History of Japan - Bill Wurtz REACTION!! | OFFICE BLOKES REACT!! 

I love Bill Wurtz so much. Especially how he leave the only long silence after the nukes. Really makes it hit. Great reaction Boys.

It's funny you mentioned that you think it takes a year to make one of these types of videos. Since bill did mention on the h3 podcast a while ago that it did literally take him nearly a year to make the history of the world video. I think he said this video on Japan took him like 4-6 months. Most of that time is just researching everything and making sure it's as accurate as can be.

I know this one too by heart

It wasn't Ieyasu who initiated the isolation of Japan, though, but his grandson Iemitsu. The culture of the Edo period was quite rich. The literacy rate was 70%, and even women learned to read and write. Geometry and math problems were popular among farmers, including problems to find the area of the same figure as Soddy's hexlet. If you do an image search on 算額, you can see the issues that were drawn at the time. All the answers are by farmers

I just love Bill! If he taught history to children, everyone would want to be a historian! I definitely have to pause for laugh breaks.🤣

Fabulous! Yeah, the history of Japan is quite... Extravagant. Which is intense. Have a great one, gents!

In regards to what Dave was saying at the end about Americans not buying Japanese cars, especially in the 1970s and 1980s, it was more about people losing jobs in automotive industry than it was about World War II. In 1982, two auto workers beat a Chinese guy, who they thought was Japanese, to death because they were upset about losing their jobs. The war was a factor for some but I think jobs were a bigger factor.

These kind of history videos are more entertaining when you know the history.

Happy to have it. Ashamed of how you got it.

I’m gonna take credit for this considering I told you to review it the other day. Thanks for the upload!

Can you guys watch the American Civil War By Oversimplified, please?

bill wurtz did history of japan before the world video

It's interesting that he never mentions Shintoism, the dominant religion in Japan based on regional spirits and that the Imperial Family is supposedly descended from (The first emperor is, according to the religion, a descendent of Amaterasu, Goddess of the Sun). Based on studies, over 70% of Japanese people identify as Shinto (though 69% also identify as Buddhist, so there's a lot of crossover there).

About cars: Resistance to Japanese car imports (and others items) in the '70s was due to the dying of the American steel industry and the perception that Japanese products were much lower quality. Brought on by the various labor unions (steel, autoworkers, etc.) trying to protect their remaining member's jobs. TBH the cars were cheaper quality but mostly because they contained less conveniences and priced according. But throw in VAT and other import taxes...

This is the sort of video you have in your first lesson - its nowhere near enough to learn from, but its the sort of thing that you'll learn something and go, "oh yeah, I remember something about that, sort of" and have a sort of general overview, even if you didn't really place it right away. Its kind of genius honestly, learning without actually learning.

Love your channel. I'll send stateside snacks as soon as I can!

Found your channel love your vids!

Great reaction guys.

There’s a great channel called “The Shogunate” that has a whole video series on the Sengoku Jidai period (warring states) if you guys are interested. I don’t know if I’d recommend it as a reaction series as it’s very long, but if any of you are personally interested in Japanese history I highly recommend checking it out.

Those hats are cleeeeeean, just got one that looks just like it but has OC for ocean city. Gunna snag one when they come out for sure.

My grandfather served in the pacific, and while he was an open minded guy and made friends with several Japanese people after the war, he never bought any Japanese cars and didn’t let his wife or kids buy one either. Those companies made all the military equipment, so while I think of sports cars when I hear Mitsubishi, he thought of fighter planes. After he died grandma bought a Toyota.

There's actually series on netflix about that Japan big war until they had 200+ years of peace. Check it...it's pretty good.

good thing I came here after I saw your TikTok content

Just finished watching a doco about this exact same subject!

Japan is just the England of the East. History full of civil wars, imperialism, and devotion to an archaic monarchy.

Another fun video BYE!

Name any country and Daz will tell his story lol

If you find out a restaurant has rats, they're not exactly gonna be your first choice if you're going out... If an outbreak happened in Sweden, it'd be the same thing. Everyone would be wise/cautious of containing the spread until it's over. You don't suddenly say, alright lads, this is the best time to go to sweden! lol

You’re welcome 🇺🇸

this was Really good! the massive pause. it was like a high note from my favorite singer for some fucked up reason.

fun fact, even after the second atom bomb the japanese imperialists didnt want to surrender

Maybe 60s and parts of the 70s americans didnt drive as much foreign cars but by the 80s Toyota was popping off in the USA

Dave's rap name is Lil Ginger. 🤣

14:30 DAVE=No French stuff. Though you can get great deals on French military rifles that have never fired, and only dropped once. 😜

Man that series on Netflix is really good too lol

When we getting our hands on those fancy hats

FINALLY

My grandfather was stationed at pearl Harbor when it was attackedand then he got sent to Japan and then afterwards got sent to Korea so he was absolutely one of those people that hated Asian people and any product from that part of the world. Now I don't condone the hatred of whole cultures of people but for a generation like my grandfathers that lived through those things he did it's completely understandable.

Hey you should watch here comes the sun by bill wurtz its a very good high quality video

BILL WURTZ! NO FUCKING WAY

Nice

Is that Daniel Craig?

Some constructive criticism. I noticed that you guys let the video go for about 5 minutes without saying anything. It’s probably about the very fast pace of the video, but I do enjoy it more when you all provide input, even if it’s a subject you don’t all know much about. I hope you appreciate this, and congratulations on 80k subscribers!

Guy in the white hat looks kinda like Andy Serkis

I'll be straightforward with you guys. It was a great decision going with a simple logo on the hat. You could place that logo on a shirt as well and I guarantee you it will sell better than the current "walmart cartoon" design shirt you guys have. The cartoon is great as a profile picture, but merchandise will always sell better if the design is simple and/or minimalist. You guys are hilarious and I watch all your videos :)

Damn i missed the notification by an hour 😔

When we gonna get some Rainbow Six Siege Reactions to TheDooo

have these guys reacted to epic rap battles of history???

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Should watch the war with Japan and U.S in the pacific. Veteran nterviews 😊

Y’all should react to Operation Downfall, or “The Insane American Plan to Invade Japan in 1945”, by Real Life Lore. It kinda gives you insight as to why we dropped two atomic bombs on Japan.

We don't buy American or Japanese cars. We buy Korean cars made in America, and American trucks made in Mexico.

Around the 70's, 80's, etc; people wanted to boycott Japanese goods because it was hurting out economy. Like the imports from China are doing now.

Well, it wouldn't be a stretch to say that the US had a large part in how well the Japanese did post WW2 economically,, and was closely partnered with them past the oversight stage... having that said, Japanese cars are very common and have been a long time in the US. I don't know of anyone that ever "boycotted" Japanese cars, because government contracts and the like kind of made them mainstream. It's almost the opposite of what you're saying; Japanese products were pretty much pushed onto the American people. There are lots of Toyota, Nissan, etc. factories all over the US, and they employ lots of Americans.

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More oversimplified would be great!

😂 I believe that the Anglo-Japanese Alliance was the real ally. And Churchill, too, was said to have had a fondness for Japan because of his mother's influence. History is manipulated by its writers and we should be able to see the truth.

The reasoning behind the US dropping the bombs thankfully wasn’t because the wanted to try them out. Lol

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Yes! And now onto the entire rest of the world Edit: oh

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USA dropped two bombs Japan gave us hentai fair trade to be honest

Fun Fact it was almost the British who dropped the Nuclear Bombs on Japan. Britian was heavily involved with the research and development of the Bomb. At that time the USA didn't have a plane that was big enough to carry the massive bomb and also had the range to reach Japan. The only capable plane the US had was the B-29 but it had to be significantly modified to be able to drop the Bombs and had their been any delays or problems in accomplish this there were plans for the Brits to carry out the mission using the Avro Lancaster bomber. The Brits even did practice Bomb runs and everything. The squadron was top secret known as the "Black Lancasters". ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5XX9ptCNpik.html

The war in the Pacific was extremely brutal. War is terrible wherever it takes place but the Pacific theater was especially brutal. There are a lot people who blame racism but most of it steemed from the Japanese disdane for anyone who surrendered. Ask Australian or British veterans of the war what they thought of the Japanese. Ask Filipinos who were victims of the Japanese. The Japanese are still disliked in China. The Japanese believed in total submission to the emperor and the state. So imagine just 20 or so years later a former Marine being asked to buy a car made by the country whose soldiers brutalized him and his fellow Marines. I'm happy that we have advanced in our understanding of different peoples but I'm not going to criticize a man for not being able to move on from his experiences. Context is always an important aspect. If anyone is interested in investing some time into the history of the Japanese experience in WW2 I would suggest Dan Carlin's Supernova in the East on RU-vid. It's long but it's an amazing view into the Japanese experience in the war and a peak into their amazing and complex culture.

3:14 この｢聖徳太子｣というのは確かに、｢厩戸皇子｣という名前がついていますが、天皇陛下の側近となったため、｢Prince｣というのは難しいところです。 あと……ちょこちょこ時代がごっちゃになってたり、実際と違うところがあったりするのが気になりますね…… あと日本ではすごく有名な遷都だらけ のあの人がいないのが気になる……あの人絶対遷都しかしてない。 長文、失礼しました。 日本人としての感想として流していただけると幸いです。

You guys should react to the Insane Plan to Invade Japan in World War II. It would really put a picture on what the heck would have happened if the Japan hadn't surrendered.

Fun fact there was a massive invasion planned for Japan that was estimated to potentially add two more years to the war if Japan didn't surrender. There was also a third nuclear weapon almost ready to use as well but Japan surrendered before any of that occured.

It's ridiculous how good of a primer this is, actually. You say it's at best edutainment, but it way, way surpasses everything about your ordinary TV (or school) lessons - never mind that no country ever teaches their kids the history of Japan, of all things they don't have enough time to teach. And you have to be careful to not dismiss any of the information he conveys as fluff, just take Russia building railroads because they want warm water - sounds like a throwaway line, but every little blurb he puts in there has a historical reason for it. Warm water is indeed a big motivator in this ordeal, and while it sounds dumbed down, he puts in huge headlines of the countries history which if you looked up or had some accompanying guide to (people made those btw for Wurtz' vids), would probably mean that you end up with a more intimate knowledge of Japan than of your own country... on average at least. You have to supplement any resources, but if you treat this like a Tom Lehrer song or the Animaniacs stuff, you end up with kids who memorized entire abstract overviews of every single country in the world - easily because you can just infuse kids with knowledge if you approach the issue properly. Making it appealing is the biggest part of it all, so many great teachers went unnoticed because they just couldn't go the last mile. Which they are painfully aware of more often than not, it's an art in its own right to be sure. Still, take this material into the classroom, something a couple folks are thankfully doing already, and watch the average "slow" kid in 2030 completely outmatch us stupid adults with niche knowledge at best. Super exciting stuff, clever kids are going to change everything.

When America dropped the Atomic Bombs onto Japan, after the long pause of silence you see the while flag with the words "You Win" as a nice touch to how Japan surrendered instantly after the bombs were dropped. It would have been funny if the white flag said "You're Winner" just to explain the Engrish that the Japanese had to the western countries.

Anyone who served in the pacific absolutely forbade their family from buying Japanese goods. Grandpa talked of how horrible the Japanese soldiers were - just cruel an brutal. You can’t really blame them - it would be hard to forgive. A second reason that many Americans didn’t buy Japanese cars is the importance of the auto industry in the US, it meant many jobs being lost.

The initial Japanese stuff was crap is why people didn't like it. Over time, they got better at it making it, especially their cars and CNC machines, but for several decades they were pretty crappy.

There were a lot of WWII veterans who wouldn't buy anything from the Japanese. My dad was an engineer at an tier 1 automotive supplier. They made sun visors and other interior parts for America auto manufactures. One of the Japanese car companies wanted them to make parts for their cars. The guy who owned my dad's company was a WWII veteran from the Pacific and flat out refused. He would routinely use derogatory words to describe the Japanese, and hated them with a passion. The thing is, the Japanese were ten times more brutal than the Germans. We see these WWII movies set in Germany and everything is very chivalrous. Prisoners are treated with a modicum of respect on both sides. Cease fires for Christmas were honored. In the Pacific, none of that was true. The Japanese fought to the death. They fought hard, and what the Americans considered dirty. They fought to the death. If an American was taken as a prisoner of war, he would be lucky to survive the next year in a Japanese prison camp. Unlike the European theater, the men who fought in the Pacific theater were very reluctant to talk about the war. Many of them had PTSD until the day they died.

Естественно ни слова о разгроме Квантунской армии войсками СССР. И отчего я не удивлён. хехе

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I thought you wouldn’t get most of the facts, but then I remembered you weren’t americans

He is clever, but way too left-wing in his historical revisionism for his histories.

I love watching non-americans react to these fun history videos haha (Americans wouldn't understand jack shit lol)

Korea influenced to Japan in ancient history was still diminished in this video. And 16 century Japan invade Korea but finally failed cause navy commandos ‘Lee Soon Shin’ destroyed Japanese supply route in ocean. It is missing. Japan killed Korean queen and eat Korea for 36 years and killed so many innocent civilians and stoled Korean National treasures during WW2. They never apologize what they did in Korea and never teach about their darkness history to their young generation. Their economy was grown by Korean War and Vietnamese war. Also 30 years lost of economy development make them Japan become 3rd world country again. They still use fax machine and CD. Credit card is not prefer to use buying stuff.