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Bro it's sad as fuck. Its like they know what's wrong but dont want to fix it

@@Iluvatar196 Japan is a harmonious Confucianist society. The requirement for consensus is the reason that decision making can be glacial. Japan does great consensus driven small incremental change in the form of kaisen honing, but massive change is a problem for Japan. I

@@richardhoulton4016 after 30 years in Japan, have yet to encounter any concensus....

@@jiji1946 On the “big stuff”, I agree. I’ve seen it on Kaizens. The Japanese are masters at honing something to perfection. But it you are looking to make radical change, you have a very big problem. Which probably explains why the Japanese economy flew when the stars were aligned, but when they no longer were…your get decades of lost direction….and a lost generation.

Your username is an interesting anagram. "wasted my youth" is most of school. For example, I never needed to learn imaginary numbers. What a total waste of time and energy!

This is the point i am trying to make and still a lot of people unfortunately disagree. More often than not, at least in todays society, people not living a good life is the result of circumstances and NOT because they didn't try hard enough or because they are "losers". Thank you for sharing this. I actually believe most hikkikomori are not living that life because they chose to or because they didn't try hard enough but because they are stuck due to circumstances that are mostly out of their control. I think of them as people who refused to spend their lives at a mcdonalds and without any other alternatives (even after trying hard) ended up closed up at home. This doesn't apply to everyone out there but it does for the majority of people based on my experience.

@@kiriup8188 It is easy to say "try harder" but that wont work when the opportunity is not coming forward. I asked many companies for their advice about starting a new career, and how I wanted to save for a better home, but it did me no good when I was told i was not suited for the role, or told to get work experience elsewhere.

Bullying is a big part of why this happens in japan. The rigid social structure makes it extremely difficult to recover and establish a positive social circle.

@@scintillam_dei i feel the same about school, im learning more alone than ever learn going everyday to the school.

Japan is a great country, sure it has problems, but nothing like the problems the west has.

Hey Rocky, I'm American US in my late 60's and finally retired. I feel your pain bro. It's the same over here too but more like someone stabbing you in the back just to get hirer up in the company for a little pay raise. Always someone trying to eat your lunch. I remember telling off my boss and had to take a lower paying job. But it was the best move I had ever made. I had to take 1 or 2 steps back to get 5 steps forward. I just kept on striving to improve my skills and a position came open for me with this job. After almost 20 years in my field, the company sent me to an advanced school. It opened so many new doors for me. I guess the best way to put it was I kept playing that slot machine until if finally paid off. Also have a few rounds of Sake for me.

and how did you do with your life? how are you

And the sad part is being a salaryman is basically pressured indentured servitude. It's "good" compared to "the rest" which is a way for the corporations and government to pressure people into accepting the system. Very little innovation will come out of such a system.

That's sad, no wonder most men in Japan are depressed. 😢

I have a Master degree and the massonoans ruling Europe stole my diploma after making me homeless and now act as if i haven't graduated (had distinction on top!)

Are all companies in Japan has that "only hire new fresh graduates" hiring culture? If it is not, how much percentage?

@@urkskn8842 It's true that we hire a lot of new graduates at once, but I don't know the detailed percentages. there wasn't a lot of this graduate recruitment at that time,to protect the jobs of for older generation.

@@thadtuiol1717 What country is nicer than Japan? Crime is still low; things are still clean, correct?

@@thadtuiol1717 Every country is more or less the same.

@@venkyratnam Absolute nonsense. Yeah, Somalia is the same as Japan. What a joke.

@@dhd-rsw5844 yeah, because low crime and cleanness is all you need. Genius.

@@dhd-rsw5844 I think Netherland is a good country.

Hoping both of you that you may find happiness and achieve the purpose you have in mind. I'm still below 20, so I'm still figuring it out. Side note :- I don't live in Japan. Hope you two have a good day

頑張りましょう！

Thanks for sharing your experience. Here’s to a better life.

The same is true of my job experiences in the US minus the overtime of course, will say that the hogs in the offices are overcompensated for what little they do vs blue collar hell that has people feeling like they are 90 years old by the time they go home.

@@thadtuiol1717 The sad part that post covid there really isn't anywhere to go as the economy is so fucked up and there is a looming wave of layoffs with in the next few weeks to months.

Agreed. This is worldwide... With the world today, it makes you wonder... '...and the oppressed will inherit the earth...'. Just as it is said here, '...these 30-40y.o.'s typically would be who are "running things" and "making decisions"'...'.

It's called Societal Entropy. As Countries struggle to compete, Economics replace positive Social relations, making them stagnate. A post-modern way of saying "Survival of the Fittest". Everyone sabotages themself in nefarious ways in hopes for success. Some just don't make it. That is why I personally say. Love eachother, help eachother.

sounds like my life. I hardly leave my room for any reason anymore. My own 6 x 10 self imposed prison cell

They fragile because they are unsustainable. Over work modern slave “jobs” , misery wages, cattle-like view of the powerful maggots,etc

And such a shame, as I and all my friends graduated into the economic downturn in the 1990s, when “downsizing” staff was popular in companies and few were hiring (and there were any army of recently laid off workers with references and a couple years experience competing for the few jobs.) It was a hassle, but people went to grad school, or did a few years in the military, etc. and 4 years later….everything was fine. But with their preference for hiring new grads, the Japanese grads who had this happen to them had were permanently disadvantaged… and that did not have to be. It was indeed the system and culture, more than the economic downturn, that hurt them.

You shouldnt base it on how the city feels when you wander in the streets. You should go nightlife if you want to see some joyful people and overall lifeful energy. This goes with almost every country in the world. There are many people who moves in and enjoys Japan. If you move to the Japan and are not the part of Japanese toxic work culture, meaning that you are working for a non-japanese company, or if you are simply a tourist then you are free to enjoy a highly developed country.

@@fadingship935from what I’ve heard things in this video don’t apply to foreigners as much, however being one in Japan comes with its own set of problems.

@@fadingship935 Yeah man just look at the happy stuff and ignore the sad stuff totally proves that the country is good to visit /s

@@meltygear5955 No need to ignore anything. My point was you can enjoy most countries provided you have money.

@@meltygear5955 You're just angry that Japan is a much better country than your. :) ただそこにいてください!

This might only further aggravate the economic situation in Japan if young Japanese adults started migrated en masse. Is it not this work ethic that is the catalyst of most of their problems?

@@kissmyussr1993 Yes but people with the proper skills will leave inevitably. Japan will crush the spirits of it's youth before changing for the better.

@@flannelsone1159 Correction, Japan is actually quite amazing in its full supports its youth from what I've seen all through primary, secondary, & tertiary education by parents & teachers alike. But if one is lazy & does not apply oneslf, then it's on them!

Considering the Japanese invaded Singapore, I doubt LKY/Harry had a good view of the Japanese . Everyone admired the Japanese work ethic after WW2 considering the country was near destroyed. But the same can be said for Germany post war. Singapore success also started with small companies who got bigger.

@@alexds8452 are you seriously correcting a japanese citizen about his own lived experience? what are you 10 years old?

Why your people don't do anything to change this? Like protest for better work conditions I heard Japonese people are very united in my opinion the better for Japan is to restore the Imperial Power.

@@viniciusmartins8733 This is what California was like. Once a thriving country of it's own back in the 50s/early 70s then the 'druggie' generation wanted more and more free stuff out of tax payers back and just wanted everything wrong and Cali is a cesspool now with huge addiction problems/homeless and they forced all the crazies out of the asylums into the streets back in the 90s,etc.

@@viniciusmartins8733 While you kids were busy either playing Super Mario World or Mortal Kombat busting up chops a lot of politicians were doing crooked things behind closed doors. Some got caught and called out on via Talk Radio hosts but most of it just got swept under the rug. The 'sex' scandal barely even covers it and yes it was an actual scandal. They did NOT do it on their own dime.

The political scandal book 'I Told You So' is very old from that time period but still applies today and is one of many must reads to get a fuller understanding but it's by far from the only source you should look.

@@viniciusmartins8733 I have never had an idea that dictatorship solves Japan’s problem here, but the gov should enforce companies bringing employment flexibility. To be fair, small protests is actually happening to make it but given the number of older people it has less hope imo. Imagine that you are in a community guarantee your life and career and younger people protest against, you wouldn’t support, would you? Japan’s workplace is a big boys club in some scenes.

The wonders of late capitalism.

@@franki1990 i wonder if there will ever come a day where people will understand that capitalism and infinite economic growth is not in any way shape or form a fulfillment of human needs, neither of the physical ones, or the psycholgical ones.

@@Asoftenkamesheenobody cares until it affects them personally, as human beings are selfish. Japan got to this state because the people in power never felt the consequences of their actions. Similarly, late stage capitalism will continue until its uppermost benefactors come toppling down.

​@@AsoftenkamesheeSo, replace it with Socialism?

@@diazkohen2149 if you think that that's the only solution and alternative to raging late stage capitalism, then you're extremely narrow minded. And why exactly would a combination of socialism + strictly regulated capitalism be bad exactly?

That's ironic, there's millions of jobless yet the people who work have too much to do

@@ygts we as humans tend to focus on what we don’t have and not show gratitude for what we have

I totally agree with your opinion. People have no energy in their expressions, they look like zombies. The most shocking thing is that this also applies to women on the subway.

@@btyxvwa6 a zombie is a soulless machine functioning through energy. programmed from childhood, they yearn for nothing, expect nothing but fulfill their duty and do their job.

They are in a terrible dilemma.Under extreme stress to find a full time soul crushing job till retirement,the ones that dont find it are sad and ostracized by society, the ones that do find it realize they barely get to sleep, so all they do is work and sleep, some even die from it, some even commit suicide.I saw an alternative, some young people who decided, screw that we ll create an option 3, got part time jobs, and they lowered their spendings and live 10-20 people all together in big houses sharing the rent.THEY were happy, had free time, did their hobbies, had parties etc etc.

The Baby Boomers did this to America. The post-war generations were selfish and had no forward thought about civilization as a whole. I blame war, and human frailty. We have to do better in so many ways.

Make sense🤔

lol ever heard of American boomers?

@@CM-xk5ye i think boomers globally were a fkn nightmare. sincerely, broken adult in south africa.

@@CM-xk5ye That whole generation is like that all around the planet. From the stuffiest New England suburb to the stickiest jungle in Papua New Guinea. I think it's because of all that lead they used to mix into fuel in the early 20th century.

It is probably an oversimplification, but education here can be about obeying rather than thinking.

@@aclark903 Acquiring a sense of responsibility and adhering to rules of dress and decorum does not stifle individuality. It provides young people with a sense of discipline, which is something lacking in education in the west. As a father of 5 kids (all unique in their own way) who are either in or have been through the public school system in Japan I couldn't be happier with the genuine care and guidance my kids have received. On top of that, they are all head and shoulders above my friends' kids in Canada academically.

@@gordonbgraham I can't say I really know much about #Canada as I have never been there but as an outsider yes, #woke values seem to influence the West too much, including my beloved #Britain. As for Japanese state schools, just about every Westerner I know here in Japan either uses or recommends international schools, & I think you know why that is. I have worked or trained in Catholic schools & Japanese state schools & I would choose #Catholic schools in a heartbeat, with few exceptions.

@@aclark903 As we live in Japan, we felt it best to have our kids educated in public schools, along with their neighbourhood friends. We couldn't be happier with the results. My eldest daughter is currently on full scholarship at University of Tsukuba where she's majoring in bioengineering. My eldest son decided to forego the academic route to pursue his interest in cars. He went to a trade school to study auto-mechanics. Upon graduation he and his friend took out a loan and rented a lot in Kobe. They buy cars in bulk at auction, do the required maintenance on them and ship them overseas. They've since paid off their loan and are making a decent living without ever having had to go to university. My son now makes more than I, and I'm a full-time salaried teacher (not an ALT). I feel the discipline they've received in their upbringing through the public school system went a long way in laying the foundation for good work habits. I've worked in a private high school for more than 30 years. A lot has changed in those 30 years, including a move away from rote learning. Our school, Tokyo University of Agriculture's Third High School (Higashimatsuyama City, Saitama) encourages creative thinking and task based learning. Our junior high school students came up with a plan to market our fish farming operation which we now do in conjunction with graduates from our school who sell our technology to those wishing to raise fish in land-locked Saitama. Our high school students developed self-rotating and self watering planters, 3 stories in height for growing food in areas that lack arable land. These are just two examples of how education in Japan is not just about obeying but thinking and producing marketable results from those creations. I think people have misconceptions about what actually goes on in the schools in Japan, as most of what is regurgitated online is an echo from the past that simply doesn't resonate anymore.

@@gordonbgraham I'm not saying every Japanese high school is bad, though I would note yours is probably better than average as it is connected to a university. To me, Japan succeeds at science & #math ed, & you could argue internationally it gets great scores in those areas. (#Singapore is top I believe). It undeniably fails at #English, having some of the worst results in Asia. I would argue subjects like #theology #philosophy, & #arts also get short shrift here, & you know yourself the controversial #history texts.

If you're talking about greedy corporations, I think the first place to look at would be US. I worked for both Japanese and American companies: no prize for guessing for which I will not work again. Yes, Japanese demand a lot, but... they pay well, the company actually look after its people, and all of them, including cleaners and maintenance stuff, they help with getting new qualifications/skills etc No comparison.

This way we can see that the world is on its downturn. Wonder if I would see it rise again in my lifetime.

Japan is not alone, could say I'm also a victim of depression. For us who were born in early 80's depression was a really big Problem and I'm from Finland. Just when it begin to look better it is going worse again. Not enough money, no chance for normal life. More and more off the young generation are leaving outside the society. Worst thing is that in our culture even being Hikikomori does not work. I see it so that the generation of my parents betrayed my generation.

What is worse is that they the wealthy classes are still importing millions of migrants every year into these countries further adding pressure for employment never mind the cost of housing.

@@wenyichen5515 How is the world on the downturn? Do you seriously think it used to be better in "good, ol' days" ? If so, you seriously you should consider some history tutoring

韓国やイタリアも日本と同じくらいの割合いで引きこもりがいます。世界には学校はおろか日々の食べ物に困るような子どももいます。 引きこもりどころではなく、ホームレスになる子ども達もいます。 学校に銃が持ち込まれ命が危険に晒されることも日本ではありません。イジメの無い国なんてありませんし。どこの国でもネガティブな部分はありますが、私は日本が世界に比べて劣っているとは思わないです。

yes there is a Japanese who has lived 10 years in my country and he said as you said

I appreciate your candid view of Japan that is hidden from us. I wish the people/employees can find a way to create a more enjoyable work environment. They can start with flexible work hours. In Tokyo alone 20 million people crowding trains to arrive by 9 am is just rediculous and unnecessary. It should be okay for many to begin work at 10 AM.

Respect to you. I always asked myself why you Japanese don't rebel, protest, do anything to thrown out that slaving system? Or..if you don't feel for that, why don't you abandon Japan. You would find new job easily for example here in Slovakia, having freedom and life.

Been saying this for years and years, but everyone would rather scoff at me and point at the beautiful culture and tech. It's so good to hear you back-up my claims. No country is perfect and Japan is no exception. We're humans; we're all fucked up in the head on this blue rock.

Who was that?

@@syndicalistcat3138 Alexander the Great

Sun Tsu, probably

@@syndicalistcat3138 Khairul Jamain (his UKposts Channel) He's a backpackers. Plus a lot Japanese people who move out to live in Malaysia & Indonesia said the same things.

@@SasukeUchiha-qr8hp Khairul Jamain (his UKposts Channel) He's a backpackers. Plus a lot Japanese people who move out to live in Malaysia & Indonesia said the same things.

Miss plane This is a job interview..

@@missplainjane3905 wish to

@@missplainjane3905 I don’t mind. Let me know if you have any other questions. I’m a Canadian, so a lot of my responses come from a North American perspective. I provided you an essay below because I should really be working on my thesis, but I’m procrastinating right now. 1) Do you consider Japan as a highly developed and advanced country ? They’re obviously a very developed country, considering they have one of the top economies in the world (at least for now, who knows what will happen in a couple generations). I wouldn’t consider them “advanced” necessarily. Sure, they have an incredible public transit system, but this is more due to lack of this infrastructure in other developed countries. For example, in USA, car companies push a lot against development of said infrastructure, and therefore the train systems suck. USA is also MASSIVE in comparison, so it’s not entirely fair. 2) How would you personally rate Japan (from culture to technology, architecture, food, local products, scenery/landscape, standard of living/quality of life, etc.) on a scale level of 1 to 10 ? I can’t put it on a scale rating. But like I mentioned, if you’re a tourist, especially from the Western world, you will probably fall in love with the country. It’s also so much different than living in the West because Japan has been a pretty isolated nation for much of history (even now, they’re not keen on opening borders to migrants, although this is literally what their economy requires to stay ahead). It is rich in culture, but again, that’s because Canada/USA lack a historical culture. In terms of the technology, it’s just like living in any other developed country. It’s very rare to find, for example, a robot serving you food and other things you may see on the internet. I will say this, the modern architecture is abysmal. The best way to describe some of the residential streets is that you have a bunch of rejected Tetris blocks that were strewn about randomly on the side of the roads. The houses look like ugly boxes. Fruits and vegetables are also extremely expensive. I pay about 2-4 dollars for a watermelon in Canada, whereas I’ll pay close to 20-25 dollars for one here. They heavily rely on imports. 3) How would you overall describe the characteristics of Japanese people ? They’re very well mannered and polite, even to Canadian standards. They also are not an individualistic society, as the West is, so I like the people and attitudes much more here. People will do things “for the greater good”, instead of some Americans you seen taking off their masks and putting everyone at risk for their own selfish “freedom”. Culturally they’re more reserved and won’t say what’s really on their minds. This can stifle innovation sometimes, because people don’t want to question or go against authority, like against they boss or professor. They also all tend to adopt the same exact fashion sense (again, despite what you see on the internet), where all the guys and girls have 90% the same hair and dress style. The businessmen also 99% wear a white shirt, black pants, black tie. There’s not much individuality here, and more “blend with the crowd” mentality. I really respect that 0.01% though, that will go absolute bananas with their image, and these are definitely the ones you see on the internet. Also, if you’re a woman working professional, life will be very difficult for you. They still have a perception that women don’t belong in power or in the workplace. I heard this is slowly changing. 4) If you have 3 words or more to describe Japan, what would it be ? “By the book”. Very rarely do they allow any leeway around their highly structured and rule-based society. To give you an example, a lady suggested I join a free Japanese class that was offered at the school for foreigners. Unfortunately, since I wasn’t technically in the correct department (even though we’re both in the science department), I wasn’t allowed to join nor audit the class. There’s a system for everything. Want to buy a bicycle? You need insurance for that, you need to register the bike at the police station, and you can only park it at designated bike parking spots. Yes, even little kids need bicycle insurance to ride their bikes. This “system”-based rule isn’t all that bad, and I prefer some of it over Canada/USA.

@@denzelnolet 外資系で働きたいって人はたまにみるけど 、話したことある人がほぼ皆移住したいって言うのは誇張じゃない？去年就活したけど大体日本の大企業狙ってる人ばかりだったよ タグつけんの忘れたからもっかい送るね、ごめん

@@denzelnolet Edit: having re read your comments I just realised you acknowledged examples of pros and cons, oh well, here’s a pointless ramble below if you wish to waste time. I think it should also be added that as with any other country there are pros and cons, it’s obvious but it’s important. This video emphasises the dark side (and don’t get me wrong I agree it’s a huge issue) but if you do well in japan you can live very well, the level of convenience is like nothing else (to pick a good example) trains are great. And on the note of convenience here’s a small anecdote: I was halfway up Mt. Misen on Miyajima and there were three mothefucking vending machines. And there are a whole host of other things. Apologies for the ramble, as of writing this it’s like 3 am and it’s the holiday. There are pros and cons to any country and this video is covering by far and away the most pressing con (the next most pressing being a branch off of this issue, population decline). I also think it’s important to acknowledge how lucky people who live in countries like Japan still are compared to other places, the worry isn’t whether terrorists will pick on you next like many west Africans, it’s not whether a Russian missile will hit you next (as with Ukrainians), it’s about a stable job. Japan is in for a rough couple of decades but it’s nothing like how rough the rest of the world is gonna have it. Why I get to make such a boring and logicless ramble: I was born in Tokyo, I am currently in 神楽坂

alcoholism, insomnia, neurosis and isolation. 60 years of life like this. what you described is a society where everyone is treated like screws and bolts in a machine. only that machine is all the japanese nation. japan died in 1990. postmodernism on steroids. the silence of the cemetery is the "spirit" of japan.

A month? A month is nothing. I’ve been here 30 years although there is some truth to what you say, a lot of it’s bullshit. There’s good and bad everywhere. Right now the problem would be to find the ‘good’ in the US. Very glad Ai expatriated from what has now become a total shithole. The cops here are lazy. In the US they are corrupt. Civil forfeiture? What the fuck is up with that? Medical debt is a top cause of bankruptcy in the US, here in Japan if doesn’t happen. How about safety? I can walk anywhere, and have, with almost zero fear. You know squat.

@@persapientiam3818 I used to call em "ants", and no I am not racist, I got Japanese friends, they were smart and they said no and run as far away as they could,this society was never something to admire, I called em that even when they were rich.Whats the point of being able to support a family when you work all day in a soul crushing job?

@@havocgr1976 A man chooses, a slave obeys......

なのに、なぜ、日本人は長生きするの？あなたたちはストレスもなくゆっくり寝るから早く死ぬの？

Even Australia have this kind of problems🤐

Why don't you pursue a career related to your degrees? Why did you give up, if I may ask?

is land expensive? sounds like you have the know how to make yourself comfortable...just work towards getting a plot of land and building something

@@LeoSerasinghe Despite my many achievements I've had some bad luck (an abusive narcissistic relationship and was bullied at work) and combined with past childhood issues has left me broken and without confidence. My biggest achievements are just bearing fruit with regards to Town Planning but at 50 I'm afraid to move forward. I did speak to the Dean of my local University about some bridging courses relating to my profession and she seems to think I'd be good at tutoring and lecturing students in their Built Environment Faculty. People see something in me that I don't see unfortunately.

@@LeoSerasinghe As for why I gave up, I had an abusive partner who wanted me to stay home. He was a well known Brisbane stylist and socialite and we were very comfortable financially. He wanted me by his side at all social occasions looking like the perfect couple but behind closed doors he was different. My independence was taken along with my self worth. Eventually I escaped but I'm still scarred by the 3 years I was there.

I graduated in the early 90's and rode it out by doing 6 years in the military. It was the golden age in the military, the USSR was dead and 9/11 was far away.

I feel like the pandemic also strengthened these tendencies in me.

This is a point I wanted to raise as well, that this problem is not unique only to Japan. I am from Canada as well, and I've observed it among my group of friends, the lack of motivation in pursuing traditional life goals such as raising a family and owning a home. I find myself partaking in conversations with my parents about living together because its the only reasonable way ill be able to afford my own place. Although me and my friends attend university, which we are really grateful for, we still don't see much hope in the future that awaits us.

The promotion ladder is broken, as companies will hire for degrees, rather than promote up the ranks. In addition to this, the boomers are working later, thus the ladder itself is stuck, where it isn't non-existent. The difference between in house training/experience and schooling is huge in that schooling produces nothing other than the student, who is then in debt. A person who comes up the ranks is making money all the way. And if you are at a lower or mid- level, there is literally no reward for achievement, as the promotion system is run by HR and their obsession with credentials. This is behind the failure to launch for so many. Easy credit, immigration, and ludicrous development procedures have lead us to housing that is ridiculously expensive, while also amounting to nearly half the non-government economy. And the biggest share of that pie is held by the finance system. (your bank will make more from your house than the builder will..... a LOT more) So we face young men with a dating market where 85% of them are chopped liver, 10% are okay, and 5% take all, where they can lose everything in court and spend many decades paying off another persons debts, why would they try? Traditionally the reward for being a career man was that you could support a family with your income, but women are beginning to out- earn men thanks to the credentialism and affirmative style HR. So why bother there, you're competing not complimenting. Young women have it worse, They hear all through their teens and twenties that they too can be a corporate slave, and that if they aren't, they're being oppressed, or missing out. They hear that sleeping about is a good thing and something they should definitely engage in. So they decide to go to school and have a career. All of this lands them (if they succeed) in debt, 30, just starting to make a lot of money, and wondering if a family is even possible. Since they've had easy access to the (usually temporary) attention of the top 5% of men, they will also have a high bar of expectation for their future partners, while having done almost nothing to make themselves desirable as a partner, and everything to make themselves a desirable lay for that idiot gym bro who has a fresh chick every couple weeks and no need to settle down. They were lied to. Lied to by their teachers, lied to by their parents, lied to by their professors, their banks, and their politicians and now they're 30, they need to work, and the men who could have supported them either can't, don;t want too, or just aren't as good as that guy that railed them in college. Turns out the corporate wage slavery that men used to do was not for their own benefit, but for their families, and being career driven for it's own sake is actually a hollow, empty, sad pursuit for nearly everyone who tries it, especially the women who would have been happier taking a more casual job and finding a husband. Most of us are so screwed - a fellow 30- something british columbian

@@hosmerhomeboy I'm going to share your comment with my friends cause it's eriously well written and sums up our problems. Thank you!!

Yes, the boomers really had it all and they continue to take from the generations not even born yet.

The thing is the monopolies aren´t going to let themselves be torn apart, the government is pretty much allied with these bussines so the big majority that have power in the country pretty much ain´t gonna move a finger. It´s sad because it´s a sinking ship but something really radical have to happend to completely change the direction the country is going.

They already did ukposts.info/have/v-deo/bY9edZltb3x8qGg.html

How do u know if a country or city is corrupted? When the secret societies can operate openly and glorified. So, no, nothing will happen and change in Japan till she died and fade away.

They already did something similar by breaking Zaibatsu and seizing their property after WW2

You rise lost the hold of economy if you break the walls which hold the dam together. Making small outflow paths ? Sure !

@UKposts SucksShit. It is what it is. Whether in Japan or here. We can't all be fortunate

As a woman who’s 39 who married and had kids young I don’t think I’d could date in todays society and like you I don’t own a home and I don’t think I’ll ever own one most people In my city who own homes are immigrants who live with multiple families to pay off the mortgage maybe when my kids are older we could do that Most houses where I live are out of my reach over 350k I also went to college and I don’t see the value in that anymore I feel like the American dream is gone and the more people who come to the USA the worst is gonna get I feel bad for my kids and I worry about their future I pray they have a happy and fulfilling life

41 is still young if you're a man who doesn't use drugs n eats well.. men can have children at any age.. find yourself a younger one

@@demaskus2016 They might be fertile to some degree or another, but that doesn't mean it's a good idea for a middle-aged or elderly man to procreate, even with a younger woman. As the quality of their sperm decreases, the risk of numerous disorders and defects in the child increases. Also, I'd be sad if I had fathered a child I wouldn't be able to keep up with or, even worse, wouldn't see the child grow up.

@@MJ-cd3wx I think that the more people immigrate here, the harder things will get for those of us born and raised here. We'll have to compete with them for jobs, food, housing, etc. I'm sure that mass immigration, the liberal push for egalitarianism, inflation, and the mass identity crisis among our youth are interconnected too. We don't even control our own food supply anymore, multinational conglomerates do. Grow/raise your own food if you can. Colleges are more like mental institutions now, with all of those blue/greenhead freakniks in there screaming their heads off, at every "debate."

You literally don't have a life my guy

You are literally in every video I have ever seen

@@anupdutta6217 I was about to say the same. I see this dude literally in every video I watch 💀

@@anupdutta6217 she's a bot and needs to be reported

Mandatory euthanasia is the only option

Thanks for the insight!

Anything else sir

You should of just went on vacation to Japan 🇯🇵 Don’t move there

I guess the creativity/originality depends on the industry, art and fashion wise Japanese is actually super ahead. I imagine it’s way more rigid in traditional routes?

@@keima8180 yes absolutely. On average I would say it’s lacking across most industries (some worse than others) but there of course still are rockstar performers.

Have you ever heard about black companies? I think they're one of those where the employers work hard and still gain very little amount of salary. These kinds of companies usually hire younger, fresh graduates who are desperate to find jobs and who are easier to fool because they are uninformed about black companies. They never benefit from their work, and only the companies benefit from it. They'll probably die working for the same company all throughout their lives without gaining anything.

@@rogue8903 every Asian manufacturing companies practices this. They can always hire a new operator if someboy resign or terminated

​@@rogue8903All companies are black companies. Because capitalism is based on exploitation of human labour.

That's honestly the one good thing there. The stability. They don't throw you away like trash at the drop of a hat like most Western companies do

Where are your cousin from ?

the spirit called tok entered the bay of isa tokugawa (tokyo or edo) in 1620 and left in 1990. now the credit bubble from the rothschild bank is driving the consumerism of ennui nippon. japan died in 1990. postmodernism on steroids. the silence of the cemetery is the "spirit" of japan.

We had the same here in Greece, for different reasons.A boom a bubble and the aftermath.The main difference though is we speak many languages so our young educated people just left the country.Brain drain as they call it.The ones that remained(like me) pay the price of our fathers mistakes.

@@havocgr1976 The Japanese youth are leaving Japan as well. Young Japanese now take their foreign languages studies more seriously and are more prepared to leave for overseas.

Did you ever met a “lost generation” person? What did they do with their lives? I would assume some of them moved to different countries?

No mention of Plaza accord. Strange

@@ugly3887 china is stagnating. but not due to economic model but due the covid lockdowns and massive floods right now.

@@ugly3887 not stagnating but slowing down. It was predicted to do so by their government anyhow.

@@ugly3887 prob cuz they have population nb advantage unlike japan and Korea?

@Partydough Because of their Horrible one dimensional work culture which robs it’s employees of personal time and an over emphasis of hiring only paper smart “elites”. End results, extremely Low birth rates and high suicide rates. All in all a depressive society.

@@ugly3887 chinese real estate and infrastructure bubble has not burst yet. But it will burst eventually.

All true, and there's a statistic out there that found our microgeneration will always be behind the others around us in terms of wealth. Worth looking up if you can find it; government intervention would really help in that regard.

and it’s happening again with students that graduated during the peak pandemic (2020-2022) even with student that graduated during this time, we lost a lot of job/internship opportunities and many of us are even struggling to get part time work because the period we were supposed to be gaining work experience was lost to quarantine.

well ive been a neet for about 2 years now

you could also make the argumnent the US has never really recovered from the 08 recession and we're due for the next one with how bad the housing market is and the ridiculous interest rates rn@@butterfly22432

I graduated 2 years ago and all institutions abandoned me, no job since then

@@chrillsimslovesgretathunbe9771 I feel you brother - what country?

are those two and a half years jampacked with units or do they just not study as many things?

@@kubli365 Not jampacked. Imagine a usual 12-16 credit term. No more than that. Add in that most courses pass everyone as long as they meet attendance requirements and turn in all assignments, if the work is 50% or higher score.

I remember my parents who were university students during the bubble economy(1980s) telling me that shushoku katsudo as we know it didn’t exist back then. Students didnt need to “job hunt”, companies went after them to join their business. They even gave “prizes” just for deciding to join their company, such as buying them a brand new car, a house, vacation overseas etc.

Have you thought about going to work abroad?

Why the fucj dont u migrate to another country. It’s the only choice you are left with.

Have you thought of starting your on kind of enterprise in a field you are interested in?

Stay strong brother

I would encourage you to pray…it works. 🙇🏻‍♀️🙏🏽

Stop watching anime and go outside?

you are syrian

I believe you have things to give to the society where you stay now. Especially your culture.

Try to learn about biochemistry of your brain. It will really help you to understand and overcome your stress roots. Try it. Wish you the best

@@eve_______ Looooooooool

Governments are run by people. It is people failing people, not institutions.

Thanks for pointing this out

@@techtutorvideos no. he means to say that hikikomori is an affliction, a syndrome, like a disease. not a choice.

@@NocturneJester That's because you have spend even more resources on them to help them, before they can contribute back. Government look at people like investment. And to them, anyone with problems be it health, mental, behaviour or old age doesn't worth as much as a normal capable and young people who can contribute the maximum back to their own society. The risk of getting a return from these people is bigger. There's no humanity in this way of thinking at all. But higher up are often too far out from reality anyway, so no doubt they don't treat lower class people as humans.

Stop blaming all your issues on mental problems choosing to isolate yourself from society is unsustainable and they cannot survive once their parents perish. They are leeches living off their parents' hardwork.

Your uncle's son would be your cousin, no?

Why you complaining

Smart.

@@rexj3517 hes not hes stating what happens in japan

Your uncle’s son experienced the real dark side of Japanese dark side of company.

Ryan Boundless did DREAMCRUSHER videos about how overrated Japan is. Weeaboos hate him.

It's very sad to know. As they are very smart intelligent people with quality products over the decades I wish something will happen where they get compensate in the future

Elaborate on why women have it badly?, What makes it so?

@@nevilleabbott2330 ukposts.info/have/v-deo/qHqTa36poKB9t2Q.html

Very interesting realization you’ve had. When you look at modern cultures around the world you can see so many unnatural circumstances put on people. souls and spirits have been degraded from humanity for too many decades. Hopefully people can wake up and realize that this is not how we are meant to be

damn

ah.. that's pretty reasonable

Large old population/underpopulation is better than large young population(fewer jobs)/overpopulation in my poor country Nigeria. Rich nations long life expectancy(which is good)is why there’re more older people. I wish Japan well♥️ 🇯🇵

@@moyndebs6759 you are right. That is worse. I think though, both extremes are bad. They are both unsustainable.

From someone who lives in Japan this is 100% correct. Japan is a time machine but not to the future, more rather to the past.

Well it wouldn't be thinking "outside the box" if everyone did it.

Yes, change but why Japanese are not accepting change? It's because Western media in the 80s & early 90s praising Japanese work ethics and management to the height of Heaven and Japanese willingly believe. But the main reason why Japan fail after the 80s is Plaza Accord! Yet American is your trusted ally. Irony?

So you are married with a japanese Woman then you should know that japanese people are thought all since birth to NEVER think for themself that with the social norm of the nail that sticks out is quickly hammered in means that people dare not think for themselfs or risk becoming social outcasts.

Is it expensive to live in a farm in the countryside?

@@localmilfchaser6938 in Japan, nope. There's so many empty land in there be because the lack of population

I live in the US, and this frankly describes my situation perfectly as well. It's not a problem isolated to Japan sadly.

@@greyfox79007 So sad to hear that, mate. Yeah, I can imagine that. But I still have hope; let's not give up! peace~

I live and work in America and I can relate to the lost generation.

I do believe that Japan need foreigners and maybe a hikikomori working alongside to help him back on his/her feet. And push him/her in the right direction.

@@eden0115 oh, please. That's literally me and every high school graduate I've known for the past 20 years living in 'murica. I bet most of them are still in student loan debt and are STILL paying them in their 30s right about now. Most of them have probably given up their future dreams already as we speak. And, now. It's only getting worse. Because now. Even the elderly in retirement here in 'murica are expected to get out retirement and start working AGAIN! Crazy, right? We're done. The world is done. Political wars, economic inflation. And the growing fear of this plandemic, along with crappy working conditions that barely pay the bare minimum wage to keep up with this downward spiral is a guarantee done. This definitely isn't just an isolated issue Japan faces over the past decade.

Unions would do that but the government makes them illegal due to organized crime I am told.

@@johnhix484 oh wow that's messed up.

Why are you not working? There is an employee shortage everywhere, and Canada must be on eof the places in the world where employers are most willing to make accomodations for their workers. I'm Canadian as well.

@@IzzyOnTheMove Multiple reasons. I can list a few. -Lack or reliable transportation -Lifelong sufferer of Generalized Anxiety Disorder -I dislike being around people -Mostly part time work available. Not worth coming off Income Support -I have no interest in contributing to a "Progressive", Social Justice society. -No family for which to provide.

There's no way you watched this video and thought the problem is "lazy young people."

I live in Europe I know many Italians. They all say the same: that there is no opportunity for them in Italy and that's why (for now at least) they stay away.

@@jamessmith1652 i come from the south of Italy, where the situation is worst. Everyone in my family (including me) has left to study/work either abroad or in other parts of Italy.

Italy along with Spain, Portugal and Greece has been enslaved by EU / Germany. If you are Italian you can tell what happened after Euro had been introduced.

There is a book "Machiavelli's Children: Leaders and their legacies in Italy and Japan" by Richard Samuels that does a comparison of the political history of Italy and Japan. They are both eerily similar.

@@peteryoung8541 thank you for the recommendation! I've been looking forever for something that compared the two nations

I thought the UK 80s were roaring, golden years? The 70s had high inflation, and the winter of discontent. The 90s had recession. Surely the 80s were better than the 70s and 90s?

There is nothing wrong with reading comics, so long is that is the only thing you do.

in short you're married both unhappy bc she got spare D w/o you knowing it and you feel miserable with 8-5 job in order to send kids to decent school.

@@jamessmith1652 I am 58 and from the UK. The early 1980s were a huge depression and 3 million plus unemployed, mid 1980s was alll about union busting with the miners strike, the late 1980s were only slowly working down those unemployment numbers (helped by a lot of statistical games) and then early 1990s was another huge recession because the UK's attempt to join the European monetary union. Only after that, from the mid 1990s onwards did things really take off.

@@jamessmith1652 No they were not. Only for a tiny percentile.

Yup. Japan overworks and underpays the working man and woman, making it nigh impossible to start a family, while breaking people who simply can't take the stress so they for sure won't have kids, while making it actually impossible for 15% of their people to get a long term or good paying job, if any. On top of their sexism problems and blind eye to women and men who have been assaulted, (one thing is that if a woman marries she has to change her last name or it is very, very difficult to keep her original family name depending on region, plus its seen as weak for man to let her keep her name, despite that being the norm in the past, but if she was the inheritor of a family business she cannot legally keep it because it would no longer be under the starter families name. So better off women are not getting married or just losing everything). Everybody gets 1 shot after graduating maybe, and having independant ideas or entrepreneurial tendancies can get you alienated. Then expecting everyone to go back to the classic household, and especially screwing over women in status and pay because they should be at home with the kids no one can afford, putting voting piwer in the hands of the elderly who have to vote selfishly to survive, and refusing to change...Aight then.

Hit the nail on the head.

It sounds like it's collective to make money for just a few people at the top of the company and not collective to help everyone in this collective. You can see this in every other country but it's easier to point this out in Japan because there, it's too cruel. Every country has rich people that don't care for the future or anyone besides themselves, but not every country demands their workers work for low wages, overtime, for their whole lives.

@@kulturalkontrariankomedy I agree, I've also read somewhere that this is not as recent of a phenomenom as we might think, Japanese society is very based in collectivism due to natural disasters, having a mindset of "save the group, you'll save the individual later" works for disaster scenarios, but can also be easily warped into "save the company, but screw you"

@@Kamila-ey5vi Cruel people will go to any lengths to win and they will use anything to do so. It is not surprising they guilt trip people.

Mass immigration pushes growth which in turn pushes property and land values exponentially thus lowering wages raising prices and makes the rich even richer without any effort.

Its definitely happening in America.

@@noneofyourbusiness1114 sounds like 3rd world country

Wait until automation and A.I start replacing jobs.

No one ever said life is "stress free", that's a fantasy. It's also what vacations were created for, to get away from the stress for a little while to regenerate and then go back to it refreshed.

Interesting. Company loyalty does seem to be an asset in some sectors. But it worries me how rigid that workforce would get. I had experience in a wide range of different past jobs and the value to my current profession is quite incalculable....

@@syjiang oh, I didn't mean to imply it was a good business practice. Hiring for life means someone who is good at 22 may not be the best fit at 30, 40, 50. I actually see that as a big danger to Japanese businesses. There's no imperative to continue studying your field. Just to study the business instead. It solely benefits the worker in this day and age.

Did the globalists finally succeed in ensuring people who love their nations and want to protect their cultures and borders are considered “bad”? You refer to nationalism as bad. It’s not. It’s the only antidote to the problems globalism is visiting on the world. Most media is in the hands of these psychopaths who want open borders and one grey mass of mixed cultures easily controlled and under constant tense division. This is evil.

@@missplainjane3905 Japan? Plenty of times. Love the country. Best food in the world. Most creative people on the planet. Probably safest place you can ever feel. Waiting for quarantine to end so I can get there again.

@@missplainjane3905 1. Both highly developed and advanced in regards to maintaining a functional society for the country with the most people per capita in the world. (I think it is. Maybe Indonesia is... I know Tokyo is the most dense place on earth). The process of doing that has affects on the psychological I can't even fathom to understand. 2. 9/10 for culture, arts and scenery. 10/10 for convenience and food. 6/10 for quality of life. No work life balance and to much societal pressure. 3. They're all different. Yeah, there's a commonality of the exact opposite of an American stereotype. I've mostly dealt with business men and women, who I can admire to detest. But, overall, far more positives then negatives. 4. The best place on earth... for a holiday. I enjoy too much getting 2-3 hours a day with my kids to ever live there. You can't buy time.

They look like a giant ant colony. All of them look same, they spend their lives for the colony. An ant never rests. They always find a work to do.

Corporate Slavery to keep the masses in check

@@notgrubu2179 "All of them look the same" That's a bad thing? They're all racially pure. Their blood is untainted.

@@WakaWaka2468 I guess Not Grubu was referring to the clothes and hair

@@WakaWaka2468 "They're all racially pure. Their blood is untainted." holy shit you managed to make it infinitly more racist

@@iconictrash6023 it’s even easier to see how “big and scary” the “real world” is and be a big baby behind a screen. props for at least trying OP! commit to a better life and you’ll be surprised how far you go!

I found that apathy in life it's self is one of the big reasons adulthood sucks. Getting into the grind can be really soul crushing unless you have a good social circle to lean on.

@@Mightyhero777 life doesn't always go as planned

Get out there and see what you can make of it! Life is hard, but it has its wonderful moments, and I wish you the best!

Sounds suspiciously similar to the millions who just stopped looking for jobs recently in the US.

That was me 2008. Coming out of college but nobody was hiring took years before I could really start even using my degree. Worked out eventually, but unfortunate how timing can be such a burden for some and blessing for others.

@@MistaTofMaine I graduated in 2007 and my boyfriend at the time was in construction and that bubble burst screwed us over for years. It took about 10 years of working hard to build a life, had a child and then the pandemic happened. I swear it’s one thing after another for our generation.

The fall of the Japanese economy is in the 80's cause by US, since then japan to-date still can not recover. ukposts.info/have/v-deo/b3p7eZiujqinmmg.html ukposts.info/have/v-deo/nZGIrIJ6jq1_u2Q.html

@@AshleyOwleBishop I tell this to people: "From my observation it looks like this. The 2010's were similar to the Roaring 20's, with the same loose morals and complaints of deviancy and debauchery. The 2020's is going to be an economic lost cause, similar to the 1930's. I'll leave it to you to figure out what happened next and how that happened'. What it does mean is that Gen Z might end up being The Greatest Generation v2. Interesting, but perhaps not unsurprising since millennials are showing signs of Conservatism and pushback to modern narratives.

2008 crisis is westernized exaggerated nonsense.

You also gotta consider that students who feel that way go schools abroad which is pretty common among students

Where you from? Do you get many exchange students?

It's thanks to media portrayals and popular cultures that shape people's mind about Japan. Ask an insider, they would tell you a way different story that what is promoted and propagandized thru the media. I think why many (not all) Japanese media from anime, video games, TV program even as little as design on their product packaging have such cheerful upbringing, and also why kawaii/cuteness culture exists, is to fill their emptiness in their life with something. It's like a trauma healing mechanism to some extent.

What makes u assume that all Japanese people is living a miserable life? Damn assumptions

cope

I'm curious of your comments. What specifically do you think is B.S in the video besides the hikikomori? I was there for 5 months just recently and although I loved it I couldn't help but feel that people indeed looked overworked basically everywhere I went, not to mention the trains. I'm not saying you're wrong, you've lived there for a long time. Do you think the video portrayed the work culture in an incorrect way? Regarding the aging population, the video brought it up didn't it?

@@qa1025 To an outsider, the Japanese may look overworked, but I think it is the work ethic. Also, Japanese socialize a lot after work, so if they look sleepy, they may have just had a long night out with friends from work.

Workers must seize the means of production.

I was born in Germany. It's fine here. Scandinavia, Netherlands, Belgium etc. are also pretty decent. The problem is with countries where the system, including the society, condemns every progress as communist.

If Japan relaxed their working culture and also immigration policies, I'd maybe consider going there 🤔

@Cass Cass You visited

@@daniellxnder If--or I guess when---Japan relaxes immigration policy, it's bound to become as dirty and unsafe as the western countries (US, Europe, etc.). You can pretend like the cleanliness and safety of Japan has absolutely nothing to do with it being a monocultural society where said culture values cleanliness and respect. But it's the reality. So what happens when you make Japan a multicultural society full of other cultures that don't hold those same values? I guess Japan's going to have to find out. With the country quickly speeding towards an inevitable collapse if something doesn't change soon, increased immigration is likely going to be the only option. The extremely clean and safe Japan that draws in the admiration of starry-eyed foreigners from all around the world is quickly coming to an end. No matter how you look at things, Japan's future is not very promising.

That is so sad, when the youth give up on their home country as a whole; even here in the US, there are some who still have hope for this place, because of the "Right to Complain" still holding on (for dear life, maybe, but it's still there). I can't imagine living in a place where you are expected to hold your tongue, even if you get cheated like "The Lost Generation" has. Dark times are ahead for a lot of nations, it seems.

when the rothschild bank defaults the bubble will burst think about it there is no free market quantitative easing to japanese companies sustains their turnover when the roth bank defaults no more credit to keep the dead economy turning over useless junk when the credit bubble bursts all the other bubbles will burst with it tick tock!

@@ownedmaxer607 how many japanese want to serve the machine? this documentary and all other docs on japan do not propose the idea of alternatives to japanese people. most japanese simply assume that japan is the whole universe and the structure of the japanese machine can never be violated. deep down they feel that japan, not God Alone, is god. an atheist society chose to worship nippon as they shun the Grace of God.

don't cry bro ----------- japan was #1 in the 80's n usa did a hua wei to it japan only bomb hawaii millitary outpost usa nuke deep japan big cities hiroshima nagasaki usa will not allow japan to do reparation to keep japan hated by asia - japan bomb n usa nuke - no more revenge but asia is still - revenge or reparation japan must do some easy things or suffer revenge 1 burn war criminal shrine n build peace leaders' shrine in it's place - why worship war criminals that kill lots of japanese youths? 2 facts in text bks 3 pay 70mil equivalent of the time to victim nations n be free from fear of revenge forever n free from usa protection/bases too 4 don't elect warhawks that war torn japan - elect economy leaders n make japan rich

I think the US Gex X (which I am one of) is still much more optimistic then in Japan because the Japanese put so much emphasis on education at young age so if can’t get immediately into good college/job they are much more depressed. Americans for better or worse usually gets depressed at middle age.

I graduated in '91, and I'm 52...in the US there was a recession too... Companies weren't hiring new grads...by the time the recession ended, they wanted fresh faced kids, right out of school. Not mid twenties people that never got a chance.

yep, but althought the prospects werent as good for gen x as they were for boomers, I would say that lack of hope is more akin for milenials and somewhat the now incoming gen z

As they say "you become what you think" . Initiative and the want to be productive is within reach of all of us. Success means different things to different people.. No matter what country you live in.

boy they are lucky I wasn't born there. I would 100% be one of those people, might as well since the company I'd be working for likely wouldn't be worth a damn. I'd especially would not give a damn about the fellow employees either, which Is a big reason a lot of workers get overworked. Just sit on my ass and invest in American companies and crypto.

Not to mention the culture of staying longer than your boss and working long hours in general. How are you supposed to be productive, to regenerate or to get new ideas when you're wasting away in an office?!

are there alot of "bullshit jobs" in japan too?

Incredible!

Intel has also become a monster cooperation and established an exploitative, toxic working culture.

I don't think the answer is that simple -- most startups, especially ones that will be at the "unicorn" scale of your Googles and Facebooks, require money (investments), and where will this money come from? Certainly not the big corporations that are enjoying the status quo...

There are cultural barriers to striking out on your own. In that area China is ahead.

@@zinjanthropus322 I haven't understood

@@filbao8113 Starting a company is almost a taboo in Japan.

Started from the bottom now we're here.