That guy that said there is no solution to bullying must have been a bully himself.. There is always solution. Putting the solution into action is where problems start to arise
I’m not totally sure but he may be that sick bastard the eugenics guy right wing loser with deranged ideas, if he’s not I’m sorry but by here is a politician like that and he resembles him. If it’s him can’t really take him seriously listening to him is like looking at an insecure little man, basically a bully himself, someone must have held him down in life. Every bully I’ve met was abused by someone else in their life
Indeed and furthermore his reasoning is flat wrong. I was bullied through high school simply because I had good grades and the morons hated that. How does being a victim makes you weak? It is what civilisation itself tries to put us human beyond. This is a sick idea that I thought was put to rest after the end of WW2, This man should be dismissed of any responsibility he holds regarding kids.
That was a real giveaway. Those that are or sympathize with the bullies are *not* the strong ones. They are the weakest of all. I do agree with the bald guy Nobita was sitting with that it can become training, especially if you end up 'disqualified' from 'just a girl' considerations for not performing properly, but there comes a point where you must *fight,* and and that was the start of my raining for that, too. No one seemed so alarmed here in America until I started *winning* fights. Otherwise would blame me for being the target. And bullies got more power over bystanders. And Japan has a big bystanderism problem. They could take a lesson from the 80s.
It's a typical attitude of the older generations in Asia: suck it up, grow a thick skin, persevere, etc. For that matter, a previous generation of Americans and Europeans were like that as well, the people who grew up during the Great Depression and WW2 or earlier. But yeah, not great advice for young people today.
Sorry. No. My daughter was bullied in Japan in school. I gathered evidence and then called out the teachers, the administrators, the kids who did the bullying, AND their parents. I made a big spectacle of it. Shame is a big thing in Japan, and people definitely move to make changes (even if not 100% earnest) when their wrongdoings are put on display for all to see. I WILL NOT tolerate bullying in any form, particularly physical assault. You can't stop people from thinking what they want to think about others, but you can be damn sure you can do something to put a stop to harassment. Keep and eye on your kids. Watch them closely, and get them to speak up.
I’m glad you stepped up since none of your daughter’s classmates or teachers did. Were you able to reach out to the parents of the bullies and explain to them that their child was making trouble for no reason?
@@mariners6015 In my case, I was able to communicate with the parents of 2 of the kids in the school who participated in the bullying. But I was confident the other students and parents (even parents of kids who were not part of the bullying) knew what was going on when I confronted them. However, I know of many other cases of bullying where the parents of the bullies denied the claims (due to lack of evidence or because they didn't want to believe their kid did something wrong), or the parents were indifferent. Look, I'm not naive. There's always going to be a certain amount of teasing happening in schools, and on "some" level, children need to learn that there are bullies and mean people out there (and in Japan, there's still a strong Senpai-Kouhai hierarchy), and you have to confront them/it sooner or later, but not everyone is equipped to deal with it (and not always right away either). We place our kids in the care of these educators. Education is not only about academics, there are basic societal lessons to be taught as well; and if the teachers and parents aren't going to get that job done, you better believe I'm going make sure it gets done. That politician wants to talk about "survival of the fittest"? Well how about "lions that protect their young"?
In my case, the teachers were the bullies. I'm a 帰国子女 so I didn't speak fluent Japanese when I started junior high. Homeroom teacher disliked me because I have strong opinions. 国語 disliked me because I fail her class no matter how hard I try. English teacher disliked me because my English is better than his.
My parents did something similar. The worst year of bullying I had, I was sent home after getting into a fight and breaking down in front of everyone after because I couldn't take it anymore. Unfortunately, even though I named everyone, the school had no proof to suspend or expel anyone (this was before security cameras were common place). The dumb bullies then started to harass me while I was at home with prank calls the entire day. My dad told me to not answer the phone and the dumb bullies actually left a message on the answering machine. Their voices were clear as day and my parents used that as evidence to show the principal. Every single bully was suspended and their parents found out. One was supposed to be expelled (the leader) but his parents came to his rescue by threatening the school with lawyers, saying 'you can't expel my kid for teasing someone' (no wonder he turned out to be a psychopath).
I am glad you took action! Bullying is never ok. Your daughter will always remember you were there for her. Also, always asking how she is, not only "where" she is.
I was severely bullied growing up, and when i would tell teachers or even my own mom, I was told to "not start problems" and to "Man up". That's probably why a lot of kids don't report bullying. They know nothing will change
You know what you can do though? You need to have a list of generic insults lined up in your head so u can roast them back. For instance as a chubby person…. Its soo obvious that some immature people are going make comments about being fat. You don’t know ahead of time who will say it, could be anybody… that’s why you have to sit down ahead of time and make a list of different things you can say to roast someone with a big head, or a big nose, or something they are not great at, etc. If you hear a good comeback or roast on TV, commit it to memory because u can use it to defend yourself later. I heard a really good comeback on TV and I saved it in my memory and I actually got to use it in real life in junior high school. There was some ‘cool’ kids seated on a bench and a girl tells me to leave, that I wasn’t allowed because there was no bitches allowed “no bitches allowed!”. And I replied, (as I walked past like I didn’t care), and i said, “I guess there’s only room for one of those around here.” Immediately the group erupted into cheers. They thought i was going to be humiliated… instead, they laughed at her soo hard and told her she got owned . She was soo embarrassed. They thought I was so cool after that. A couple years later, in high school, 2 of the boys that cheered for me that day actually defended me against a guy who tried to pick on me for my clothes. They stood up and told him… “ if you have a problem with her, then you have a problem with us” , and the guy backed off and didn’t bother me anymore and I was never bullied again… Until I started work as an adult, but that’s another story 🤦🏻♀️. And i dealt with it too eventually, and it was one of the hardest times in my life.
Well "knowing" and assuming are not the same. It depends on the parents and the teachers. Not everyone will ignore, if that was the case there would be no videos and no reports about it. But if parents are ignorant children have "learned" they won't be heard, which is understandable, but isn't necessarily true for all the world outside. In Japan there are institutions and people that do listen.
@@Oyuki-Mayonesa oh when I say "bullying" I mean getting beat up severely everyday. Not just words, if it's just words I would've been fine, but no I'd get beat up pretty bad every day.
I think that guy was in another video expressing some truly abhorrent opinion there too. The world needs fewer people like him in positions of power where their bad ideas will be entertained.
It's the common opinion of ultra liberals. Tip : these guys have NO soul, just because they are TRUE psychopaths* as they just don't feel anything, NO emotions or so ( they can IMIT them to look like everyone, but it's a LIE ). In the REAL sense of the word, the medical one, not the "cinema" one ! ^^ Psychopathy is a real brain pathology where people don't feel emotions. So this is not astonishing that this politician said that. Tip 2 : Most politicians and companies CEO's ARE psychopaths ! ^^ That's because they are like this that they can manage companies or countries unfortunately... :/
"The survival of the fittest" said by Charles Darwin back in 1869... This politician. 🙄 Yeah, I get it, but we're human beings, more complex-minded than other species, more capable of making differences, saving people & reducing casualties, especially now in 2024. Not saying it's easy, but much easier now. There has to be a way to improve the quality of life for the young generation and teachers. I think it's an overlooked vital part of our society, especially for the future. I don't think folks understand how much one's youth life greatly impacts their life and others down the line. Great minds aren't born; they're made.
@@samuelmartinez6344 the problem is you cannot think your way out of biological realities. We are not evolved for everything to run perfectly. Just like our immune system attacking our bodies with autoimmune diseases from being in an overly sterile environment our minds shatter from being in an overly safe environment. It leads to maladaptive antisocial or irrational practices. If you want to "solve" bullying allow it, try to force both parties to try and work things out, and create escape valves that force the conflict before it is too serious.
This is so depressing. I've lived in the United States, and I know how it feels to have this happen to you especially if you suffer with high functioning autism. I hope the administration take necessary action against bullies to prevent them from harming students or making the bullied students hurt themselves. My deepest and most sincere condolences to all those in Japan who have been bullied.
❤I have Asperger’s and being a kid through the 80s, yup I was definitely bullied and no one understood how to help. Or understood me. My family was accepting of me did not know in what way I was different and was helpless with how I struggled at school or work. I can say for me that having a strong faith in God and believing Christ was on my side, and that I must be here for a reason, helped me to remain strong and hopeful.
@lililinda6947 I have Asperger's too. Fortunately even as a millennial, I ended up growing up with Gen X tendencies and if I saw bullying happening there was a time I stepped in and defended the kid in trouble, usually with violence. Unfortunately when they "fixed" that violent tendency, they also broke my tendency to protect others.... Fortunately now I am in a position to be in the public eye in one way or another, I will soon have a platform showing that these "anti-bullying" programs add fuel to the fire that's already happening.
I suffered bullying at school and I had no choice but enduring it. And it's true, it's part of what humans do, it can't be removed, but that doesn't mean nothing can be done about it. There are ways to deal with the problem. What I did was to endure it and try to be friendly and ultimately they became my friends. But that was not always the case. Sometimes I found some bullies were very bad people, I just couldn't stand them. Teachers had to intervene and since they weren't merely bullies but also troublemakers, they were taken out of the classrom and they were given their own classroom with separate classes because of how much trouble they caused to everyone else.
Usually starts at the home and is brought into school as a form of cope. Remember children aren't born bully's their environment created them. I am by no means defending bullies or anything of the sort but this is just the sad real answer. Parents and our society as a whole needs to do better or the cycle will just continue forever
I don't know about Europe but I can tell you that in Canada and the U.S. nothing happens to the bullies and the bullied kids get into trouble when they try to fight back. Instead of high suicides we've got a much higher rate of drug and alcohol abuse, plus a lot of school shootings.
Depends on the school, I live in Canada and went to a French school, I was bullied verbally and I was able to get the bully suspended twice. However it was pretty lenient and it didn’t stop the root of the problem so they sometimes do something but it’s usually not enough, luckily in my case I’m a relatively strong willed individual and I decided he wasn’t worth my time but there are probably many kids who couldn’t do what I did and suffered for it.
@@nokh3382 I spent my elementary school years in Montreal and was constantly bullied both physically and verbally by teachers and students alike, got suspended nonstop for refusing to just sit there and take it while the bullies got a slap on the wrist.
@@Queltamas Yikes, I get the students being bullies but the teachers too? That is certainly one of the worst cases of bullying aside from actual attempted murder.
@@nokh3382 Yup, worst one I remember was a classmate forgot to bring his pens/pencils and the teacher just went off on him, yelling and straight up calling him stupid and other degrading stuff as he just sat there and cried while we watched. Gotta love how teachers then turn around and say they don't get paid enough to literally break us down.
@@Queltamasall this happens and when that kid brings a gun and shoots everyone then they say why kids are getting violent in school. People get what they sow. Not defending shooting but if bulling is accepted then you must be prepared for whats coming
Japanese on the surface: caring, kind, thoughtful Japanese deep down: bully, ostracism, dragging people down, pretending to care about you when they dont
I was bullied for years so can relate. Also it makes you feel trapped, because usually teachers can’t resolve it, and classmates don’t always stand up to them.
If they're anything like my teachers they just ignore the bullying that's blatantly happening right in front of their face, or if the teacher really didn't like the student who was getting bullied, they joined in. If you decided you had enough and fought back for once, YOU got in trouble instead of the bullies.
But it is probably less tolerated because in Japan if the group bullies nobody wants to stick out and the teacher doesnt want to admit to his colleagues that he has a bully class also not to disturb the harmony. Meanwhile in the west among teachers there is more the value of protecting the individual dignity and less fear to create bullying awareness.
@@mobpsy1526 The west? You are gonna have to be more specific than that because of all the western countries I have lived in which are many 90% of them had a huge bullying problem. It is a global issue. It ain't Japan specific at the very least lol.
It's wayyyy worse in japan than in the US for example. There are systems such as No Place for Hate and bullying is a far more recognized social problem in the west.
Here's a stupid advice from me. When I got bullied I said to my male bully. Are you gay? Do you have a crush on me? Immediately the tables quickly turned on him and the others started laughing and pointing on him. He got quiet and never talked well again after that until graduation. Guess he was indeed gay for trying to bully me. You need to use a counter intelligence against these bullies cause the only thing they want to do is to get your attention like they have a weird crush on you.
It's terrible I heard from a foreign English teacher who lives in Japan. They usually let one person or student be bullied so the others can relieve their stress from exams and finals... The teachers/sensei literally allow it for that reason. Ignoring the bullied
The real problem is that the victim is not allowed to fight back. If the victim responds with hostility ALL the teachers will punish them, ALL the class mates will isolate them even more, ALL figures of authority will shame them. They should be encouraged to fight back!
The worst bullying I experienced was in Hong Kong. I was in grade 1 at the time, and one of my Chinese classmates bullied me. One day, he even went as far as taking my water bottle from my backpack, loosening its lid, and replacing it upside-down. That night, I came home with my drenched in water, and my parents were livid. I had to "cook" my notebook just to dry it. I also experienced bullying in the Philippines. When I was in grade 2, a bully (who used to be a good friend of mine) stuck gum in the back of my head. I became annoyed at his antics. One day, he and I had an altercation in the school bus. He punched me in the nose, so I punched him in the teeth. I also experienced bullying in Canada. I've been called a "loser," had a fastball thrown at me with harmful intent, and had my speech impediment made fun of.
Here is the reality of bullying. When the victim fights back and injures the bully, the victim gets expelled because he "went too far" while the bully gets condolences. Somehow in this society, one day of revenge causing minor injury is a greater offense than months of bullying causing psychological damage.
Kids and everyone need to be taught “love your neighbor as yourself.” Parents and other trusted friends that are adults need to be involved in the children’s lives. It’s not easy but constant teaching and modeling of “love your neighbor as yourself” is necessary as well as parental involvement. Hope that helps the Japanese community and that it is seriously considered and thought about.
It’s so unfortunate that children have to go through this and these issues don’t stop there. They seep like a disease into the workplace and beyond. Chiaki seems like a genuinely nice, intelligent and creative person. I hope she can find happiness
I'm afraid that bullying is a problem that exists around the world. I was bullied at school and in the workplace. It's horrible and I really feel for anyone that is experiencing it now. The bullying totally crushed me 😔 and still does to this day. I have fought back at times and it's worked but unfortunately, it drained my energy. The UK is currently being silenced by its government. Surely, this is bullying as well? I just hope that one day humanity will realise that we are all just human beings who are trying to live. No one is better than anyone else!!
Learning another language is a great way to branch out and try new things. I've heard a lot of polyglots say that they have different personalities in different languages. So maybe a more outspoken language like English or Spanish can make people more confident! 😃
"i can't live a normal life " : what is a "normal" life anyways ? Live the life you want instead , just don't care about others say ! Rememeber what Sting says in the song "Englishman in New york" : "Be yourself , don't matter what they say ! " ^^
There's nothing to be done about bullying? There's PLENTY to be done. Too many even. For one, educate your children to be righteous and defend the weak. It's not even hard. It's the classic hero stuff. We've had it for ages. Push for TV shows, manga, anime or even ads to show righteous behavior as the cool thing to do. At the same time, show that picking on the weak is pathetic, evil and uncool. It's not just about bullies and the bullied. The bystanders are important too. If even ONE kid helps the bullied, it will often be enough. Two, and the bullying will be gone. That politician said these kids need to be strong? THEN TEACH THEM TO BE STRONG. How? Plenty of ways! Teach them how to communicate, channel their interest, martial art, etc. Teach your teachers to be better at handling the shy, unathletic or introvert kids. Geez man.
I was bullied so badly in middle school that i was crying almost every single day but my parents would force me to go to school and endure it even if theyre aware and i really hated going to school that time. Even years later after i moved schools and never got bullied again they blamed me for it saying its because i acted weird that when i they feel something i like is weird like japanese street fashion they really discourage me from wearing it or they try to make it look as normal as possible fearing ill get bullied again that they dont believe me when i say i dont give a fuck about what other people think since its what i like and i embrace it
As someone who went to school with Asperger’s syndrome, I can say firsthand there were times that I was being indirectly bullied. I didn’t realize this until probably late in high school, but thankfully I stopped caring by then because I knew I would probably never interact with >95% of my peers from high school ever again. I’ve learned the term “kill them with kindness,” and am doing everything I can to be sure that no friend of mine is ever treated like that. Unfortunately there will be bullying no matter where you go, but it helps knowing there’s people out there that would accept you with open arms just a little bit away. College taught me that. And as always, I really love your videos Nobita-San! A lot of these stories I can relate to on a personal level, and while abroad I want to be able to help the hikkomori get back on their feet. God bless 🤘
I was bullied in school once when i was in primary school and the other time in high school. But after that i make friends in high school. Now i lost touch with them but still i cherish the memories we made in high school.
I was bullied too so i can totally understand how the victims feel. The reason was mainly for being a quiet and good behaving kid. Those high school years were the worst. Btw, Chiaki-san's English is pretty good. Such a shame that all the innocent and kind hearted people are suffering
I was bullied on the first day of first grade and it only relented once I joined in with the bullies on another kid. Then when we got caught the bullies all scapegoated me and I was the one who got punished. I was really glad to leave that school
@@kazu42105 I can even find the episode if you like. I think it's the first Episode and Those girls are brutal but it has a good ending but the episodes are so sad. I would recommend you watch "Samurai Champloo"
The last speaker, this woman said you can't avoid society, just cope, and you will also find your people. That's the lesson of this vid. Kudos to you girl 🎉👏
As regard to the politician, people we should not be surprised by his comments. In a past video of Nobita's he interviewed that same politician, and the latter commented that people with mental disabilities should be sterilized and not allowed to procreate children. A clear and staunch supporter of evolutionism, eugenics, and that might makes right. That kind of person arrogantly may assume that bullying is akin to a natural disaster; one needs to cope with it to survive it while not becoming a burden to others.
I used to be a very very innocent kid in school, I was bullied in the early days, but sometimes the bully got to a point where the evil inside me woke up I did something evil to my bullies as gluing paper written "I'm an idiot, kick me" or punch them back, I once rolled on the floor with another kid while punching him because he started to bully me from nowhere until I explode of fury, I was a kinda loneliness kid but I was so innocent that even if someone doesn't want to talk with me I would still speak to them every fucking day until they become my friend, then I made several friends with this tactic
So sad. Japanese people are, in the main, the kindest and most considerate i’ve ever experienced. It blows my mind that bullying isn’t seen as bringing shame on the family…that would fix it!
I never was part of a group at high school, never cared much for that. never did team sports, martial arts were my thing. karate, jiu jitsu and boxing. whenever someone tried to bully me I'd let them know they picked the wrong guy to mess with. that happened twice. after that it was over. one of the popular girls even had a soft spot for me and told that to some of the other popular girls. I only heard about that years after though when I went to university. anyway, guess you need to let bullies know your limits and not be afraid to throw down and get hit in the process. but that's easier said than done, I know. besides, that politician saying there's nothing to be done? b*llshit. they can create campaigns to change public opinion. if it's uncool to bully others it's bound to change. conformists will conform to whatever authorities say, for good or for bad.
what's interesting/funny is that in anime-manga media consumed abroad, the 'abnormal' side of a japanese teenager is often shown more commonly as opposed to the 'normal' image.
I will have to disagree with Tachibana. He claims that bullying is done in a way that the adults don't notice(4:39). When Chiaki was bullied, her classmates were comfortable enough to shout insults from the window. This video shows a bully delivering a beatdown on another kid(5:01). It seems like the bullies are not afraid of the adults noticing their actions.
Aww, those women being interviewed were soo beautiful. I hope they find a loving partner, have children and make their own loving family where they feel they Do belong 💗
Being attacked by your bullies after reporting them to the teacher or principal is unfortunately accurate. Every time I reported, they kept coming. Partially because the parents of the bullies threatened the principal (or so I believe) but it's also a manner of trying to regain control. It's not really a 'how dare you' thing. Bullies take pleasure in having control over someone - ie: their victim. If the victim fights back in a manner where the bullies can't control, they seek 'revenge' as a means to regain control of the situation. There are three forms of control: Manipulation, subjugation, and destruction. When subjugation doesn't work, they resort to destruction.
8:56 THIS ADVICE IS SO IMPORTANT ❤ Through being bullied, I also had to see it atraining for survival in the modern world. I couldn't stay home because home was worse. I used to think of my ancestors being conscripted into wars and military training and i used to think to myself the LEAST i could do was study and escape my life through Academic Merit. Great report Nobita, thankyou! ❤🇬🇧 ✨
Nice docu-video as usual Nobitaさん。Providing space and healing to recover from bullying is important, but addressing the children's aggressive behavior should also be given enough attention. The politician dismissing this as DNA related just means the person has no idea how to resolve issues in the family unit.
From what I can see the man at 6:36 has some kind of problems, people like him should have a different support, they absolutely need it Shame on the people who bullied him
It's sad that these kind of kids and even adults now these days still bully the targeting victim. And even moving to different regions, yet, social medias have yet been crawling down to the victims that has never done anything wrong. And regardless we are told to not judge based on the book covers, yet, nothing has changed because the cruelty especially the perpatrators doesn't (want to) or not willing to change their behavior and/or admit their own actions in many shapes or form.
9:50 GG boys This video may have a good ending after all to not make this so fucking depressing. I watched paolofromtokyo to better understand Japan and if Japanese people are willing to understand English I should focus on learning Japanese to understand the language.
It always bewilders me when the Japanese think that children in other countries are somehow less conformist than they are. I would argue bullying is worse in other countries where it often time leads to physical violence.
Pretty sure its bad everywhere. It got even worse in this age of social media. Also allot of times going to get help from a teacher or parent will often just make things worse for the kid getting bullied.
Its really sad that bullying is worsening in Japan and don't even get me started with that politician who thinks bullying is normal. This is a serious issue that need to be faced on by the government and don't be considered natural.
dont know exactly how bad the bullying in the Japanese school right now (i think bullying as pictured in anime and movies are greatly exaggerated) but it think learning how to stand up for yourself is an important lesson and experience to become an adult. kids are mostly assholes and it comes to the teacher and parents to pay attention and to discipline them. Shouganaing the problem wouldn't help anybody and its ok to help if the kid is bullied and cant stand up for themselves.
"Go home ugly"??? Those girls must have been jealous, Chiaki, is eye candy. I think Chiaki is astute in assessing that the bullies have problems in the home/family. Anna's comment "we were all hiding our individualities to be perceived normal", is a revelation of the general intolerance of individuals, and the expectation of students being homogeneous automatons (work units for corporations). Masayuki is correct, the schools are an education/indoctrination system, to produce a standard product. Work units. I think this music video, captures it; ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qs35t2xFqdU.html Takashi Tashibana, has dangerous beliefs. Instead of championing survival of the strongest, it should be about making everyone as resilient and optimistic, as possible. Not only for the children, it will benefit the whole nation. Fuminobu, "Why do I have to go to school?". Not so long ago, education was a luxury of the rich. Now, it's a legal requirement. However, the curriculum isn't about life skills. Are there classes in welth creation, critical thinking, what about ethics, basic life skills (from cooking to rental agreements. And what to do, when parents become ill or die). School, isn't preparation for life. Bullying as training, is an interesting idea. Giving a child the idea that this is a test, and not a result of weakness, could be empowering. Again, another thought provoking insight into one of the ills of Japanese social conditions. Sadly, bullying continues throughout life. It simply becomes more subtle, though psychologically, equally damaging.
Maybe Japanese schools could implement a Peer Support program. In Finland, students can volunteer to become a peer supporter, a mentor for other students. Some students may find it easier to share their problems with another teenager rather than an adult, and these supporters can report problems to teachers or other authorities if necessary.
In the UK I was bullied from year 4 these 8 for my hair colour I was picked on beaten up, black eyes blood nose and I fought back only thing I could do was keep standing up with blood and bruised face.... 4 years it took to stop and no teacher helped me through my troubles .... Bullying will never stop its sad to say but it can't ever been stopped unless we give jail time for this repugnant human nature
SAYING you don’t want to change anything will encourage bullies to continue and increase the frequency lol. Has that politician not heard the parents who are considering leaving the country because of bullying and other education factors? ;(
You know what, in a way the politician make sense, however I can't agree that there are no solutions for it. How about, instead of trying to solve bullying itself, why not try to make the weak strong? Since in a sense bullying is attacking the weak, why not make the weak strong so bullies don't have someone to attack to? Like encourage students to fight back when they get bullied.
The ending was really wholesome, and after watching Welcome to the nhk I knew the anime for many years now though, But maybe she or someone should create an anime about bullying Japan even with the anime "Erased" it has a Positive ending. So I feel like this should be made into an anime or something.
The traditional Japanese approach is (1) to tolerate bullying and (2) to teach teachers and those in a stronger position to act ethically in the given situation and to help the weak. The Western approach is (1) to conceptualize and recognize it and (2) to eliminate it together. As a result of forcing Western methods on Japan, basic education in Japan deteriorated significantly and became a prison.
as a western person living in Japan, I witness very little 'western' anything. Japan does things The Japan Way whether they're effective/correct/useful/best or not.
@@ellebrook3413 I'm a former leftist, and I want to see and compare both ways and go back to the traditional way, but the leftists today are pushing the Western way in a threatening way, and there's nothing I can do about it.
Ignoring problems only leads to them getting worse! Maybe we can't sully make it go away, but we can help mitigate it, and make life better! What that politician said is like saying, "We can't ever stop crime, so why bother trying?" -_-
I feel bad for those that are bullied. I also understand the benefit to the Japanese Society for this evolutionary behavior. Right or wrong. Peer pressure has been around forever. Even in America.
@@kauswekazilimani3736 harming the few does not even help the many though, and its usually just some kids that are bullies, the many are not. And in other parts of the world it has become a trend for the bullied child to shoot up the school after enduring years of abuse. Not a good situation. Teachers need to put a stop to tyrant bullies. I disagree with OP
Takashi (the politician) is not incorrect with his belief. Japan as it is now has no solution for bullying, and it never will until Japanese adults time to properly invest time in their children's lives, communicate with them and try to understand what they are going through instead of aiming for karoshi at maximum speed. The west features the same problem where if you ask a large quantity of parents they could not tell you very much about their kids in this day and age. The only way to stop bullying from happening is to have all parents involved in their children's lives and make a better future for the younger generations instead of focusing on themselves, which will never happen. School in general is also terribly flawed and a terribly outdated system that is designed to single people out for their weaknesses instead of focusing on their strengths. I don't know to much about the communication ability of Japanese kids, but of the Japanese people I am friends with and have spoken to IRL in both English and Japanese, unless they are drunk they are fairly reserved, and your kids tend to copy after parents, parents whom rarely express emotion. Even in culture, expressing emotion is considered a negative, so I would not be surprised if children just completely lack understanding of the words, sentence structure and concepts to actually communicate their problems at all.... Compound this with the high expectations of family and society and I would be surprised if you don't end up blaming yourself. I game occasionally with a Japanese lass who refuses to go outside or work and blames herself for everything that has happened in her life and thinks she is not good enough, so if that is how others feel I would not be surprised at all.
8:22 Many of the girls in this video look so pretty even though I don't understand Japanese and many Japanese can't speak English you would think a guy would protect the lady and stop the bullying from happening and or she would have been able to get out of school and live a happy life and get married and not be lonely and depressed. How can young girls like this be lonely? i think many of the girls are likely 20-30 in this video but How can they be so isolated why aren't they married and happy.
I don't know about adults but I wouldn't be surprised if the gender difference is solidified enough to where the opposite sex wouldn't be aware of the degree the girls would bully other girls and the guys would bully other guys. Since most likely each side still wants to present their best side in front of the other. So at least for girls they likely wouldn't want guys thinking that they're mean and/or they'd prefer to give a meek, cute innocent vibe in front of guys.
@@mica4977 That's a good point, I know in the Anime Hell Girl which scenes were shown in this video the girls were brutal and made the girl want to self-delete until Hell girl appeared and made the bully go to hell for all eternity.
@@mica4977 Even in the mean girls movie some girls can be pretty brutal so I'm unaware of the degree the girls would bully other girls. I know guys can be brutal but I'm thankful I never got bullied myself.
Hearing their stories about getting bullied in Japan doesn't sound that bad, Like I rather have that than going to high school bathroom and don't even get me started on the boy's locker room.
@@loading...7862 the reason why bakugou is popular in Japan is because he has the desirable traits that most young Japanese wants. In particular, bakugou "standing out", his habit of speaking freely and being constantly praise. If someone does bakugou behavior in Japan, he immediately get ostracized by everyone, as it discouraged by their social norm. In real life, bakugou would be bullied in the same boat as deku since he STANDS OUT. . Try to search Ask Shogo Channel '"Why you shouldn't stand out in Japan" . This would explain why bakugou is so relatable to his japanese fans.
Bullying does not only happen among the Japanese KY, returners or mixed-race outsiders but also happens in Japanese universities for advanced degrees toward international students when there are very few of them. A certain amount of them are not able to complete their degrees and leave the country. Japan and South Korea are well-known as the countries with a ‘bullying culture’. I wonder what would happen to people who enjoy bullying other people.
School bullying is a world problem not only japan and SK and if you think that there on top of bullying, you should visit a school in France or UK. And don't bring religions into that, religious country had same problems just hide it better.
Muslims have a solid religion, but it has not taught what is good and what is evil, quite the opposite. During the war, the Nazis had the inscription "God with us" on their belt buckles. Religion does not make someone a better person, it is used by evil people to spread evil, it becomes a tool.
The person from chapter 5 seems to be neurodivergent (I couldn't fit in, and still can't, I don't like around many people at once...). I really like her expression and aura when she started to talk about singing. Before she looked depressed/stressed/unhappy and then she had a sparkle in her eyes. The difference is stark.
you can do actually a lot to prevail buying, for the bullies to understand the feelings of their victims, for victims it is important to understand the core intention of bullies, it is often fear and uncertainty that they try to hide by using violence against others. doing nothing and hoping makes you a victim of the situation as you are not taking responsibility and owning it.
Just like every country there’s the good and the bad. We just have to figure out how to get rid of the bad ones by talking to them and hope that it will change their ways
This might be related to electromagnetic warfare... Prior to 2016 this bullying problem in schools was just not as serious. More or less, it followed the Snowden leaks and the Havana syndrome stories with US diplomats. Then people saw an increase in bullying on the school system.
@@deathandrebirth-y8x Realistically. It makes sense that as a weapon, the focus is not a single person or two. Because the main goal of such weapons is to cause action or inaction and to change the perception of people. Historically, governments understand that a group of people can get together and demand action. And so the use of electromagnetic warfare is not focused on a single person but a group of people, sometimes entire regions in foreign countries. Like we see in completely different countries like Japan. It wouldn't surprise me, that a big portion of these damages might be coming from the USA as it follows a lot of US Army Doctrine lessons on unconventional warfare.
Corrosion of conformity. Everybody is diffrent, but forced to be the same, so they take it out on the ones that are not. Because the conformity creates fear of the unkown, the diffrent.
I assumed bullying would not be so common in japan since japanese are kind and polite, and that those values are instilled at school. Also japanese are known for being considerate to others, like not talking on the phone in public transport since it would distrub others.
Could be said that their "Don't stand out, conform & mind your own business" way of life is a factor on how bullying can easily grow in their community, as both kids and adults ignore it & aren't as willing to cause a scene in order to stand up for the ones bullied. When you add this along with the stress to conform & fit in to the taxing amount of stress from school work & horrible working conditions, it unfortunately makes sense some of them will lash out on those they consider lower or easy targets to them. As unfortunate as that is.
Chiaki was bullied then!? How did she used to look? How did she behave then? I see her now, and she's beautiful! 😍 I also used to be bullied in school. No friends, no one to grow up with, became more & more socially awkward, didn't know how to fight nor even play sports, got pushed/punched/picked up/held/dragged around the floor, took pictures of me, kids from different grades looking for me to either fight or just joke badly to laugh at me. I eventually got tougher and learned self-defense, but I couldn't save myself every time, not if I'm by myself vs a group of 4 usually. Even pushing and punching out of self-defense got me suspended from school. Also, fuск the Zero-Tolerance Policy! What's the point of self-defense if it's gonna get kids defending themselves in trouble with the school!? Anyway, her English is pretty good. Yeah, she slowed down and has to think about what to say, but that doesn't matter bc what matters more is speaking correctly and people understanding what she says. I'm bilingual learning two other languages, so I know the process of learning and teaching a language.
I find the delusion that some people have in Japan o I lived in the west I wouldn't be bulled because people there don't do that sorry but the truth you or your kids will actually be bulled more and most teachers here won't do shit
Uniformity actually reduces bulling because otherwise it becomes a fashion race that could hurt children of lower income parents. Bullies are usually cowards they act most of the time in groups that validate their behaviour and target lone "prays"
It is harder to defend a boy than a girl from bullies but it's rather infuriating that due to an absence of hardship for those kids who decided to start bullying for next to no reason to somehow create the hardship and concentrate it on their target. And what's more shameless? Teachers turning a blind eye on the situation.
Why does Japan seem more and more and more like a social dystopia? It's hard to gain an understanding from afar of just *how bad* or *how good* living there must be on balance in its different respects - both for the Japan-born and the foreigners.
6:42 Well he does remind me of You know what I'm going to say the Anime "Welcome to the NHK" I would ask him Have you seen the anime and what are your thoughts on it?
That politician is not wrong though, unfortunately. I mean, there are groups or even laws that cater to minorities that are anything but straight males. But did that stop discrimination and in extension, bullying? Come to think of it bullying mindset is "Last loser standing". Also ideally, education should be tailored to each individual so that there would at least be understanding of differences. But then, who or what group would love to spend time and effort for that? Its so much easy to mandate people into only one education system then tell the unlucky ones that they are fishes that have no future because they can't climb a tree. The reason might be different in the West, but it would be strongly recommended to homeschool children instead. I'm not sure about other countries, but Japan have this test where if one passes, he/she can be treated as an elementary/high school graduate. Sure, they may lack social skills because of that, but why risk life to learn such skill at a very young age?
5:57 Atsushi Rusu seems to understand bullying or has a better take than the other guy who didn't seem to give a damn. and Japanese people should have more in common from my basic understanding of Japan Why can't people go to Karaoke is popular in Japan and Anime Can't you make friends from anime? and what about Clubs in schools like they do in many animes? How old is it to get out of your shell and say hi to a random person and make friends and be social and not be lonely or die alone in an apartment with no one who cares?
"The survival of the fittest" said by Charles Darwin back in 1869... This politician. 🙄 Yeah, I get it, but we're human beings, more complex-minded than other species, more capable of making differences, saving people & reducing casualties, especially now in 2024. Not saying it's easy, but much easier now. There has to be a way to improve the quality of life for the young generation and teachers. I think it's an overlooked vital part of our society, especially for the future. I don't think folks understand how much one's youth life greatly impacts their life and others down the line. Great minds aren't born; they're made.
