What Does It Mean To Be Japanese? | Deciphering Japan | Episode 4/4 

Same.

i only known to were are the rest of it thanks

Can’t agree moreeeeee🥹🥹🥹

lou gev of course they could have used any vantage point to decipher.

@ sinopraphic Totally with you. A really "out of the box" take which I think is fantastic.

Well, the aim/focus of this program is/was to tackle challenges/issues Japan is facing, today (not Japanese cultural traits).

Our pleasure!

its a defense against SOME people trying to denigrate "hafu" but if used to explain yourself its the most common explanation. Im half A and half B.

My 30 weeks old baby in the womb is HALF Japanese and HALF Irish American. This is SCIENCE. It may "sound nice" to change up the words...but you are ignorant. He has HALF chromosomes from A and B...unless you want to take issue with the definition of the word half...or with the scientific truths...just stop. Do society a favor and quit caring about what "feels nice" and concern yourself more with what "IS."

​@@henriquetomio www.familyeducation.com/pregnancy/genetics-pregnancy/how-genes-are-passed Like I said, the child gets HALF chromosomes from A (mother) and B (father.) If you're going to challenge me then make sure you know wtf you're talking about. Its a shame really...this is basic biology 101 we learn in middle school.

You can really only say that if they speak both languages fluently which she does

Shalonda Dykes, really??? Is that how you draw the line? Seriously??? I do speak at least 4 languages fluently and can somewhat communicate on a couple or more different ones... But that does not gives me any of those nationalities... I'm half by the way.. half Japanese...

I disagree, in my opinion is a biased and lopsided take on Japanese society. Also best be careful calling them néo-nazi, cause that in itself is a "distortion about minorities". Also also, is interesting to see people who love Japan advocate for changes that if implemented might take away what makes Japan, well Japan...

​@@Canis.Lupus.Arctosthey wrote they "love Japan (without romanticizing it)".

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humans are inherently evil.

@@andreasdyka4698 also inherently kind

they need lots of love, appreciation, and endless guidance

@@andreasdyka4698 Humans are inherently animals, and anything that comes with that

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Dude, that's a basic requirement for a journalist, aye? Nothing out of the ordinary... If she were not, then there would be a reason to comment on...

@@Canis.Lupus.Arctos Not so basic in this era. Many journalists don't do that anymore.

@@MJ-uk6lu well, you can always choose to lower standards, tho is not good practice in my opinion... Regardless, I think that, not only in journalism, being polite and professional is not just a requirement, but in fact a more guaranteed way to get the counterpart to collaborate... Granted, not 100%, but way better than being antagonistic...

@@Canis.Lupus.Arctos When lower standards become widespread, they become a norm. Yumi's work is exceptional, certainly above what is called "journalism" today. And that's good, but sadly it's not a norm.

@@MJ-uk6lu wait, do you think low standards are widespread and the norm nowadays? I'm sorry but sensationalist mentality disturbs me, there are many upstanding professionals all around, not only journalists. And if you think Yumi is an excellent professional, well your standards are very low indeed, no wonder you have so pessimistic an outlook... The fact is, you like most people, fail to see how scale influences everything... With a large world population the number of "bad" and "good" examples grows proportionally, combined with the expositional culture of recently some of said examples tend to "stick out" giving an impression of prevalence...

Covid huh? You might want to look into what is actually happeing.

This monk knows what's up. ngl

@@hewhohugs that’s not a monk , the whole point of being a monk is to detach from worldly attachments , especially alcohol

Well he's just helping you not be worried lol

Crazy thing is that once the "pure" race is gone, it's gone. So these guys try hard to protect it, but it's almost inevitable unless they become more extreme. Could go either way.. it all depends on time n situation

What's cringe is your statement here

@@TheTranceCartel It seems cringe if you're a 15 year old I suppose.

@@bluepandaman you unironically think you helped popularised a word. That is lamestain my friend

Gwen Stefani should shut her face and stop taking credit over what Hello Kitty, Sailor Moon and Pokemon did decades ago. ... popularizing kawaii in the US. 🙄I knew the kawaii culture of Japan in late 1980s and early 1990s, years before Gwen "what her face" Stefani try to cash in.

I (kinda) cringed when it was mentioned that Gwen Stefani, and Katie Perry did so in the early 1990s.

If that’s your reason then your going to be very disappointed when you find out Buddhist teachings is against attachment, especially alcohol

The way the nationalists are depicted in the film here is not ok in my mind. China is an extremely imperialist country persecuting it´s minorities. Isn´t it paradox that a member of the Chinese minority in Japan protest against a group that is fighting for the rights of minorities in China. If you watch closely they are not racists as the man said. They held flags of Tibet and East Turkistan. How can people fighting against Imperialism and ethnic genocide be racists?

@@Alternatives_Universum The lady said the groups have opposing views. If you look you can see some of them wave the Imperial Japanese flag which I shouldn't even need to explain has done worse and some of these people take their hate on the Chinese government on regular Chinese people who haven't done anything. As you can search up that Japanese stores and restaurants banned Chinese people when it was a Japanese person who brought COVID-19 over to Japan. Many Nationalists in Japan are those who do not see the wrong in their past actions of World War 2.

@@Alternatives_Universum it's not a paradox, it's called hypocrisy, and racists are hypocrites, just like the ones you describe.

I was just gunna say I love that man. And his delivery was so cool and matter of fact

You know you are in 2020 when you read the phrase "you're the man!" and the first thought is that it has a negative connotation.

Glad you enjoyed it!

This should apply to every nation

I don't think it reflects how Japan is right now well enough nor in-depth enough. In fact is a very superficial take, shows mostly what foreigners expect to see about Japan.

@@Canis.Lupus.Arctos ahh i see. What do you think is the major difference from the series that do not reflect how japan is right now? I am actually v interested in the japanese culture. So would really want to know more if you dont mind.

@@beliefinurself , yeah sure... Basically I think the doc has less meaning because the host is half Japanese, and more so because she left Japan. She is probably being more accurate on how Japan was than how It is now-a-days. Apart from that, is not what is different but what is missing. All that is shown is not wrong, is accurate but not representative of what means to be Japanese. Ultimately the documentary shows only a portion, and a very shallow one at that. It doesn't show how respectful/polite people are even if they disagree. It doesn't show Japanese solidarity to strangers (people actually quit their jobs to move from the other side of the country to Fukushima to help after the disaster 2011). It doesn't show traditional activities, (like craftsmanship, or even omochi making as examples), or how communities interact with each other. The omotenashi culture. In fact, the other episodes in this series, show more than this one, weird. I suggest you watch the other ones as well, in case you haven't. The point is, how in-depth can a 45 min documentary about Japan be? Specially being so biased. And although Japan is not perfect and as any other culture has its fault and shortcomings I don't think those should define a culture. Btw, I've made a post commenting on this documentary, search the comments if you are interested on my opinions.

@@Canis.Lupus.Arctos well, i agree that what you said was true. Those are One of the great qualities of the Japanese people. But aren’t we already fed enough with that “japanese culture/traits”? there are TONS of documentaries out there showing how great Japan and how beautiful it’s culture is. And I myself because of my love for Japan decided to work and live here. This documentary is a little bit refreshing and on point to show people the other side of Japan especially those who are not yet living here because foreigners are so mislead by how great Japan is( i mean it really is) but not what they imagine it really is in real life. So I think your comment is the superficial one we already know those things let people enjoy this other side of your well-loved culture. If you are paying attention to this series it shows not the “common” info about Japan’s culture but the other side of it that only few people know.

@@user-xm3gn1br6b sorry (not really) but I disagree... I'm not advocating to show only good things about Japan, because well, Japan is not perfect... You may think my opinion or comments are superficial, and truly you can think whatever you want, it's your prerogative... Having that being said, I've watched all episodes of this documentary (multiple times), also I've been living for almost two decades here in Japan (not only in one place), I'm a foreigner but also I'm half japanese, not so different from the presenter herself, in fact the biggest difference is I actually have experience living in Japan, I'm not just a biased tourist of sorts. Granted, different people will have different experiences, and some people had the worse in Japan, but the point is the documentary is presented as showing the real Japan, and some information depicted are either misleading or not true at all, on top of that she keeps on passing judgement and giving personal opinions that are not representative of the REAL Japan nor the majority of the Japanese population... I'm sorry to say this to you (this time I really do) but, if you love Japan and care about it maybe you should learn more about it, you're living here right? You know what, you "sound" like those tourists who are enamoured with a romanticized Japan and after seeing the reality first hand just got jaded... Want a small example of how little foreigners know about Japan? You might know this since you live here but, how different is the State of Emergency (because of the pandemic) in Japan compared to other countries, and why?

Does your daughter hold both German and Mexican citizenship?

race traitor

Kay Jen Ong I had to rewind that part😁 He probably caught her off guard but I hope she would’ve said “ you’re afraid of being treated the same?”

Totally agreed

Don't ever force on your feet shoes that don't fit.

@@girlofthex You are VERY naive. Your ideology is the doctrine of oligarchy and international capital. You are an ENEMY of the planet. Japan is OVERCROWDED and more people will DESTROY the environment.

The endgame of this woman's ideology is a 70 year old Japanese man being fired from his job for being "anti-white." This is the world that the DISGUSTING and EVIL liberals are creating

Whats her instagram? She is really good!

So would be fair to say you're not really Japanese... Only about half (I don't really understand your math..40%??), and you said yourself you don't know your culture... People should be more carefully tho, there's a huge distinction between ethnicity and nationality... The problem in politics is that many people use ethnical arguments to defend or discredit nationalist points of view... Regardless, you can be culturally Japanese even if you never lived in Japan nor have Japanese nationality... By upholding Japanese cultural practices... The reverse is also possible, and in fact very common, you can have Japanese nationality and still have no much of a Japanese ethnicity nor Japanese culture...

@sonnick You really think it’s that simple huh? Let’s see a society where everyone doesn’t want to work as hard as the rest of the world have a “quality” life. Let’s see a country filled with complacent and entitled people become successful.

@@Nina_banana There's a balance to everything. Unfettered access to an open society with generous welfare won't do anybody any good in the long run either. The current emigration of developing nations is causing them severe brain drain, it's very much similar to their loss of natural resources during the colonial era.

Why not just pass legislation or constitution amendment that ENSURES the indigenous population remain the ABSOLUTE majority and control over government, banking and culture while giving non-Japanese equal rights?

The endgame of this woman's ideology is a 70 year old Japanese man being fired from his job for being "anti-white." This is the world that the DISGUSTING and EVIL liberals are creating.

Funny, the people creating the atmosphere of fear are most often globalists. They see nazis around every corner and treat citizens as if they are a force of evil that must be expunged.

Creepy Sorry, everyone is entitled their own opinions... Still, creepy...

@@Canis.Lupus.Arctos Not at all

@@MJ-uk6lu in your opinion... Sure... Still creppy in mine...

She isn't interested in you bro, and never will be.

you're looking from the outside in and projecting a lot of modern idealism into a country that has existed for several millenia and are skewing facts. Ainu were mostly eradicated not assimilated. Japan adopted Chinese architecture, language, food, etc but all has been refined into a completely different iteration that is clearly Japanese. Japans homogeneity IS RACIAL! Culture is what the people in the country practices. "Hafu" who were born raised in Japan are already IN the population but they can identify as THEY see fit.

@@tetsuyauezato5536 You're confusing the concept of "race" with the concept of "ethnicity". Race is about DNA and genetics. Racial purity means that there is a single/sole origin point of a group of people and no other groups can be added to that racially pure group. Whereas ethnicity has more social and cultural connotations and is what we call a "social construct". It is possible for an ethnicity to be made up of originally different groups of people (with different dna and genetics and origins) who have mixed together and formed a common identity. If the modern day Japanese are the product of the Jomon, Yayoi, along with a small number of other immigrants from historical times, then the make up of the Japanese population is not "pure" from a genetic/racial perspective. If you look at the Japanese people, many of them share similar facial characteristics but there are also some Japanese who have rather distinct features such as Ken Hirai. Over many centuries (or millennia) these groups mixed together, assimilated and formed their own culture and language. When this happens, an ethnicity is created (which is actually a different concept from race). For example the "British" race is more accurately an ethnicity. The modern day British are a mix of many different people such as the Celts, Saxons, Normans, Scandinavians, and potentially many other immigrants that came during Roman Britain. As such, to say that the British people are "racially pure" is inaccurate. Rather "British" is an ethnicity based on historical, cultural, social and linguistic ties. Don't confuse race with ethnicity.

It's more accurate to say that the Japanese are ethnically homogeneous.

And what is your point? Because different cultures share a common starting point or/and exchanged aspects throughout history then they should be bunched together and called the same, even if their path, identity, beliefs and ideologies are now so consistently different?

@@Canis.Lupus.Arctos You've completely missed my point. Perhaps you should read through what I wrote, carefully. Or perhaps your reading comprehension needs some improvement. My point is that "blood purity" is a myth. Different people have come together and integrated over the course of history. Regardless of whether it has happened in the distant past or in the present, it shouldn't make a difference. No one talks of a pure Jewish race or a pure Uyghur race - both are clearly ethnicities. Only in Japan does the myth of racial (as opposed to ethnic) purity persist.

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Don’t be fooled by this “kawaii” look. Japanese never show their true feelings. They are still racist and mysoginistic.

And yet that's valid for almost all other cultures around the world... not sure what point you're trying to make... the only thing I get from your comment is that you are more resistant to change than Japanese culture.

@@priscilalondon And you're biased and discriminatory. Your comment is akin to someone looking at your name, deducing where you're from and claiming they know why you think the way you do.

たかピコ you have just proven my point. Racist and mysoginistic.

@@priscilalondon , how so? where exactly did I discriminated your race? Why do you think of me as misogynistic? Just because I'm a man and you are a woman? Me disagreeing with you has nothing to do with race nor gender. Do you even know what racism or misogyny means? If anything you're the one proving me right. Thank you.. I guess..

Well to be fair we always see such arguments about minority being unimportant in Singapore too. The Singapore government's stance is that sexual minorities (LGBT) are just a minority and therefore they don't need any rights. Mr Sakurai is merely using the same logic - hafus are minority in Japan so hafus don't need any rights, in his opinion.

"Culture is stronger than Color." If you may please expound further this? Thanks eh mate! Lots'a love, cheers, & Mabuhay, from the Philippines!