Ike Nwala Is A Black Comedian Who Has Become Japan’s Most Unlikely Star (HBO) 

This is incorrect information. In Japan , there are many popular black person talent　long ago. As examples, Anton Wicky(1979～)、Ousmane Sankhon (1986～)・・・Countless・・・・

You mean Patton Oswalt?

No. Anton Wicky who are active for long time in Japan

Leftist Vice spreading globalist propaganda. Japan will never be multicultural and is proud of it.

so what about modern stars? you're making them sound few and far between

Cloud 64 ! You get offended by everything shut up

Cloud 64 ! Why bring that up?

yeh lol

sunjo Shp I'm late, but i totally get what you're saying. i overheard 2 kats speaking french once when they both clearly spoke english. it's one of "why?" moments, didn't help that it was small and casual conversation either.

At one point it was probably weird to see two black folks speaking English to each other, too

Sixes 365 he is black

@@lilijody I know black don't crack bro my parents are in their late 50's and could pass for 42 year olds

Its all those lovely Japanese skincare products

@@MixedRogueKhorri Naw, it's because he's Black.

I was wondering when someone was going to do that black don't crack line. He's only 32 people don't crack at 32yo. Nobody looks 42! 30,35,40,45 yes but not 42. However, black does crack. I can put up links of you like and ones of beautiful white people over 60 and even over 80

7か月前のコメントに今更だけど、 東京ディズニーシーのネタを日本人（アジア人）がやっても20万RTはされなかったと思うな。外国人だから注目されてるんだと思うよ。

ingrid あれは発音の良さが評価されたのだと思います。

@@tos2100 じゃあ例えばアメリカ育ちの発音完璧アジア人が同じことやったらどうなるだろうか？ 「英語話せるからって調子乗ってるな」とほとんどの日本人はそう思うだけで、別に面白いとは思わないでしょう。

ingrid アイクの間の取り方や表情が評価されたと思います。決して発音だけでなく もちろん外国人ということも注目の一端としてはあると思います。ですが外国人であるだけならばここまで長く続かないと思います。

何回「本当に」言うねん

It's 2020 the internet is freely available in Japan it's not restricted like in communist countries like China in a lot of cases it is racism if you have all these years exposed to all kinds of media and information about black people good and bad btw, surely that is enough time for a country to form an opinion towards a group of people overtime, you can't just defend these fully grown adults and treat them like children as if they lack basic comprehensive skills don't get me wrong as a black man I have lots of Asian friends in fact the majority of my friends are from Asian countries, but one things for sure I'm not ignorant to how their cultures can be towards my people I heard some of the locals there make monkey noises to some of the black tourists/visitors

@@loweni7460 there is racism eveywhere. They should teach african culture to japanese students if they dont already.

@@monkeykingmo-ri777 There is racism in many countries but some are worse than others saying a blanket statement like "racism is everywhere" is actually making the problem worse because it hides the countries that are the worst offenders you can't deny that Asian countries are some of the most hostile towards black people especially China

@@loweni7460 Regarding your first post, consider three factors: English is the common language of the internet; Japan is a self-sufficient country and conservative in nature; majority of Japanese citizens don't speak English. Due to these, the Japanese mostly stick to their part of the internet where they understand and could be understood, thus, further isolating themselves from sociopolitical happenings in the West. The exceptions are news and when some random Japanese dude translates a tweet or a post from English and it goes viral in the region. Also, Japan is pretty homogeneous, most of them don't even see foreigners during their lifespan. Just like in many Asian countries.

@@monkeykingmo-ri777 judging by your analogy they should teach them about ALL cultures then

Doesn't sound fluent. possible it was scripted? Maybe could just be nervous?

@@caposolomon8745 I watched his feature on Marie Kondo the other day. I'd say he speaks pretty fluently.

@ HAI!

@@caposolomon8745Japanese is my first language and it sounds 100% fluent. Remember not everyone in Japan has the same accent there is Kanto, Kansai etc

@@caposolomon8745 Nah I think it sounds choppy cause he is dropping most words but that's fine because the interview tone is casual, it does sound a little unprofessional but on the other hand overcompensating with honorifics in this context would also cause people to complain ahaha the "e" (don't know how to spell it in English) sound was done so well I was surprised

So well said

I am curious though if Japan is so open with foreigners in their media why do they not allow many foreigners? Why is the country so homogeneous in it's Japanese race? Specifically why does it's anime lack people of color if foreigners are so loved in media?

Arianna Silva, well for one, I think it's because they dont exactly need to have foreigners in their media. Japan in itself is kind of conservative, being a country that obv prides itself with its pure japanese ethnicity as well as a rich and maybe even ancient culture, so things like diversity is not an issue in their society. Let's take an example, the United States. The US has a pretty diverse work force in their media, why? Because America itself is already a very diverse country due it being a literal country of/for immigrants. Not to mention the past problems it had relating to racism and cultural divides, all of this is then reflected into their media, where it's common to a black and a ehite on the same stage. Going back to Japan, they have none of this. There is no racial issues, no cultural divides, no separation between two people, none. Japan is a country of one people and one culture, so it shouldn't be a problem for them to only cast Japanese. Besides, just as he said in the video, there're already ads and billboard and whatnot that showcase foreigners. And on your question about anime, there are foreign characters in some shows, but like I said they never really need to make foreign characters in the first place.

Eh dude, if there’s anything about white peoples, it’s that their experience has to represent all others and minority’s opinions are only valuable until they disagree with their own. Because “minority input” that is good is good minority opinions, but “their opinion” is merely just objectively good. Like some god level stuff. The minority validation is a stamp of extra confirmation, not even a requirement for most whites.

Arianna Silva Because Japanese people value social order over everything. I stand by this statement and know most Japanese would choose 50 black nurses over 20 criminal Japanese. In Traditional Japanese society, you are deemed useless if you do not either contribute by work or carry yourself with grace. So black people adopting that manner of grace is much more valuable than 20 trouble makers in Japan. They also realize that society by default means being social and it’s important to introduce people at a rate in which they can assimilate. Imagine if society had a controversy. Let’s say for example that for example, a certain religion didn’t want anymore chicken in the neighborhood. 1 person is that person dealing with it. 10 people is just that group dealing with it. What about 1 million? 10 million? Suddenly they may be in a position to demand chicken is not kosher and demand total suppression of chicken. And the other side will be like, “why?”. Or imagine a new group of people demanding veganism only, or the reverse, a new group saying meat shall be required with all meals. Point is, diversity isn’t about skin color (the US sees it this way because they are naive and inexperienced) diversity is about culture. And cultural social traits are complex. They are complex and deserve respect. They are complex therefore may introduce social disruption. Social disruption leads to disaster in Japan. Japan is a very resource poor part of the world. They import everything from becoming badass at contributing with their minds, but also because they have nothing else to offer the world. Their lands have no minerals, no jewels, no oil. Their contribution is with ideas. Why? Because their land is poor. Poor lands need social order. Social order become better with diversity. But at the proper rate. Don’t believe me? Look at the US right now. Is the US diversity rate worth it, if it ends in social fabric tearing? Won’t it be BETTER for the US AND DIVERSITY if slowing down the MPH lead to social stability AND continued rate of inclusion? Why be so upset about maintaining the current rate or increasing it if it pisses people off. Your response may be “well who cares what they think”. “Who cares”??? You started this entire premise on that not caring about the alien is important thing to change. Maybe you should start by caring and understanding that your neighbors you disagree with are still neighbors and that despite deep misunderstandings, not caring isn’t the answer. Start local. Love thy neighbor (not Christian but seemed too appropriate to not throw in)

glad he found recognition for his amazing talent!

True cultural exchange

That Zero-Desu and Taxi was fuckin funny.

Well, in that case, Japanese should also learn how to do his hair. Cultural exchange should go both way, it's called true respect...

@@blackmennewstyle Should, Could, You'll complain about everything even when progress is clearly being made.

Speeke engrish?

@@ophiolatreia93 He wanna tell that many Japanese think Ike Nuwara is really fascinating, which isn't a flattery

I think this is actually a flattery in the Japanese style, for now.

@@ophiolatreia93 この人日本人の英語をバカにしてるんだよ。日本人がEnglish のLをRと発音したりするから。

@@ophiolatreia93 you are racist.

nac mic もっとみんな人と接する事で感受性豊かになっていくと思うし、なっていって欲しいよね そしてもっと人と人寄り添って生きていく事が本当に大事だなってこの動画を観て思いました。

差別ってよりコンプレックス、もっと言えば恐怖やと思うな。それもある種の差別なのかもしれんけど。

nac mic 日本は同質であることを強いる社会やからな… アメリカとかは多様性の塊みたいな国やからいちいち自分とは違う人に突っ込んでたらキリないから寛容やけど、日本は日本人以外に対しての接し方とかに全く慣れてないから仕方ないといえば仕方ない

アイクの主張は正しい けどだからと言ってこれを我々日本人が「そうなんだよ！知らないだけなんだよ！」と正当化していいわけじゃない

nac mic can someone translate please? 😔

アイクだったw

それおもった 続きを読む

全く同じ感情抱いてて草

全く同じ

タイトル書いてるやん

ほんとそれに尽きる

ブライアンと同じだよな

What

so i started learning kanji first but i stopped after 3 days, i think you guys already know why

心根が日本なわけねーだろ。 頭がいいんだよ。

Agreed

nice explanation

As a 30 year old japanese citizen, yes, it's not about the appearance and all on whether we can communicate using the language everyone understands. There were a handful of black kids at my highschool, and boy were they popular. I've been told by a black classmate how they envied my ability to speak english and how they couldn't, even though they had an english speaking parent. But from how I(and many others) see it, anybody with foreign features are looked up to as cool :) The conversation about Nwala on the train made me think it just happened to be certain days where people with social anxiety just not sitting besides him, and him getting too much in his head. There are plenty of days where I would not sit even though seats are available in between; I'd rather stand just because. idk, that's my opinion :)

Wait is that true?!?. Lmaooo, all this time I thought that they thought we we’re dirty and dangerous, and that all black people are African

How about japanese looking asians? How does japanese perceive them?

I FLEW WHEN HE SAID THAT😭😭

haha

A shiny! man his humor is on point

"Niggaboy, I choose you!"

That had me dead lol

I think this applies to anyone who can speak the language fluently. I'll never forget going to Japan when I was 19 and getting off a train where hundreds of people in suits who to me all looked pretty much alike. They are the most hospitable and kindest people and they all speak English even back then; it's rare to find a westerner who speaks so fluently and I think this shows any minority that may be stuck somehow that if they learn another language FLUENTLY, all kinds of doors will open no matter what color and people will be color blind too! What a great story!

CaroleAnMarcella ok so first of all racist comment and second wtf are you on about . he's Nigerian American different dynamic .

I guess I must be a racist in your eyes then .

CaroleAnMarcella I'm just curious about the "they all speak English even back then", cuz if there's one true stereotype about the Japanese that's really undeniable, is that their English generally sucks big time. i'm not even talking about conversational yet broken English here. i'm talking about common Japanese people getting TERRIFIED in a situation where they need to speak more than 3 words in English.

Maybe I overstated it as I was staying with two Japanese girls and was also a guest of an American living there so everyone I met spoke English (not perfect English by any means but then I only spoke two words of Japanese so they impressed me) I'm sure things have changed as we are talking about 40 years ago and that was just my impression and I really don't know about the masses. Anyone NOT Japanese really stands out and I thought they seemed as fascinated by me as I was with them and so someone who speaks fluently has a huge advantage. I just remember getting off a train and never seeing so many men with black straight hair and same color of skin who seemed to look alike to me all dressed in the same dark suits and white shirts getting off the trains going to work. That's a young girls impression and if that sounds racists, I'm sorry.

ゴールドマン・サックスで働いてたからなw

Ur pfp is great

same

勉強がんばれ！

poppo hato さすがゴールドマンサックスの頭脳 ビビるほど有名な会社だよ

大学も飛び級で卒業してますしね

日本人向けの英語の発音を使い分けてるのが凄い

Cool

bruh

Yeah he's fucking amazing. Speaks fluent Japanese, goes to Japan working for Goldman Sachs, quits his job in Japan to do sketch comedy, actually succeeds and gets on TV, _stays_ on TV... how?

You're really dying for attention. Don't be jealous because you're pathetic and a complete loser at life with no notable accomplishments. Loser.

you fucking loser

Ze was being sarcastic, that's what the /s means. Of course there are so many ugly and stupid comments on youtube that without the /s we would have no idea Ze was joking, even though the context otherwise indicates it.

chigasaki06 im black and im learning japanese lol

Them good genes.

@@helbertremo6747 Black Don't Crack, and Asian Don't Raisin

@Isaac Fernandez He's a black dude in an Asian country so when he's 80, he'll look 30

@Isaac Fernandez Yeah

@@gaminglegend will need to stop. That lie gets old. U need to see more black ppl (older black ppl)

the worst part is he was on a kids show. and underaged girls whom he made stay at his home were on the show.

Richie no he is not.

Oh bummer No. I don't think so. It not like the late 90's or the early 2000's. Back then many of my friends married a Japanese nationist. He is buck-dancing.

They are laughing at him like an audience laughs at a trained animal in a circus.

I think your jealous, cause your life ain't shit.

One's entitled to one's opinion.

To follow his passion as an entertainer. Maybe he just doesn't want to sit in an office shoving papers or be a paper pusher.

Rimu N that’s exactly what I was thinking, Goldman Sachs has very high standards.

had had golden sacks to leave golman saches.

Money isn't everything if your not following your passion

The pay per amount of work expected isn't as rewarding and glamorous as it once was. For a dark but humorous look, watch A Week in the Life of a Tokyo Salary Man here on youtube.

私もw

Source? Don't tell me to Google it. I want to know where you get your info.

As in, there's a Nigerian making waves in every country in the world...

@@theundergroundsm except our own :(

Wall Street meme trader Sad truth

Nigerians are everywhere

🤣🤣

その瞬間英語で会話し始めて困惑した

What?

@@Rando-hg7uu yeah, what? i'm curious

AeroZol is that a translation?

@@Rando-hg7uu yes it is

肌が黒い人なんてあんまり見かけないしね

うんうん。肌とか顔じゃなくて、大きな人の隣は窮屈なだけ

その通り。僕は東南アジアとのハーフで若干顔の堀が深め。体重90kg。ベンチプレス140kg。隣に誰も座らないって多々ありますw

白人でも座らないかも

身体の大きな日本人はみんな経験してる。コロナ渦で隣に座ってほしくないからメリットではある。

dotaboy888 hahahaha thats what i thought when i saw the thumbnail.

we gotta link him lol

He looks exactly like him!

He does fucking look like josh

Looks like Josh's older brother lol

チチ孫 アイクじゃなくてぬわらって言ってる人はじめてみた

2:55 しっくり 2:35 ん？

nask c 割といるよ

俺は知らなくてもいいと思うんよね。 差別というものを意識してる状態だと、今までのように素で接することができなくなる気がするんよ。

@@user-hw6nh9dj2j それなら外国人もいい加減中国人特別つかないままで差別するのやめてくれる？って話だよ コロナでそれが浮き彫りになったよね。 差別するにしても、日本人以上に今のその手の被害がでた、アメリカ、フランス、ドイツあたりは無知さ全開じゃん。

日系アメリカ人としては、最近のアメリカは人種と性別とかに執着しすぎと思う というのはアメリカでも言われて来ている ただただ人に優しくいたらいいんじゃないか 入居拒否とか法律面では変えていくべきとは思うけどね

Chris P Bacon BLMやフェミ、ポリコレで浮き彫りになったな

変わる必要あるか？

I understand that yo but when I go to another country I don't want to be treated like a 'foreginer' I just want to be treated how everyone else is and the same for america and everywhere

@@Chachoes In Japan you will be treated like a foreigner. Maybe try a diffrerent country if it's too much for you.

@@Chachoes good luck going anywhere that is not the western world then

@@Chachoes Well Japan is basically 99% Japanese people, of course you're going to be treated like a foreigner. This isn't the US, where everywhere you go you see different ethnicities. There are people in Japan who never see a foreigner in their whole life. You may not like it, but it's perfectly understandable.

@@karawang3675 actually US is worse. Even if you're American, just cuz you look Asian you get yelled at to go back to China

Every race is in every country, no matter how small of a minority.

MrKockNoker I didn't bring up race at all...

MrKockNoker so your comment is pretty irrelevant in response to mine lol

MrKockNoker Nigerian is not a race

apparently there are more Nigerians outside Nigeria than in Nigeria lool🤣 I am African and I can totally understand why this is the case

but the females are just like ash and legendary they don't try to catch them....

No son animales xD

@@shadownova81 I don't get it

That reference had me 😂💀

king that’s you

ikr bruh

Do u like it there

im japanese and i like him!he is really interesting comedian.

That's super interesting i'd love to hear more!

Paulo Normil I don't know what more I could say, it's just a mostly white country, the only super common different ethnicities I see are Chinese people (cause my neighbourhood is close to a sort of China town market) and Muslims. Older people are just not very aware of all the ethnicities of this world. It's one thing seeing diversity in movies and actually living in it

To make matters worse, there's a very solid language & cultural barrier. you may just get curious or suspicious about that foreign creature, but for the Japanese, they might actually be more like being terrified of an animal that might bite them, much like that of Henry's.

I live in Atlanta Georgia (USA) and the county that I live in is predominantly black (70%) and the high school I go to is insanely black (90%)!!! I'm used to seeing white people on TV and in pictures and stuff but it always feels different when I see them in person. Maybe it's just because I don't travel much.

Apex Devil You need to start traveling, meet different races. TV is Cancer, it will ruin your perception of a certain race and religious background.

Vicho Libros *awesome

Thank god someone mentioned it!!! How the hell does the interviewer know how to speak Japanese as well!!!

the japanese speaking was also totally unnecessary but served the goal of showing off his language skills. That said, it still was pretty impressive..!

according to the Vice site, "Dexter is a PhD candidate in East Asian studies at Cornell University".

I think they did it to give you a vibe of how assimilated they are.

黒人がジョークをかましてるなら遠慮なく笑ってOKじゃない？

ナルドレオ それ差別だから。

あよにややなゆなたはたかまわやまなやらわなたまゆにまを って言う方が差別定期

黒人が言ったらダイジョブですよってアイク言ってたし

@@kitten3777 俺たちはXXXしていいが、おまえはダメだ！ってはある意味差別だよ。 Nワードとか黒人同士ならいいみたいなのは、 黒人でもそれが嫌な人、ぶっちゃけ年配の人はBlackっていう分け方も好まないアフリカ系の人もいるし あまり神経質になるのもいけないけど それこそ黒人でも、うまく世渡りできるポジティブな人もいれば、繊細な人もいるわけで

Jonny Gαмвιиσ That’s Bobby Ologun and he became a naturalized citizen of Japan about a decade ago.

Aaron Z you are stupid

Stones Jones he just amazed, apprecited that moron

Aaron Z Then try learning another language. Maybe you'll be better at the 2nd language

so you think they hire these reporters and hope that maybe one of them speak a different language?

I think it is a pretty common around the world to speak multiple languages. In my country it is pretty common to know 3+ languages by the time you are 12-13

Emmanuel Ifeonu me too

そきゃ theいらんで

そきゃ タイトルにアイクぬわらって書いてあんだろ笑

そきゃ ブンバボン！

タイトルの一番最初にIkeって書いてんのに草

というか居ないしね 居ないなら知れるわけがない

基本的にビビリなだけなんだと思う フィジカル的にも弱いしどう関わったらいいのかも分からないし相手に迷惑もかけたくないしね

日本人って他人には無関心な事が多いけど友達にはとても気さくに接してるって感じがする。 外人は両方気さくに接してるって感じが

日本人はよくも悪くもウチとヨソという意識が強い

島国だから知らないのもしょうがない

Black To Grace possibly. But hopefully not.

they probably met some tourist though. Plus there is a population of half black Japanese people too.

But I don't want them to want to sit by me on the train

Michael Sanchez Dude i love Africans, but you just literally rewritten what the guy has said in the video

A Dirty Sanchez actually wrote this

I'm assuming it was a basketball?

Lol dont free sex bro...its idiot... Why us base its around the world... In philippine this also the case many harrasment and abuse by american soldier to philipnie woman

@@xiagm-kemasmfadlic150 Free sex? Apparently, you have never been to Japan. Americans have been stationed there for decades. Japanese are fascinated by western culture and their women embrace it. Don't confuse Japan with the Philippines, they are wealthier, more advanced and better structured than the Philippines. No offense.

Yes they probably dislike foreigners who sleep with their daughters,get them pregnant then leave them . I would disown you too. No mother wants to have promicious children.

Why

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9t6lcka6Gvc.html

Unclephil_ r

You still clicked on the video tho

I know right. I thought that was really cool too!

ハッシー おれもwwww

なにが面白いんだ？

この場合はアイクに対する親しからくる笑いだろ、過剰に敏感になりすぎるのも良くない

skskr 産後の猫かよ

陳鐡 そのツッコミめっちゃすこ

True!

I'm black American, not Nigerian but this is true haha👏🏾

Why wouldn't there be any Nigerians in North Korea? Nigeria has good diplomatic relations with both NK and SK. There's a Nigerian embassy in Pyongyang with Nigerian staff and there are also Nigerian students attending university in NK.

yes, the nigerians firstly introduce themselves in the narcotics street trade. They are everywhere; Indonesia, Thailand; Malaysia...yep..they are everywhere where there are party going tourists..

Eritrea

お前に言われると説得力あるわw

お前は経済以外語るな

きりたんぽ 辛辣で草

Hail Communism

むしろ経済を語らせたら駄目だろう。

in the third grade we had a transfer student from Japan named Yukiko. I'm a black guy and she was the first asian person i had ever met. We all were fascinated by yukiko. she looked different, but she was smart and kind. she had a different drawing style from the rest of us. I still remember how she used to draw trees in her pictures. Her seat was next to mine so i would always sneak a look at her doodles. we were amazed at the sushi roles she ate for lunch everyday. Honestly we just thought she was cool and different. and as kids our curiosity made us want to learn more about her.

plenty of Japanese people are racist against Koreans and Chinese.

you are a liar and a coward joe.....

But that's assuming foreigners don't know Japanese, and that they do know English.

Dude there is nothing wrong with the Japanese at all. Just because the west thinks they should take in the world doesn't make it right

I'm Japanese and I've never heard that older Japanese had been taught “ Foreigners are bad ”. On contrary I hear many older Americans say “ Japan was evil ”.

Juib Morrowind yh it is sad

a rare pokemon!

But don`t catch em all, don`t catch any black people....at all.

lol right?! hilarious

Johnny You are bad... Black are not bad because you are bad and just baddly different that makes not them blacker or badder. You see how good will you speak Japanese? I know my question is also bad...

Ike is popular as funny guy in Japan, but he is well known as very smart guy too.

He's*

he's

hes de rare black meowth

Lynell he's a strawberry KitKat he's so rare it's a delicacy lmao

Lynell h

Not really, I'm fluent in Japanese, and I know about twelve other black people in my high school who also speak Japanese, and we have no relations with Japan at all. As my mother is African too.

Haiqeem upload a video of you guys talking. Cuz that my friend is an even bigger deal

Why?

no its not...those times have passed. 30 years ago yes but nowadays its common especially those who are HAFU / mixed and were born there. Others who come over for teaching have most likely been studying for years.

How did you learn japanese?

China did blackface that one time though, and did racist stuff other times

@@gaminglegend Oh yeah, "that one time" and "other times." As if those don't apply to literally every single country.

@@animerocks2468 of course that applies to every country

I'm from India! You're doing a great job writing English so far! I tried to learn Japanese but gave up very fast. Instead of using noticed, use the word understood. Notice and understand are very different words! Rest of the sentence has close to zero errors.

your english is actually REALLY GOOD for someone who is indian. I speak english and i'm british by the way

@@eepy123 Haha I think he is just being nice, helping his English improved lol 😊

I'm american and I think both of you speak English very well

@@user-kr2lk6uu9c yup :)

i thought the same thing when i seen him spraying a whole can of hair spray on lol

Well seeing that the guy was doing *his own* hair, I beg to differ. To each his own.

What's wrong with his hair???

@@KylaGrace All you have to do is look at the interviewer's hair and compare. Guy has no line up and the length is all sorts of fucked

Kyla Grace I don’t think his hair looks weird.. his technique is just different than what you ideally see for his hair type.

Jordan H Why would he change the culture in Japan?

Not I Sir-Ma'am Because Japan has a xenophobic culture that is holding them back. The workforce is fading because they are in the fabled stage five of the demographic growth model ; their refusal of foreigners such as the Filipino migrant workers hurts their world trade. There is a BBC documentary that showcases this in more depth called, No sex please, we're Japanese." Cultures should be in constant states of change; trying to preserve Tokagowa era values is laughable.

He won't.

I really liked that you explained that you meant the xenophobic culture not culture in general (art, music, food), because I paused reading your comment and had the same initial reaction as Not I Sir-Ma'am. I agree, that with globalization and growing international trade/work a culture has to evolve to thrive, but I wouldn't call it "preserving Tokugawa era values". Japan is a small island with not a lot of space. The only options are to either to incorporate migrants slowly (as they do now)and build on "mixed" upcoming generations or diminish their own populations or have an unmanageable amount of inhabitants since a fixed border country can only produce to much food, living area, jobs etc . The second option produces results like the US or Australia, their own aboriginal people forced to the edge and diminished (though these countries have a lot more inhabitable space, more so the US than Australia though). There are of course a lot more factors that lead to Japans fabled demographic growth (low birth rates because of high living costs, unmanageable work hours) Thanks for reading, discussion welcome! And I do think he does changes culture and though hard this work is another stepping stone forward.

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