As a Japanese, This video has been made to quite the Left side. The three professors, Asashi Shinbun, appeared but They are known as the left side. There was no centrist or even the right side was only Activator and Yakuza.
This documentary was released in 2012(give or take a year). Since Timeline's RU-vid channel tends to hide the creation date of videos they upload, even tho most of us would watch it anyway. Have a good day all.
Sigh, the British monarchy is like the old Disney animation whereas the Japanese... a horror movie. What the Japanese Imperial army did in the past, incl. the Asian Holocaust makes the German Nazis look benevolent. Only reason why the Japanese get a pass from Woke-tards for their denial of their outrageous crime is that they aren't white. Can y'all imagine if Germany denied the Holocaust and their role in WWII? It's 2022 and still... Japan denies history - not unlike the blacks who deny their own role in slave trading.
Do you know why the Tokugawa Shogun gave up their power and returned it to the Emperor? It was because they knew that the Emperor was above them. The Westerners who wanted to divide and rule Japan did not know that. At the time when 70% of the world was colonized, Japan would have been colonized too if it had not been aware of Western intentions.
@@frateranpvbail-shm6912 I think the USA made a mistake. We should have executed everyone in the Emperor’s family for supporting war crimes and then executed the Emperor. No more imperial family. No chance of there being another imperial family. No special people with special privileges or special benefits. We could have done the world a great favor and the people of Japan a great favor.
At least same DNA carry through male gene nearly 3000 years. Nobody attempted to destroy Royal family in its history so far. I think a present Emperor is 147th , something like that.
@@lunarebony6122 This year is Kōki2683 which represent the present Emperor's family be on the throne means that They are carrying same DNA through male gene for 2683 years. In early distinct period of history, Japanese used the moon calendar. There were people lived before the present Emperor's family took over from other family who had governed Japan. Naruhito is the 126th monarch according to Japan's traditional order of succession. The era after the enthronement of Emperor Jimmu, colloquially known as the Japanese imperial year or "national calendar year" is a unique calendar system in Japan. It is based on the legendary foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu in 660 BC. Kōki emphasizes the long history of one family and the certain Imperial dynasty.
PUT THE DATE OF THE SHOWS IN THE DESCRIPTION BOX!!!! This show must be at least 15 years out of date!! So much can change in that amount of time!! Prince Hisahito was born 6 Sept 2006 and in this video he's a baby. The Crown Prince, Naruhito, became Emperor in 2019. The credits are cut off before you can see when this show first aired.
As a Japanese student,I want to keep the Tenno system. Once you guys learn Japanese modern history,you would think we should keep it even the people from abroad.
As an American, I want to keep the system too. I see monarchies as above everyday politics and an institution that is meant to control and check the power of the masses. You must have someone who can stop the elected government from falling into radicalism and that is what an Emperor is for. Monarchies in my opinion should be above critcism
Please keep it . Dont listen to Westerners propaganda . If they want to say about Emperor Past Sin , they have to remember most of them (European and US) have been Occupied and Colonized almost half of the world for their own agenda . And now they act like they are so Clean with no Sins ? 🤣🤣🤣
The woman introduced as a leftist activist is a zainichi Korean. There are many zainichi Koreans living in Japan, but they speak Japanese and pretend to be Japanese. This has become a social problem.
Japan is such a fascinating country and culture. I’m grateful that both of our flawed countries were able to overcome atrocities and become true friends and allies. 🇺🇸 ❤️ 🇯🇵
Whether or not WWII was instigated by Hirohito, I don't think that Japan would have taken such a drastic act of attacking Pearl Harbor if Japan was treated equally at the signing of the Versailles Treaty. Japan helped the USA, England, France, Russia, Canada and a few other countries to fight against Germany to win WWI. After WWI, the Versailles Treaty was signed; but before finalizing it Japan asked to add one provision stating that Japan will be treated as an equal partner with all those countries. But it was vehemently denied due to their race, especially by Winston Churchill. People will go angry if the race card is put out against you.
Versailles Treaty is too far or too indirect to Pearl Harbor. You should find the close or direct reasons of the Pearl Harbor attack in Japanese invasion of China and South East Asia. Japan wanted to continue such invasion. That is why Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. You should remember Japanese education about its history is biased and distorted.
@@harrisonkinner4965 French, Dutch, Britain and US were all colonizing the southeast Asia. Japan wanted equal treatment and wanted to have an equal stake in the colonization of Asia. When people are denied something based on race, it will definitely make them angry.
@@chizukoingraham7550 Imperial Japan was seeking equality???? What a nonsense! What a self-biased unreasonable crazy claim. Why did Japan invade south east Asian countries which should be equal countries like Japan?
Europe used to colonize the world, but when Japan started colonizing Asia, the West rebelled. The West at that time had the idea of the Yellow Peril, and they were afraid of Asians, especially Japanese, and discriminated against them. And they were afraid that Japan would unite Asia against the West, so they wanted to crush Japan at any cost. The West had colonized Southeast Asia, and Japan needed military power to counter their colonial policies, and they needed oil to build up their military. However, Japan was prevented from importing oil from abroad by the ABCD line. Moreover, Japan had no resources of its own, and relied on imports for more than 90% of its oil. If Japan's oil supply was stopped, not only would its military fail, but its economy as well, and Japan would have gone to war at any cost. It was obvious that Japan would destroy itself if it did nothing, and war was the only way for Japan to survive. It was a complete trap by the West to make Japan go to war. If Japan had not started the war, most of Asia would still be a Western colony. France sent French troops to Indochina after the end of WWII to try to colonize it again.
Please help. I took 2 years of Japanese history. Back in mid 90,s. I was under the impression that there were several offices that acted independently. Yes Emperor Herohito had final say but he ruled mostly on civil and and ceremonial duties
it's an on going debate about how much responsibility he actually bore. on one hand there is the opinion that he was a puppet king living under fear of his military. on the other hand you have the opinion that he is revered as a god with total dedication from his subjects and the reason he was not persecuted was because the allies needed a smooth transition to establish their bases. a dead god is not good for setting up bases to keep the soviets in check especially after the americans experienced bonzai rushes and kamakaze attacks by fanatical japanese throughout the the war. you decide what makes more sense to you ?
You are right. The Emperor certainly has the final decision-making power, but he rarely expresses his intentions clearly. It may sound negative, but for example, when deciding to go to war, he only approves the Cabinet's decision. This is to prevent the Emperor from being blamed for such a decision. This is understood by politicians and the general public. I think it is the same in the UK.
@@snoopyshultz There's no debate, he absolutely had responsibility The "debate" part was only a thing because MacArthur shielded the emperor from prosecution and tampered with the evidence
This "doucmentary" is very much biased and does not depict the reality much. It is in regards to the history of the monarchical system very superficial. Not much informative and heavily influenced by their agenda which clearly shows thorugh the way they spin the sentiment and reality. Not really a scientific apporach.
At any city park, several Japanese families will rent out and live in a hummer while you sightsee it's considered spacious by Japanese standards and they'll thank you profusely. 😆
Badly Titled .... this is NOT about the Dynasty, its about the WW2 emperor & like 5 min of history 😒 shame! would have loved to hear more about ancient japan & its unification under the dynasty tbh! but nooooo WW2 AGAIN -.-
If people doesn't know, the imperial family can't marry outside the known imperial family members. This clause was added for the very reason to cause an inevitable collapse of the Japanese imperial family.
That was before Emperor Taisho, i read a book about the fact that Emperor Taisho was born from a concubine (the fact that many emperors were born from concubines through out the centuries don't surprise me at all, many countries did that in their history!), but Hirohito was born from Taisho's wife who didn't belong to the imperial family, and Hirohito did the same has his father and that's how they stopped doing that, but the effects of consanguinity still hinders the imperial family, like the male heir crisis from the 2000's.
Both Former Emperess Michiko and Emperess Masako are both "commoners" at the time that Emperor Akihito married Empress Michiko many Japanese were elated because they felt that the Imperial line needed " new" blood to strengthen the bloodline.
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Generally I really enjoy the Timeline Series, however this episode was more about politics than a look into the more than 2500 years of the this remarkable family dynasty. I’m a student of history and have spent a great deal of time in Japan as well as having worked for a Japanese company for part of my career. The liberal activists interviewed are no different that the anti-monarchists of all nations which still have functioning monarchies. It was interesting to note one of the professors labeled the Shinto religion a cult and the Emperor a cult leader. This is typical of communism which finds anything that threatens the ideology of the government as needing to be abolished. Current political beliefs should stay out of history, it’s a mistake to bend history to fit the perceived political correctness of the day, wait a couple of decades and there is guaranteed to be a completely new political correctness. There was so much that could have been shared that would have given the viewers insight into the remarkable culture that is Japan and how the Emperors helped define that culture.
Yeah. Not only that the politics they represent are the extreme few. The far far left and far far right which is less than 1% of population. Most Japanese people respect the monarchy but don't think too much about it
Those right wing fkers literally stated they were ready to die right there at the temple ... So yeah it's a delusional cult. Also ... 2500 years and it all culminated in imperial japans barbarism of Nanking.
So, Americans whom mass murdered many innocent Japanese civilians under their heavy carpet bombings of Tokyo and finally dropping their two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were not war criminals?! Just because the allies won the war, now they’re the war heroes regardless of all the crimes that they committed during the war?! Indeed what a hilarious world we live in!
@@cyrusthegreat1893 so that means they’re right? Because someone says it’s a crime? How about objectivity. We committed an act of war to stop our enemies expansion after they attacked us.
Let's just say that the American's didn't drop the nukes on Hiroshima and Nagasaki And they sent an allied invasion army in It would have been an even worse massacre ( for all sides involved) What's the saying ? ( the lesser of 2 evils ) Dropping the nukes doesn't make it a war crime
Frankly, I consider the Western Historians (inter Alia Leftists and Socialist School) have amplified the use of emperor suspicions in Japan. Most Japanese exactly hate war and military. But they still agree the stability and prosperity from US Military presence and Emperor. The side affects of abduction of Emperor may be unthinkable for Japanese. Ironically, Japan is a Monarchist state which is more like real democratic republic. But China and North Korea are people republics but existed unspoken Emperors. Retrospect the history, those where eliminated monarchs were suffering more radical and horrible havoc like China, Cambodia, Laos, Libya, Ethiopia, Iran and Afghanistan. Japan and US don’t want to pay the potential havoc of radical republicanism. Highly recommended a vintage book “The Chrysanthemum and the Sword” by Ruth Benedict.
I don’t understand why anyone would expect an culture to turn their backs on their history. This shouldn’t even be controversial. Todays America is what you get when people are taught to hate themselves.
@@Kunfucious577 China, Russia, Germany and many other countries abolished their monarchies. This "turning their backs" on their history and culture. It's not something new.
I found this documentary oneof the best I've seen on Japan and the monarcy, notably due to the fact it revealed how the Japanese people themselves felt about this issues involved, not foreign historians. This doc explained how the God like status of the emperor came about, the explanation of the shinto religion and the oldest monarchy in the world. I appreciated how we heard from the left and right wing sides of the Japanese expressed their opinions. I gained alot of information and understanding packed into the time frame. As for that British spokesman on the Japanese, take at good unbiased look at your own British sham of a monarchy that's falling to pieces before you critisize Japan's monarchy. I find Japanese history facinating from the shogun, Edo periods to the present day. Many thanks for this doc and I look forward to more on Japan, it's people and their facinating history. ❤❤😃😃
This is very unhistorical, quite inaccurate, and very biased. Calling Emperor Showa Hirohito by any Japanese is extremely improper and disrespectful. No emperor was considered a "God" as the West understands the term. Showa had zero influence over politics and the war.
As for the criticism of the program as a whole, why did they only interview academics and newspaper reporters known to be communists, as well as nationalists who opposed them? These people are so extreme in their ideology that they are almost ignored in Japan. When Japan began trading with the United States and other Western countries, it modeled itself on Britain, so the positions of the Japanese and British royal families are similar. To this day, both countries are constitutional monarchies. The Japanese also know that the human rights violations committed by the British in their colonies and the Opium War against China are not called war crimes. Of course, the British Royal Family is not to blame. 8:09 Kenichi Asano is a Japanese columnist for North Korea's official newspaper. 14:34 In fact, some tombs have already been excavated. Academically, it is believed that the current imperial family became the most powerful force in Japan during a civil war around 180 AD, and began to rule Japan around 250 AD. It was unclear why Japanese history books had very little information about the period from the first emperor to the ninth, and the ages were unrealistically long. It is consistent with archeology if we assume that the 10th Emperor Sujin was the true first emperor. That is about 1800 years ago. 15:06 It is a claim by Korean nationalists that Japan's imperial family came from the Korean peninsula. Archaeologically, Japanese-style tombs began to be built in the southwestern part of the Korean Peninsula in the 5th century. According to inscriptions on stone monuments discovered in China, the southern countries of Korea were frequently invaded and ruled by Japan from the 3rd to the 5th century. 17:39 Although there were some misgovernments and famines, overall the Edo period was a period of great prosperity. The Shogunate banned Christianity after receiving information that Portugal was promoting Christianity and colonizing Asian countries. And only the Dutch, who were Portugal's competitors, were allowed to trade in Nagasaki.
There have been quite a few female Emperors in Japanese history. The males only clause was added by Emperor Meiji, in 1868, and reflected the "westernised" view of his main advisors (this was the peak of Victorian-era sexual repression in Europe). I am almost 100% certain that rule would have been dropped if a boy candidate had not been born. In the early 00s, there was a lot of discussion about this and everyone expected that the current Emperor's eldest daughter, Aiko, would become heir apparent, and the Meiji-era rule would be dropped. But then the current Emperor's younger brother had a son, so the [deeply conservative] Imperial House Agency left the rule in place.
there was only female emperors when the male emperors were too young to rule or other reasons like that. It was temporary and the imperial line was passed down to the male and has always been male
@@jetye1934 Totally not true. I suppose youve never heard of Empress Suiko? She reigned for 35 years. For the entirety of that time her own son, Shotoku Taishi, was alive. Yet she was the emperor, not him. The next emperor, Jomei, was one of HER descendants. Dont lie about things you dont know. It just makes you look stupid.
Who made This documentary? The title is so misleading. It is very one sided and mainly talking about the leftist views and the then one emperor’s responsibility for the past war only. I wanted to watch this because I thought could learn the history of the longest monarchy in the world and their records. Japan has 162 emperors. Who is behind this propaganda film?
Emperor's of Anime? Emperor's of Aqours? Emperor's of Boukoku no Akito? Emperor's of Hasunsora? Emperor's of Liella!? Emperor's of Code Geass: Lost Stories? Emperor's of Hentai? Emperor's of Nijigasaki High School Idol Club? Emperor's of School Idol Tomodachi? Emperor's of Tsundere Inran Shoujo Sukumi?
The Queen of the UK is irrelevant but the world insist that their monarchy continue of course the monarchy in Japan should continue. It's a symbol of continuity if nothing else.
@@domaspauliukevicius5088 it's irrelevant and should be abolished for it's role it played in colonization, genocide and force assimilation of indigenous people. All European monarchs need to be abolished.
If you have never read James Clavell's 1975 novel "Shogun," do yourself a favor and do so. It was very enlightening regarding the origins of Japanese culture.
This was well made, although it looks like it was assumed the fringe on the political right is indicative of all on the political right, but that wasn’t the case for the left. A good documentary watches it’s political coloring. Stay true neutral. Great cinematography though!
Conservative right wingers like you always scream and cry foul then you play the what about game as soon as anyone criticizes your ideology. Conservativeism is a decease that must be stamped out
@@barryhoff8870 says the leftist troll. I gave the makers some feedback that not everyone is hardcard to one side or the other. It is a spectrum. But if you want us wiped out, try it. We’re the ones willing to defend ourselves.
@@barryhoff8870 and racist leftists like you demand everyone do, say, and think what you do. If we don’t then we are evil that needs wiped from the earth. Yet all we ask for is liberty to each live their own way. But that isn’t good enough for you.
Hi! A lot of viewers listen to these videos. When you have a 4:53 person talking in their native language you should consider dubbing it in English. You do it for some of your videos but not all.
Imagine when the emperor sees picures and passages written in 9th centry and everyone knows the guy in it is his direct great-great-great-grand-grand-........-grand father.
Japan never wanted to open the country in Edo era. It’s opens because America thread and forced Japan to do so. Until then, Japan was doing perfectly fine and happy.
Shintoism is not a religion of ancestor worship. It has more of an animism bend. The ancestral worship was added or more accurately fleshed out due to Buddhist philosophy. It's a late addition.
The British monarchy doesn't even go back to the time of Christ, and the ROMAN EMPIRE!! And NEITHER of these are HEREDITARY (being FATHER to first born SON only).
@@烏梨師斂 don't be daft. The current monarchy of the UK can be traced back more than 2000 years to the Saxons and Vikings who married into the Norman ruling family. After the Normans came the Plantagenets, the Yorks/Lancastrians, the Tudors, the Stuarts, the Hanoverians, the Victorians, and finally, the Windsors. That's the lineage in the UK from more than 2000 years ago but the line is much older as the Vikings came from Scandinavia, the Saxons from Germany and the Normans from France.
Hiroshi Kawahara, leader of the feared right wing 'pressure group' smoking a cigarette is actually my neighbor Ron Kizaumi here in Ft. Lauderdale. He's a teddybear but he plays a yakuza type like no other.
As a japanese I personally dont like our tennou to be called by other countries as emperor. Emperor sounds like the one who has absolute power. On the contrary, japanese tennou has absolute no power. Thats the main reason why their family survived for more than thousand years.
Respect to everyone who, still to this day, can comprehend the importance, merit and simply the beauty of a royal, or even imperial father of the state.
It's amazing that they can trace the family's lineage back before Christ was born. They believe they are descendants from a Goddess. Imagine if Christianity tracked Jesus's descendants throughout the ages. Would they be worshiped as a god? I don't see how Japan doesn't capitalize on the lineage the way the British do. Britain had some pretty horrible Monarchs in their past, they don't blame their decedents for it. As for the first born son only becoming the true leader of the Shinto religion will probably not be it's downfall, because woman don't want that sort of power.
well, the age of empires is over. the only empire that might emerge some day will be a multiplanetary human empire, and even that's not highly likely as term "empire" requires conquering other nations.
Thats not true empire is just a country that has a emperor mostly associated with a multyatnic state or a very powerful/influential state but its controversial but it certainly dont means conquering
Without the Meji restoration, Japan wouldn’t be what it is today. Would have been broken down into smaller weaker states some of which would have been conquered by stronger nearby nations.