and social issues. Yet I feel it may still be quiet sad to leave a country you have grown up in. I wish you luck and success my friend,you deserve what you earn in life.❤🎉
@@maadtee6281well, I am South African and I want to leave. I am white and it's not because of crime. I just don't feel connected to the county anymore. We rarely form deep friendships across the colour lines here, we are divided by so many languages and I have nothing in common with 95% of my fellow whites.
@@owlblocksdavid4955Its time to come to terms with the fact that humans are naturally racially tribal people. Always have been and always will be. You yourself have racial prejudices as a result of nature-given pattern recognition. Some people are just not as honest as others and continue to virtue signal.
I knew all these but still decided to move in japan, i like the peace i find by myself and honestly in 2 months i havent faced a single problem yet, the main issue is the language barrier but im working on it since im studying the language and learning stuff everyday at the university. People shouldn't be scared and give it a try cause everything becomes an experience in life. Thank you for your honesty about this post 😊
Our politicians did prioritize the elderly too but got severely punnished for that. At the next election the young decided to punnish them by finally going to vote for anyone but them. The party immediately lost the power and wasnt able to be part of the government because its former partner that now had the most votes didnt partner with them. It seems like they understood the message from the voter.
Unfortunately from my understanding of Japanese politics, few young people even know how to vote or who they can vote for, because it's all so focused on the elderly.
Honestly Im okay living in my country, Malaysia. Its somehow peaceful, although our political situation is a little messy and 'chaotic' still, its a thing that happens so often that we dont really care. I had a past colleague of mine whos Malaysian who's married to a Japanese guy, Ive had a conversation with him before abt Living in Japan and he said he doesn't like it there so after he got married to her, he moved down from Kyoto to Terengganu and he said he likes living in Malaysia more than living in Japan because its less busy and living life in Malaysia is much more slow paced than it is in Japan. But then again, Im not saying this from this guy's perspective to convince you that Japan is not a great place, it is, all countries has its flaws and its okay to decide your journey in life and where you want to settle based off your lifestyle. ❤ from 🇲🇾
@janda5816 Making new friends, visiting new areas, and actually having locals guide you around using DeepL and Google translation. As long as you're kind to them they'll be the same to you. It helps being in less touristy areas and in actual more "human" areas, if you know what I mean. Go where tourists rarely travel to get an actual experience. Lot of people have best experiences in rural Japan.
Thank you for this video! I feel the same way about my area and I am always surprised when people move here when we can't house the people already here.
I'm not wishing to live in Japan, but I'm definitely going there. I do really love the Japanese environment, views, infrastructure, gastronomy, and many other things.
I really wish Japans government would prioritize the future. Listen to and understand the needs of your next generation. Culture and tradition are important and should be cherished. But a society must evolve to survive. Japan and it’s people are incredible and have insanely rich history. I hope nothing but the best comes to the future generations despite the struggle that is on the horizon. Japan and it’s people are resilient and more than capable of self correcting if everyone feels it’s worth it.
@@denamikaWatch It's also one of the best to live in the entire world. Many people would highly prefer those kind of "problems" instead of living in a poor country in Africa, where food is scarce and the future unknown, or surrounded by drugs, crime and violence in some countries in South America.
I feel like we're seeing this in a lot of places; here in the US for instance there are a lot of cities (and some whole states) where policies are catered to very specific groups and the general standard of living is, as a result, going downhill. Much of it is simple shortsightedness, honestly; it's hyperfixation on 'what benefits us in the next five minutes' instead of 'how do we improve over the next generation'. Sadly in a lot of these cases it seems like the only way it's going to get fixed is for things in those localities to go so far downhill change will have to be forced instead of gradually improving otherwise. Hopefully Japan doesn't run into that, but sadly in general, it's a very cyclical thing in society.
▼Watch the full video▼ ua-cam.com/video/oD1SdkBJ5tc/v-deo.html You may be dreaming of living in Japan. But as a Japanese man living in Japan, I can’t recommend it for three reasons. 1. Many Natural Disasters 2. Elders Always have Priority 3. The National Power is Determined to Weaken About 18.3% of the worldwide cost of disaster damage is spent in Japan, despite it occupying only 0.28% of the world's land area. Japan still has strict hierarchical relationships, but it’s even worse now because of the declining birthrate and aging population. Politicians are promoting policies that favor the elderly more and more, reducing the amount of money available for child care and education. About 30 years from now, the working-age population is expected to be about 50%. Wages will continue to fall, taxes will continue to rise, as it has for the past 20~30 years, and there are concerns that crime rates will rise as people's quality of life declines. Clearly, Japan is one of the countries with the least amount of hope for a brighter future. I myself will be going abroad in the next few years. *The content is based on personal studies and experience There is no intention of denying other theories and cultural aspects
My dad has a cousin who was born there, moved to America to attend college and earn a bachellor's degree in psychology, and then moved back where the degree is now useless, and judging from what she's shared with us about her life, it's becoming clearer and clearer that moving back was a mistake. The only reason she decided to move back is because of her Crohn's disease and the free health care.
Japan and Finland are quite similar in this. Low birthrate, Baby Boomer generation now out of working life. Except Finland has much higher tax rate than Japan
@@noobikus5475 We've been trying to build a society which supports all it's members (not just the rich and powerful) with things like; Hot meal to every child in public schools (until end of high school), set of baby care items and baby clothes to every mother that gives birth in Finland, housing for the homeless (even for the addict ones) so in Finland nobody "dies in the ditch homeless and starving" etc. Working public services and resources mean higher taxation than in countries where people are expected always and in any situation "Create their own fate and future"
@@StarlingKnight ah now i get it, sounds nobel, but this Kind of social System depends on the might of the state. And you should never give the state such Power. Furthermore Money is stolen for Social Project, which don't cost what ever Politicians say it Cost. Making the whole System open to wash Money through. So which Organ is responsible for overwatching and checking wellfare and other Social Projects ?
respect for the elderly was important cuz there were only a few of them; now there’s a whole bunch of old people in Japan who act around harassing the young.
you visited Japan three times?! I have been planning on going there some day but I wanted to know if I absolutely needed to know japanese to go on a trip there. I love the culture and I want to go there but I'm afraid that it will be disrespectful to the japanese people if I don't know how to comunicate in their language.
I am really sad to hear that the author feels this way. I have talked with Japanese people and heard this constant refrain: “Why do you love Japan?” Not because they want to hear my answer, but rather: “Are you nuts?” So sad.
@@lenitaa7938 No -- I've seen the look on their face, and heard the tone of their voice. Not all Japanese people, for sure! But there's a thing I've seen of low self-esteem before, too. Sora the Troll recounts this -- he's talked about in his youth, having a low sense of self-esteem, and a low sense of Japan as a country. Then he travelled around, and discovered: people are really impressed with Japanese people. It changed his view of himself and his country.
👉🏼 “Godzilla!” I’m not that tall, but when I lived there, I felt quite tall and for those few years, I could see over the top of just about everyone’s heads. I say just about as there was always an exception and a quite tall young adult or teen would stand out. Not sure if it’s the KFC/McDonald’s effect or from drinking Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Dai-Jo-Bui drinks, but clearly, some Japanese can get very tall.. like dunk on me with little effort tall.
You forgot these reasons 1. No subtitles 2. No music is played when there's a fight 3. They don't say ORA ORA ORA ORA when fighting 4. The animation is too realistic
Only the 2nd one, I suppose? Or are you into natural disasters and deterioration? Oh, I get. You lived abroad for 40 years because of the reasons. Got it.
They had an economic boom until it came crashing down in the 90s. Until then they were kinda stagnating and effects of lost decade can be felt to this day.
Pewidiepie is silent since he's away caring for his newborn son. But even if this were not the case, the problems mentioned here would not affect people at his wealth level at all. And even if it were to somehow affect him as well, he could just move to a different country again without affecting his career.
Japan has always been sugarcoated and idolized by Americans, but behind the scenes it has just as many issues as any other place, and quite a few more than many places. It's not an awful country, but it's not paradise, and it's been on the fall since the early 2000s
I have never really felt the need to want to live in japan, even before knowing all of its problems. i just want fi spend money there to at least help its economy and experience the country solely as a tourist.
It's sad to think that people looking out for themselves and moving away means the faster decline of Japan. The 50% estimate might be even lower. I feel like the solution would be instead to encourage people to come work in Japan, meet the beautiful culture, and increase the working population. This would help the country stay on its feet and would offer a better chance for the future, wouldn't it? It's a unique problem to see more elderly people than youngsters...
What if, hypothetically, you still live in Japan but like in a far off valley in the sticks? idk it doesn't sound so bad (excluding the earthquakes/tsunamis)
I love Shogo-san's channel.💖 I may not be able to go to Japan personally, but I still love learning about it, and I'm sad that Japan has such bad situations. Shogo-san keep up the amazing videos.^^ 💖
True, it’s the same with pretty much every country. You start off looking at all the positives but then the more you look into it the more bad stuff you find. No country is perfect.
My life is already on a collision course to japan, none of this really deters me since I mostly expected it. I truely hope it gets better before I arrive.
Collision cpurse? How so? Sounds like its inevitable but there are generally very few reasons for that to be the case. Far more likely you love the culture based on what you see online and so desire to go there
You know that people in Chicago and Detroit would say the same things about rundown towns too. It goes to show you that you always need to be careful and dont slip.
thanks for not sugarcoating it
Im not gonna sugarcoat it ➡️↗️↘️⭐🔃
If i were rich i would live in japan
Yea he is bittercoating it
@@Fr3ddyHwell if you live in the USA and change currency you will be rich
@@braindeadcelestiali was hoping for someone to say this 🤣
This is one of the Japanese UA-camrs that I respect the most. Keep up the honesty man, hope the best for you
Commenting before the cringe "let me fix that" replies
@@IDontLikeHandIes same
Lmfao. The Irony is America or wherever he is trying to go isnt any better unless he has a lot of money and picks well. America and Cananda isnt all that great either. Just more diversity and personal freedom.
@@60wwediva How is there more personal freedom when you can t let your kids walk home from school without the fear that they will be kidnapped.
What a S perspective when people praise things that don t fkn matter.
@@Antiteshmistbh after a while, I realized most of that stuff about kidnapping was just fear mongering and controlling kids, most kids won’t be kidnapped, it’s just that they exaggerate it, when in fact the numbers have been down by so much for so long, it’s just that people are afraid of what happened in the past with way more kidnappings, that they don’t take the time to think about what the actual kidnapping rates are.
2 reasons :
1. Work culture
2. Life culture
3. Culture.
Fair enough.
So basically everything 😂
@@Not_interestEd-4. Men Of Culture
"Japan is for fun, but not for living."
You missed ANIME CULTURE 😉😉😉
Don't forget the kaiju attacks. They always forget the kaijus....
Ikr
Am I just ygo pilled or is this an ygo joke?
Isss Gozzirrra!!!
Natural disaster
Don’t worry ultraman will come down and save the day
*Japanese going to extinct*
Politicians: let's favor the elderly more
It’s a game for the most votes. If there are more elderly……
Honestly from any perspective Japan has taken the worst approach. Too many internal contradictions
The Japanese arent going extinct
@@CherryNovaGaming
No they are , their birth rate is so close to zero and most married couples have at most two children and most of young people are not married
@@geo-crystallized3853 That's why they need to reform their family policy! Before the 1970's, married couples with children here in Sweden was the norm. Then it became the norm to put your children in a daycare centre so that women could go out and work too. It became possible for many women to combine work and family. Now in Sweden you don't have to be married to have kids. I think they would need something similar, shaped after their own culture of course
i didn't think that a japanese man could describe Italy so well
*headpat* you'll be fine. The muslims will come in and take over soon.
or Germany, except for the natural disasters
Hahaha, yeah it's almost funny how much this applies to Italy. Of course it's not if you've experienced this and understand this yourself. (Saying this as someone who has lived in Italy, but no more partly for these reasons).
@@antiochus87 i'm italian
@@fake5667 I guessed that was probably the case 👍
It's basically a country sized nursing home
That's every developed country. It's a natural result of removing everything that would cause someone to die young
The biggest killer nowadays is old age
The reason why they are so into making robots.
They're future's nurses.😝
Anyone want to recommend South Korea?
@@thingfish000South Korea has its own issues, especially for its youth population. Goat’d country but
You're going to break some weeaboo hearts with this one.
Now imagine being in the Uk or Us telling foreigners not to come there. Youd be seen as the xenophobic problem...
its the reality, those anime nerds think japan is a paradise when its the oposite of that
@@alwaysabiggafish3305 I think it’s different cause rather than being a we don’t want you here kind of sentiment it’s more of a warning of why you should look elsewhere.
No, we need the wives not the Japan 😂
No, we know about that. At least some of us do... I personally just want to read manga in peace.
As a Japanese person not living in Japan, I’m kind of relieved because I already knew most of this stuff 😭 I love visiting for vacation, but I don’t think I would want to live there permanently. The society is also really tough
People are kibishii there
@@missplainjane3905 he is a Japanese person and sharing his thoughts and experience. Don't try to belittle his statement with your "anywhere" argument. Your opinions comes from anime and internet his from real life.
What kind of tough is it?
Same. I try to tell friends who go visit and as soon as they get back they talk about wanting to live there. I try to be real with them but they are so blinded by anime.
Why is society tough?
And let's not forget:
* the impending collapse of its economy due to the insurmountable amount of debt the nation has accrued
* the devalue of the yen due to bad policies from the government and the bank of Japan (they're trying to push the debt onto the people)
* the exploitative work culture
* the discrimination against foreigners (you're ok if you're visiting, if you are a "guest", but not if you wish to stay)
The fact that Japan has not imploded yet shows how resilient the Japanese are... still... everyone has a breaking point.
@@SkitSkat674 America is not as bad as Americans think it is... not saying that things are not bad just that... well... compared to the rest of the world... you are mostly "fine".
Discrimination against foreigners exists everywhere. At least in Japan, you don't get yelled at or beaten up just for walking down the street.
@@SkitSkat674you could say that Russia is even worse in terms of having future, America is much better even of it gets worse - in comparison to few other countries
@@user-qm7jwthere is quite a few countries with similar quality as Japan, just that Japan appears to be more consistent as a whole country, maybe you have dangerous area here and there
@@user-qm7jwAt least in my homeland (Thailand), most people will greet foreigners kindly.
this breaks my heart. the youth need to start to rise up and give there voice.
That’s why the politicians cater to the elderly because they vote and the young people don’t bother to do it
The problem is their isn't a whole lot of youth because couples refuse to have children due to work concerns.
From my experience, the youth isn't that educated when it comes to politics there. Not something they get taught and quite a taboo topic to talk about. Also people are taught to obey and endure instead of come up with solutions themselves, it became very clear during a course that focused on discovering solutions, to problems that weren't that complicated. It was the first time for them to have a course in which they come up with solutions instead of just memorizing what the teacher and books say.
There is hardly a youth to speak of. There hasn’t been anything like a youth movement or youth culture in decades. The country is literally dying. The schools are mostly empty and unused but the homes to care for the elderly and infirm are growing fast
what? it breaks my heart the elders are so disrespected in the west...
Italy: hold my beer…
Divertente perché vero
What’s so bad with Italy? I mean massive immigrant crisis but that’s the only thing I know of.
@@thedonkey6704their birth rate has collapsed
@@gursehajsingh2029Not to forget how their parlament has been in deadlock for so long and recently elected a far right party
@@StormRainer "far right"😂
They aren't even conservatives.
A family friend, who lives in Japan, told us not to live in Japan because the cost of living is so high. And that its better to be a tourist just visiting Japan.
@janda5816 Really? Are you living in Japan. Last time I visited Japan was 2019 before the pandemic. Hope to go to Hokkaido this year.
@@michaeladriatico1488Go. Hokkaido is awesome. Less crowded and cheaper than Tokyo, too.
If you want to talk about high cost of living. Try Toronto. I stayed in Sapporo for 3 months. After calculating cost of living, it was 40%-60% of Toronto, depending on how close to the city centre you stay.
My family who returned recently from trips there said it is so inexpensive because of currency drop. food costs half the price in america under current exchange rates.
@@bernardocardoso1356 Thanks for the advice. The important thing for me is that the place I'm staying has a store that sells sushi or sashimi nearby that holds a sale an hour before closing.
@@murderofcrows2179 Really, yay I can eat more.
You are really brave to speak out the truth, as a Japanese. It is normally forbidden in this society to speak anything of true value.
Its not brave. Literally every one knoes it
how is it forbidden?
Rules are meant to be broken. The young japanese are weak to follow the toxic nonsense
@@user-cdf9fk2rqa if you are Japanese and talk about this stuff, ppl get mad at you, and might even attack you
@@ilovemykitties84 im japanese tho
This saddens me. Japan is such a proud nation.
and beautiful
Remember the time of conflicts and crimes 80 years ago
@@chuenyeelauOK chuen. (🇨🇳🐀)😂
everyone and their mother has heard it, theres endless armchair historian videos being shoved down throats on Yourube. Whats that got to do with the topic? I don't care.
Can't tell if that was a compliment or a warning, but what I've heard, "pride comes before a fall."
@@pinkprincesswhee That's definitely how I see it. Pride also implies stubborn. Unwillingness to change.
Number three is very true. It is a very beautiful place to visit and the people are amazing but below the surface runs a very controlled society
I didn't really get what he meant with "National Power weakening", but pretty sure it's not what you think.
he meant GDP I am guessing
Its oppressive everywhere you go.
@@WikiWifiHow's that? They have a more thriving economy
That’s so cool so it’s like cyberpunk!
Those anime aint joking around when it comes to their the end of the world scenario 💀
Brace for the third impact (Jesus returns)
@@user-pn3im5sm7kHonkai: Jesus Impact
not long until they start some sort of "repopulation of the country"-program :x
what anime?
@@winmen5279 Neon Genesis Evangelion
Sounds like Spain but without natural disasters
word
Was about to comment this...
1930s
Desertification?
Sounds like Germany too...
Visit, but don't live there.
same for the US
@@martinloss4171eh I live In the us and I have a stable home and cats etc
@@martinloss4171california is tough but idk about the rest of the us
And if you still want to live there don't work there
@@martinloss4171my mother can't even visit because they might make her pay taxes
This is sad to hear. Always loved Japan and wish you the best
I may not be living in japan but somehow my dude explained a better version of where I live
Connecticut?
Let me guess, Italy, USA or Poland?
@@franekkkkkFlorida
Greece?
Antarctica?
When I become old ima move to Japan.
same
Depending on how old you are when you plan to go Japan may already be pretty bad.
Still a foreigner
Meh too
There are currently enough people to care for the elderly but in the future there will not be.
It’s precisely why people need to start living in Japan
That's what I thought. 😂
Except Japan doesn't want them, unless they look, speak, act, and work like Japanese people. They even tried luring Japanese-Brazilians back in the 80s. It did not go well, since, even if they were fully Japanese by descent and spoke the language, they just weren't Japanese enough for the Japanese.
The state and the society at large needs to get over their ideals of homogeneity and inflexible conformity or they're just gonna keep rotting. Politeness is not the same thing as pluralism.
Not the best idea. Elderly people are the priority and Japanese elders tend to not be too open to foreigners unless you completely remove your personality and behave like how their society wants. Knowing the rest of the world, especially Americans. That wouldn’t really go down well 😭
@@bustednail.69
I live in Japan and I don't have such a bad impression of Japanese old people. Most of them are friendly and I have never met a xenophobic old person. I think Japanese zoomers are much ruder and more xenophobic.
@@user-qm7jw Probably in the more rural/less toursty areas.
I hope everybody in Japan is going to be OK
Im a Filipino but Japan has a special place in my heart. Hearing these facts about Japan makes me sad.
My brother forgot what happened from 1939-1945
@@ayaanaali8852 We never forgot what happened. We just learned how to move on and focus on the present.
We do not dwell on the past too much.
I'm from the PH as well if you're wondering.
@@ayaanaali8852 that's being judgemental my brother. We don't blame the children for their parents' mistake.
Think about your own country first.
@@reijinvyskra1759 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻
Sometimes I regret not living in Japan for at least a few years, but I think I probably would have been pretty lonely there. It's a shame, but hopefully things turn around there in a few decades.
Gotta have friends
@@shrivakImpossible if you're a foreigner living in Japan. Japanese people have pretty closed friend groups.
@@LethalByChoicenot impossible.. but hard and you HAVE to speak japanese rather fluently to have a real chance
It's easy making friends in Japan. Simply follow your hobbies and it'll connect you with folks in Japan. I've done it, even if briefly, allowing me to meet new folks. Once I came back to Canada things fell back apart because of distance and my constant venting about how much Trudeau is killing Canada, and Japan is struggling on its end.
I connected with people through Kantai Collection. Try to find something similar. Even use DeepL. If Japanese care they'll try to connect with you on those translation devices. Being in a rural setting also helps, yet RNG is RNG, you'll probably find someone to befriend you.
I'm blogging my experiences, even videos on my channel. It's slow going, yet it's going up bit by bit.
That's why a lot of Japanese people are leaving Japan, especially some Japanese companies
Japan still have the lowest rate of emigration overseas among developed countries. South Korea has more than 10 times as many renounced citizenship as the Japanese.
@@asdfghjjhgfIt's not that bad comparatively to other countries. Only really the US (and maybe the UK/Australia) does better than Japan in terms of net migration, and Japan's quality of life is higher in my opinion. I'm perfectly satisfied with my life in Japan.
@@wakannnai1 You are dying out you will have a small workforce less money, and you are saying it is not that compare to others.
@@wakannnai1your country is being brought down by stubborn, conservative, hypocritical elders, in 50 years you
will lose all your internanional importance
@@jameswatson5807no problemo international slav.. labor coming to Japan
I love your honesty.
Btw, "Wages will continue to fall, taxes will continue to rise" is a truth for most countries. 🙁
its going to be the end of the world already
@@shairis2007”it’s going to be the end of the world already” people when they realize that there’s still hope and that humanity shall persevere even in these dark times:
@@The_scrongler1978Me when the indomitable human spirit
People seem to forget that it is the end for poor countries.
Why do you think there are so many refugees already.
This number is only going to rise, and at some point Europe etc. will block itself of.
Politicians favor the elderly more everywhere, even if it's less culturally the norm. At least everywhere in developed countries.
I wouldn't live there, but I will visit it someday and enjoy how beautiful it is. I hope the country gets better.
Japanese people need to have more children, and the younger generations need to be respected more.
Hard to do when the country is working its people to death and holds too many ancient traditions.
i would if i can, the only problem is that i have no girls 😭
The younger generation need to fight for what favours them. Nothing is free, you need to fight for what you want
@@CactusCowboyDanThere comes a time were you either die from being choked, or you fight back. Japan has chosen to choke itself out, unless the younger generations say enough and prioritize having families again.
@@Undomaranel What’s the point?
Thank you for always being candid and explaining these things in easy to understand language. I hope you enjoy your travels!
Also the insane rate of sexual harassment and sexual assualt in the country...
Really, it's that bad?
I've heard stories, but I didn't know it was this pervasive.
May you please elaborate and clarify further?
@@Trenex1000the statistics aren't there. the belief is that it's like 90% + unreported and that's how they can call it one of the worst place on earth for women
@@Trenex1000there's a reason Japanese train porn is so prevalent even after most porn sites started cracking down on nonconsensual acts simulated or (and I hope this isn't the case) not. They have female only train cars but there's so many people packed like sardines in there that not every woman is lucky enough to fit in them and a ton of women still get stuck in the genpop cars, and the culture of the country is so strict that most women don't even report their assault because the men they report it to will just shame them. Everyone loves to look at Japan through rose tinted glasses and make excuses but they have a ton of problems they refuse to solve because of just how many older people won't let go of the way they were raised, and the world at large makes excuses like "but that's just their culture!" Which is true, but look where their culture's gotten them: high sexual assault rates, no one having kids, and workplace exploitation that rivals and even surpasses the US. You don't have to live there to see the harm they're doing to themselves
Yeah, there's a Japanese word called チカン("chikan", groping).
@@Trenex1000 Just for context, by law, Japanese cell phones have to have a shutter noise of some sort that has to play at full volume whenever a picture is taken. This is because it was getting increasingly common for perverts to take pictures of the inside of women's and girl's skirts and post them online. I might add the most targeted people were high school students (ages 15 to 17).
This is genuinely really sad 😢 love Japanese culture
Nothing last for ever
Nothing you can do about it. Japan has been under US economic colonisation since its defeat. Its politicians made insane self destructive economic policies.
You like sushi and anime m8 just like every other weeb
@@cassandrine weebs are upset that some Japanese want to leave japan.
@@cassandrinewell atleast they love something. Couldn't say the same for you, m8
Japan *has a declining population that shrinks more and more*
Japanese politicians and voters: "Oh no, if only we could've done something to prevent this..."
A work life balance would probably help. I have heard in Denmark they typically work 37.5 hours a week. It would take a miracle for the Japanese to adopt this practice but it would give young Japanese people the time to enjoy life a bit more and have the time and energy for a family. In itself a declining population is not always a bad thing if that decline is slow and gradual leading to a stabilisation point in the future, but it is bad when your population graph looks like an upside down pyramid.
@@stuartclarke3171 37 hours a week? In the state's it's usually 40hrs but even that is changing because u.s. companies are finding out that long hours affects productivity.
I know Japan has longer hours I suppose because of their culture. A UA-camr working in JP asked his co-worker about the F.I.R.E movement, and would he consider ever trying to retire early? The co-worker looked baffled as to why someone would ever want to retire early.
@@stuartclarke3171 How is Denmark's birth rate?
@@johnprager662 Higher than Japan's.
@stuartclarke3171 That doesn't answer my question. Is it above replacement rate? Is it currently increasing? If you are going to display a policy as pronatalist, at least demonstrate that it had an effect on fertility.
Also for those who want to have a family with a Japanese, don't do it, or at least in Japan, since Japanese laws are in favor of the Japanese people before any foreigner (even with citizenship). So, for example, in the event that there is a dispute over the custody of the children, the Japanese will always have it, regardless of whether that person is a threat to the children.
Not entirely true. Japanese laws are in favor of WOMEN. So if you’re a guy, you have a chance of completely losing custody. But Japanese men do not have the same privilege. So it doesn’t matter the citizenship, but the parentage.
As someone who wants to smash and dash, I see this as an absolute win
For me personally Japan is great place to visit but living there or settling is bit tough decision....
Can’t say I want to live there. I have a Japanese friend who convinced me not to. 😅 I still want to visit, however! It’s a beautiful island with delicious food and beautiful culture. I’d love to visit at least 4 times and experience every season there. The seasons are so intense over there and absolutely gorgeous.
You guys just eat super bland food that you find so many flavour in the same soy sauce like 1000x..
@@NAME-15 the country where I’m from uses all kinds of flavors, and I’ve always had an interest in international cuisine. 🙄
@@NAME-15 also who is “you guys”???
@@Annatomova7 all the people of your country..
@@NAME-15Bulgarians? Not very sure about that.
I've always thought of Japan as a nice place to visit, but not somewhere I want to live. Plenty of videos have said that living in Japan as a foreigner is hard, so while I appreciate the culture, it's not a place I can see myself being in the rest of my life.
Living anywhere as a foreigner is hard. The country isn't tailored to you, you're outnumbered, the legal system isn't what you're used to, preservation of culture makes you a target if things go bad, you have no foundations to build from, there's varying language barriers, and you never can trust if your new friends and acquaintances have your back. That's the case with every country.
Yes and Japan doesn't want you either
@ppp3709 you must be speaking from experience
Much respect to you Shogo. I love your honesty. Best wishes to you and your family.
There are similar things happening in places around the world, especially in my country. I think it's a matter of "pick your poison" when it comes to finding a country to live in
Exactly. Finally a sensible response.
yep, walk safe in Japan or get hit in the head for your shoes in San Francisco. Japan's problems are solvable. America's are MUCH more complicated.
@@DianaRussia531 thats how I feel as well. The US is in such a horrible state so why tf wouldn't I choose Japan over the US?
@@itsAddie34 Luckily, there are more countries than the two. The US is the worst, most troubled western country. While every country has their issues, pretty much every other western country does better than the US.
@@solar0wind im not saying there aren't and im not saying each country doesn't have it's own issues. it was just a comparison of the two because im from the US and the video is about japan, which is a place i plan on living in the future ^.^
Hopefully there are people in Japan working now to make changes to prevent some of these issues since they can see them coming. Appreciate the honesty
In are 2 week trip we saw 2 noticeable pregnant women. The population in Tokyo alone in more than 14 million ppl and we barely saw children. If we saw families with children they were visitors. In Osaka we did see more local mother’s with their children.
That would imply politicans care for the long-term well-being of their country instead of short-term vote increases...😅
I'm a high schooler in Japan but I dream of getting out of here one day. The ancient societal standards are just not for me
As an otaku, Shogo-san was the first to break my delusions about Japan. Like its the ideal country to live in. I love how honest you are. Thank you, Shogo-san
Edit : Some people are confused about me saying "as an otaku." Otaku is a real Japanese word which means someone who loves manga, novels, anime etc. Otaku and Weeb are same thing.
On the other hand "Weaboo" is a word used in internet which means a person who is a nerd when it comes to Japan. Hope it helps
I mean, if you're an otaku/weeb, you should be among the first to know about the harsh living conditions for the average japanese citizen. Unless you avoided any kind of slice of life or more or less grounded animes. Even the currently popular isekai genre usually starts with an overworked dude dying from exhaustion.
@@moteroargentino7944 I was a weeb from childhood. And by weeb, I mean an anime lover. So I used to think that Japanese society was like it was shown in anime. And as I was a kid, I only used to watch Doraemon, Pokémon and some others where the harsh side wasn't showed
"As an otaku" IS CRACKING ME TF UP 💀
im sorry but anyone who labels themselves as an otaku is a massive nerd💀
@@cad1848 yeah that's what otaku means
Thank u for ur honesty we all need ppl like u from different countries.
I was in Tokyo for a month on vacation this spring. I didn't want to leave. I really like the people, the food, the architecture, the natural beauty, and the convenience of not needing a car. I'm still tempted to moved despite the warnings.
It will be quite some time before Japan begins to approach, f/e, the USA in terms of dysfunction. I suspect that “30 years from now Japan” is probably equivalent to “1990s US.”
I can understand why you would leave a country with rising concerns and issues,as I similarly come from a African country with many economical and social issues. Yet I feel it may still be quiet sad to leave a country you have grown up in. I wish you luck and success my friend,you deserve what you earn in life.❤🎉
Going by your name your south african
@@maadtee6281 No Nigerian😂,jk u guessed correct,just dint want to call out anyone.
@@maadtee6281well, I am South African and I want to leave. I am white and it's not because of crime. I just don't feel connected to the county anymore. We rarely form deep friendships across the colour lines here, we are divided by so many languages and I have nothing in common with 95% of my fellow whites.
@@waverider8549it's so sad that there's still such a divide between races :'(
@@owlblocksdavid4955Its time to come to terms with the fact that humans are naturally racially tribal people. Always have been and always will be. You yourself have racial prejudices as a result of nature-given pattern recognition. Some people are just not as honest as others and continue to virtue signal.
I knew all these but still decided to move in japan, i like the peace i find by myself and honestly in 2 months i havent faced a single problem yet, the main issue is the language barrier but im working on it since im studying the language and learning stuff everyday at the university. People shouldn't be scared and give it a try cause everything becomes an experience in life. Thank you for your honesty about this post 😊
Well said
2 months means you're still in honeymoon mode. Get back to us after 2 years after when your rose-colored glasses finally came off
@@tribzman3977Fair enough.
@@tribzman3977 this tbh
thanks for sharing your thoughts with us randoms 🙏
Our politicians did prioritize the elderly too but got severely punnished for that.
At the next election the young decided to punnish them by finally going to vote for anyone but them.
The party immediately lost the power and wasnt able to be part of the government because its former partner that now had the most votes didnt partner with them. It seems like they understood the message from the voter.
Unfortunately from my understanding of Japanese politics, few young people even know how to vote or who they can vote for, because it's all so focused on the elderly.
You're doing what you need to do to ensure your survival. That alone is admirable Shogo.
😢
Me who just started living in Japan for a job: *chuckles* I'm in danger
Get out get out get out get out Get out get out get out get out Get out get out get out get out Get out get out get out get out
Japan might be a certified dungeon, but it's a Fun dungeon.
Man it breaks my heart.. as a foreigner and as someone who's fallen in love with the country and it's culture..it's really sad..
Same, man. Same.
Dw, it's the Japanese. They'll bounce back.
@@notchillstorm i hope so..
😢
Honestly Im okay living in my country, Malaysia. Its somehow peaceful, although our political situation is a little messy and 'chaotic' still, its a thing that happens so often that we dont really care. I had a past colleague of mine whos Malaysian who's married to a Japanese guy, Ive had a conversation with him before abt Living in Japan and he said he doesn't like it there so after he got married to her, he moved down from Kyoto to Terengganu and he said he likes living in Malaysia more than living in Japan because its less busy and living life in Malaysia is much more slow paced than it is in Japan. But then again, Im not saying this from this guy's perspective to convince you that Japan is not a great place, it is, all countries has its flaws and its okay to decide your journey in life and where you want to settle based off your lifestyle. ❤ from 🇲🇾
What flag is that
That is so sad. Such a rich culture as well. But it is what is best for your family.
This makes me want to be in more of a hurry to try living in Japan for a year.
@AgentGodzillaRP to get the experience of living in japan before it’s too late
@@weirdboi3375lmao
@janda5816probably new
@janda5816 Making new friends, visiting new areas, and actually having locals guide you around using DeepL and Google translation. As long as you're kind to them they'll be the same to you. It helps being in less touristy areas and in actual more "human" areas, if you know what I mean. Go where tourists rarely travel to get an actual experience.
Lot of people have best experiences in rural Japan.
This is sad. I hope there is some way things can get better in Japan. Many people still live there and may not have the means to leave.
Well way to crush some dreams, but honesty is the best policy and I respect that
I should send this to all my weeb friends who call themselves otaku and dream about living in Japan.
Do it.
I hope things get better for the Japanese people.
Agree
Everyone about their home country: DON'T live in my country.
Someone else's grass is greener
Dont live in Brazil
Don't live in America.
Don't live in Somalia.
Don't live in Russia
Thank you for this video! I feel the same way about my area and I am always surprised when people move here when we can't house the people already here.
I find your honesty admirable. It's not easy to say the truth and you never shy away from it. Respect.
I'm not wishing to live in Japan, but I'm definitely going there.
I do really love the Japanese environment, views, infrastructure, gastronomy, and many other things.
Yeah. I would still live to taks visits there but definitely not live there😂
I really wish Japans government would prioritize the future. Listen to and understand the needs of your next generation. Culture and tradition are important and should be cherished. But a society must evolve to survive. Japan and it’s people are incredible and have insanely rich history. I hope nothing but the best comes to the future generations despite the struggle that is on the horizon. Japan and it’s people are resilient and more than capable of self correcting if everyone feels it’s worth it.
Seems multiple country are close to the verge of collapse or major disaster. Hopefully we can come together to effect change to avoid it!
I always hear about how great Japan is and that it’s one of the best places to live in the world.
Just need a correction japan is and it is one of the best places to “have vacation in the world” .
@@denamikaWatch It's also one of the best to live in the entire world. Many people would highly prefer those kind of "problems" instead of living in a poor country in Africa, where food is scarce and the future unknown, or surrounded by drugs, crime and violence in some countries in South America.
Living in Japan IS wonderful.
Only weebs and conservatives will tell you that
@@RepetitiveRoutine I heard mostly from foreign women who are married to Japanese men.
I feel like we're seeing this in a lot of places; here in the US for instance there are a lot of cities (and some whole states) where policies are catered to very specific groups and the general standard of living is, as a result, going downhill. Much of it is simple shortsightedness, honestly; it's hyperfixation on 'what benefits us in the next five minutes' instead of 'how do we improve over the next generation'.
Sadly in a lot of these cases it seems like the only way it's going to get fixed is for things in those localities to go so far downhill change will have to be forced instead of gradually improving otherwise. Hopefully Japan doesn't run into that, but sadly in general, it's a very cyclical thing in society.
Same applies for Cali especially SF and LA
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You may be dreaming of living in Japan.
But as a Japanese man living in Japan, I can’t recommend it for three reasons.
1. Many Natural Disasters
2. Elders Always have Priority
3. The National Power is Determined to Weaken
About 18.3% of the worldwide cost of disaster damage is spent in Japan, despite it occupying only 0.28% of the world's land area.
Japan still has strict hierarchical relationships, but it’s even worse now because of the declining birthrate and aging population.
Politicians are promoting policies that favor the elderly more and more, reducing the amount of money available for child care and education.
About 30 years from now, the working-age population is expected to be about 50%.
Wages will continue to fall, taxes will continue to rise, as it has for the past 20~30 years, and there are concerns that crime rates will rise as people's quality of life declines.
Clearly, Japan is one of the countries with the least amount of hope for a brighter future.
I myself will be going abroad in the next few years.
*The content is based on personal studies and experience
There is no intention of denying other theories and cultural aspects
Have you ever considered the F.I.R.E movement? ( Financial investment retire early) and do Japanese people ever consider retiring early.
My dad has a cousin who was born there, moved to America to attend college and earn a bachellor's degree in psychology, and then moved back where the degree is now useless, and judging from what she's shared with us about her life, it's becoming clearer and clearer that moving back was a mistake. The only reason she decided to move back is because of her Crohn's disease and the free health care.
Japan and Finland are quite similar in this.
Low birthrate, Baby Boomer generation now out of working life.
Except Finland has much higher tax rate than Japan
I am curious, why do the fins have such a high tax rate ?
@@noobikus5475
We've been trying to build a society which supports all it's members (not just the rich and powerful) with things like;
Hot meal to every child in public schools (until end of high school), set of baby care items and baby clothes to every mother that gives birth in Finland, housing for the homeless (even for the addict ones) so in Finland nobody "dies in the ditch homeless and starving" etc.
Working public services and resources mean higher taxation than in countries where people are expected always and in any situation "Create their own fate and future"
I've heard Europe and US both kind of short on truck drivers. You think it's hard to immigrate to work as one?
@@StarlingKnight ah now i get it, sounds nobel, but this Kind of social System depends on the might of the state. And you should never give the state such Power. Furthermore Money is stolen for Social Project, which don't cost what ever Politicians say it Cost. Making the whole System open to wash Money through. So which Organ is responsible for overwatching and checking wellfare and other Social Projects ?
@@ldmtag the easiest would be Canada. US truck drivers are at risk on par with roofers and construction workers.
Thank you for your honesty!
Crazy how the 80's depiction of Japan's future vs today's depiction of the future are different
respect for the elderly was important cuz there were only a few of them; now there’s a whole bunch of old people in Japan who act around harassing the young.
As a lover of japanese culture, this broke my heart. I've been lucky to visit Japan three times and I always plan more ja more trips.
Being in a Japan as a tourist and a worker are two different things.
@@roberthasudungan1546 Of course it is. But that doesn't mean I wouldn't care about their country 😊🙏
how surprised were you when 70 year old Shao Chi'sen didn't have subtitles below him?
you visited Japan three times?! I have been planning on going there some day but I wanted to know if I absolutely needed to know japanese to go on a trip there. I love the culture and I want to go there but I'm afraid that it will be disrespectful to the japanese people if I don't know how to comunicate in their language.
Being born there, I can say I love visiting, but it's not really a place I'd choose to live for general economical reasons.
I thought you are one of those "my country is perfect in every possible way " kind of guys/UA-camrs but i guess not.
You earned my respect
That's sad. Still I think it's worth to try. If it's getting worse we'll get it better.
Noted, still going over there. Went several times and it was peaceful and quiet, nobody bothered me and I bothered nobody.
I don’t think he’s saying not to visit he’s saying don’t live there indefinitely because the problems of the country are getting worse
The only said don’t live there, you Visiting means none of this (besides disasters) would affect you
You are very smooth brained Bill
I am really sad to hear that the author feels this way. I have talked with Japanese people and heard this constant refrain: “Why do you love Japan?” Not because they want to hear my answer, but rather: “Are you nuts?” So sad.
Or they just want to know ur opinion of their country!
The negative conclusion you had made is more like ur imagination making a jump!
@@lenitaa7938 No -- I've seen the look on their face, and heard the tone of their voice.
Not all Japanese people, for sure! But there's a thing I've seen of low self-esteem before, too.
Sora the Troll recounts this -- he's talked about in his youth, having a low sense of self-esteem, and a low sense of Japan as a country. Then he travelled around, and discovered: people are really impressed with Japanese people. It changed his view of himself and his country.
I pray that Japan will have a brighter future.
grass always greener
The government needs to start paying couples to have children
4. Always attacked by Kaiju each week
5. Every month you get a battle between evangelion angels in a random city.
and you will see a random hero being throwned over the sidewalk and the caped baldy will defeat the kaiju..
6. A man with a orange Gi fighting a lizard alien
I'm a 6'7 red headed Caucasian male. I love walking through Japan and everyone looks at me like I'm an alien. 🤣
👉🏼 “Godzilla!”
I’m not that tall, but when I lived there, I felt quite tall and for those few years, I could see over the top of just about everyone’s heads. I say just about as there was always an exception and a quite tall young adult or teen would stand out.
Not sure if it’s the KFC/McDonald’s effect or from drinking Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Dai-Jo-Bui drinks, but clearly, some Japanese can get very tall.. like dunk on me with little effort tall.
@@evolv.e Haha, that's cool.
With that height, you'll be looked like an alien in any part of Asia.
*attack on titan theme intensifies*
Dude fr turned into a titan from 40k 💀
moral of the story: you should only live in Japan if you're old 💀
You forgot these reasons
1. No subtitles
2. No music is played when there's a fight
3. They don't say ORA ORA ORA ORA when fighting
4. The animation is too realistic
I am planning to return to Japan after 40 years living abroad precisely for the reasons you cited.
Only the 2nd one, I suppose? Or are you into natural disasters and deterioration?
Oh, I get. You lived abroad for 40 years because of the reasons. Got it.
I'm glad to see that somebody is finally telling the truth about Japan.
“Don’t live in Japan because of economic reasons”
People living in Japan in 1945: 😐
population was growing, as for now... not this time
They had an economic boom until it came crashing down in the 90s. Until then they were kinda stagnating and effects of lost decade can be felt to this day.
@@kekeezy There were two times in June of 1945 that Japan lost 100,000 citizens in 0.05 seconds.
@@machwind3266 I think you mean August 6th and August 9th.
I think respecting elders has gone too far, to the point it hurts younger people.
Pewdiepie has been real silent ever since this dropped
But he’s rich, this isn’t really an issue to him
Pewidiepie is silent since he's away caring for his newborn son.
But even if this were not the case, the problems mentioned here would not affect people at his wealth level at all.
And even if it were to somehow affect him as well, he could just move to a different country again without affecting his career.
Because it doesn't matter to him.
Japan has always been sugarcoated and idolized by Americans, but behind the scenes it has just as many issues as any other place, and quite a few more than many places.
It's not an awful country, but it's not paradise, and it's been on the fall since the early 2000s
I have never really felt the need to want to live in japan, even before knowing all of its problems. i just want fi spend money there to at least help its economy and experience the country solely as a tourist.
Dayum, appreciate you being so blunt.
As a japanese bilingual, this is a topic of concern. Thanks for sharing. 😇
It's sad to think that people looking out for themselves and moving away means the faster decline of Japan. The 50% estimate might be even lower. I feel like the solution would be instead to encourage people to come work in Japan, meet the beautiful culture, and increase the working population. This would help the country stay on its feet and would offer a better chance for the future, wouldn't it? It's a unique problem to see more elderly people than youngsters...
What if, hypothetically, you still live in Japan but like in a far off valley in the sticks? idk it doesn't sound so bad (excluding the earthquakes/tsunamis)
I love Shogo-san's channel.💖 I may not be able to go to Japan personally, but I still love learning about it, and I'm sad that Japan has such bad situations. Shogo-san keep up the amazing videos.^^ 💖
The grass is always greener on the other side. Beware what you wish for.
True, it’s the same with pretty much every country. You start off looking at all the positives but then the more you look into it the more bad stuff you find.
No country is perfect.
Sometimes it actually is greener
He is in for a rude awakening, average japanese worker does the equivalent of a 4 day shift compared to the US worker.
@@godzilla2k26you realise there are countries other than the USA he could move to? A whole world exists outside of the US
@@jessicaa.1894 He can move anywhere he is allowed, but he said he was going to the US.
Thank you for your honesty sir
My life is already on a collision course to japan, none of this really deters me since I mostly expected it. I truely hope it gets better before I arrive.
me too
Why tho
you’re cappp
me too
Collision cpurse? How so? Sounds like its inevitable but there are generally very few reasons for that to be the case. Far more likely you love the culture based on what you see online and so desire to go there
I can’t imagine Japan becoming like Chicago or Detroit.
Chicago is a beautiful city
@@safwatnuman4297 Just ignore the constant gunshots and gang warfare.
@@safwatnuman4297*was
I left japan because I was too stressed I used to live around 10 years there
You know that people in Chicago and Detroit would say the same things about rundown towns too. It goes to show you that you always need to be careful and dont slip.
I lived there for three years and while the disaster part is bad, the other factors really don't affect life to much there.
I hope it doesn’t get much worse
Is the work culture ok?
@@autumn399it's not
I very much appreciate your honesty, but think it’s so sad that this is happening. 💔