The Rise and Fall and Rise and Fall (and Rise) of Japan

Japan is a country which has gone through many phases of power and decline. Here are the last (and future) 5 of those phases. Why does Japan go through these, and what will happen in its future?
#h0ser #history #japan
0:00 The Story of Japan
0:33 Rise 1 - Meiji
3:49 Fall 1 - Empire
7:20 Rise 2 - Miracle
10:40 Fall 2 - Lost Decades
13:12 Rise 3 - Desourcing

[@JK-st5se]

I went to Japan a few years ago and it is hard to notice the demographic crunch until you leave the city, if you go to any suburban or rural town they are entirely filled with old people, with few children to be seen.

[@jamessinclair2898]

I think that's noticeable in quite a few developed nations tbh. I've lived all across the UK and I've noticed the same thing - the rural areas are just hordes of boomers, but the cities are much, much younger. Cities are where the jobs are, so I guess that's where the working age population gravitates towards.

[@RandomZex]

@@jamessinclair2898 although that is right,it is not that much of an extent compared to Japan

[@TheHolladiewaldfeee]

@@RandomZex Yeah, not even close. Here im germany there are still alot of young people in the rural areas, just because the living cinditions arent worse than in the City, some things are even better in the rural area, espacially for young familys. Things like a Place in a Kindergarten are way easier to get then in the City. In Japan the difference rural/urban is much more noticable.

[@jsgwam]

@@TheHolladiewaldfeee true, I don't think Europe is to the extent japan is

[@jsgwam]

@MattyBRaps400 sounds about right

[@Glutoncito]

i absolutely love the use of national animals of each country as the representation

[@luanasari5161]

i dont like it it just feels like it has less emotion and effort then countryballs

[@lucinae8510]

Ukraine's national animal isn't a bear (which is a little insensitive given the current climate), it's the Common Nightingale.

[@smit866]

@@luanasari5161 The countryballs just looked really cute to me

[@NoName-lf4os]

@@lucinae8510 I think that isn’t a bear but some type of badger or stoat like animal

[@lucinae8510]

@@NoName-lf4os Still not their national animal.

[@SamAronow]

Baseball had been introduced to Japan during the Meiji period. The Japanese spread it with their empire and it was already the most popular sport by World War II.

[@PerryKobalt]

Hey my Favorite Jewish History teacher ! When video about Asian Jewish? Sorry i meant South East Asian Jewish where most people often ignore till this day ! I heard In Sulawesi there alot natives self convert to Judaism Alot there, you should check them out what's happening there

[@thomasgrabkowski8283]

Like for example they played a role in spreading it to their colonies of Korea and Taiwan

[@joaoribeiro5938]

@@PerryKobalt he already did about the keifeng Jews

[@PerryKobalt]

@@joaoribeiro5938 yeah that's Chinese Jewish history, what I said is **"the Jewish in Southeast Asia in Sulawesi aka Indonesia"** I'd like want to see does any other countries such as Malaysia, Thais, Filipinos,Vietnamese and etc does have Jewish people and history trace there?

[@joaoribeiro5938]

@@PerryKobalt Indonesia was part of the Dutch empire. So a channel focused on dutch history could talk about this issue, but i don't think that there a channel in English who talks about dutch history ( which is a pity ) .

[@doge.a.cat2002]

I'm reading a book that talks about Japanese history called Pure Invention. It primarily talks about their pop culture's influence on the world stage

[@themutant2816]

I guess that is its most major contribution. Concerning practical inventions, they are lacking in those that have had an effect on the world, especially when compared to old India and China, though their practical contribution has been more modern with robotics and what not being used to prop up and ageing and dying nation.

[@mjhhhh504]

When

[@doge.a.cat2002]

@@mjhhhh504 Same time periods discussed in that book as this video

[@mjhhhh504]

@@doge.a.cat2002 when did I ask lmao diggah hahahaha

[@grillygrilly]

Matreso Mental age of a 10 year old confirmed

[@jackkarpoe6228]

I would point out that unlike America, China, Europe, India, and (now most definitely) Russia, Japan is not faced with nearly as many potential major divisions, separatist movements, wars, and/or revolutions and enjoys a relatively much higher level of political unity and stability than these other nations. Obviously because of globalism and alliances, if one of these countries crashes, so will Japan and the rest of the world to a degree. I’m just saying Japan’s far less likely than Western and authoritarian nations to completely tear itself apart in the event of a major social upheaval.

[@augth]

Europe is not a nation but an alliance of nations. Of course it would be divided.

[@mokakuma7329]

why u didnt mention africa tho

[@sinoroman]

because of US presence in Japan. without America having some involvement, it would be a different story

[@Al-waqwaq]

国民の性質の問題かな

[@sinoroman]

@@ii4826 there are protests all the time in okinawa..

[@PakBallandSami]

"Japan is the most intoxicating place for me. In Kyoto, there's an inn called the Tawaraya which is quite extraordinary. The Japanese culture fascinates me: the food, the dress, the manners and the traditions. It's the travel experience that has moved me the most" --Roman Coppola

[@liborkozak8938]

Yeah the Japanese have probably the second most developed culture imperialsm only behind the US

[@OsaidTaha]

you are everywhere

[@qerqiztopulli1708]

And on history of skanderbeg

[@pbohearn]

Japan is the France of Asia.

[@celestialhylos7028]

One please?

[@vetabeta9890]

4:10 as someone whose read hirohito's biography, i think the assessment that HE personally liked or supported the expansionism is false, he was compalcent with it to a degree, but numerous times he tried to limit or outright stop it, but failed, A faction of the Imperial japanese army even wanted to repalce him with his more militarist brother, Prince Chichibu. Kominka was also started during ww2 (mass japanization) prior to that it was more autonmous, specifically in taiwan/formosa

[@TheWazzoGames]

A part of me wonders how authentic his biography is as there was an attempt following World War II to wash his image clean.

[@vetabeta9890]

@@TheWazzoGames he didn’t write it, the biography is also very (bias I might add) in addressing your very point, they speak on how his involvement was erased, and the biography is framed as showing why he wasn’t as innocent

[@canyou7670]

A Nazi guard can still be arrested today but I guess the God Emperor have its pros

[@boaoftheboaians]

much agreed, what h0ser says seems to be basically what the generalized western perception of hirohito knows and interprets out of him and his era. Compared to you I most likely don't know as much, but based on what I've seen of him so far, the guy seemed to want peace even when everyone around him wanted to go on a more militarist approach.... he deliberately kept out of politics too, letting the more military-hellbent ministers do as they pleased, and then he was crucial to the decision of ending the pacific war of ww2.

[@TheWazzoGames]

@@canyou7670 the Allies feared a Japanese revolt if they harmed any of the imperial family due to their religious importance. Even the Prince who ordered the R8P3 of Nanking, Prince Yasuhiko Asaka, was let off of the hook because of that.

[@mrpay4444AYypIgEDLbwfZm4kjaQk]

Japan could easily increase its population with less work hours and bigger houses with minimal cost to its economy. Cutting the work day by 2 hours and building houses that aren't the size of test tubes will make Japan based again. The cost to the economy can be mostly covered by automaton. Unfortunately Japanese politicians blame their problems on cultural changes, despite them being a symptom of decline. Also on oil, electric cars are the future, so oil will be reserved for more critical components.

[@pancholopez8829]

How about better metro and more better design infrastructure?

[@Emilechen]

if it was so easy to do, Japan would have achieved it for long, one of the reason of Japan's economical decline is that more and more high tech products made in Japan are replaced by made in China, it reduce many income for Japan,

[@mrpay4444AYypIgEDLbwfZm4kjaQk]

@@Emilechen It is true that the foreign front is way harder however Japan can turn the tide with economic protections and support from the us and Europe. Japanese businesses have room to expand in the newer eastern European countries and if putin loses power and the Russian economy collapses/declines Japan can fill some gaps. Eastern Europe also has many left over weapons, so Japan could organize some defense deals for modernized missiles systems and ship parts.

[@andreipopescul2439]

@@mrpay4444AYypIgEDLbwfZm4kjaQk Many eastern european countries are in nato (romania, bulgaria, greece, albania) As a romanian, i don't think our country would be interested in buying newer weapons as we feel very protected because we're in nato

[@Frazier16]

Well it the birth rate would still be low because 1st world countries have low birth rates but it wouldn't be as bad

[@noahengelstad1253]

The need for raw materials has always haunted japan since Meiji times.

[@konosaki]

As a Japanese citizen, I would like to mention a few things. It is no secret that Japan is experiencing an aging and declining population. On the other hand, this is a common issue in most developed countries. These countries are accepting large numbers of immigrants, and at this point, the challenges are not as apparent as they are in Japan. However, it will create a different kind of challenge. Many Japanese expect the challenges to be more difficult to solve those challenge than the mainstream opinion in the West. Many also argue that population decline itself should not be viewed so negatively, given Japan's limited land and resources. This is because the industry of the future will be the age of automation, and the world will be a place where cultural values are more important than the number of human beings. Strategies for the next era are moving in various aspects. For example, the number of consumer electronics products bearing the logos of Japanese companies has decreased compared to the past, because Japanese companies have shifted to the production of core parts. For example, 95% of the core parts of wifi are made in Japan, and the key materials for high-end semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing equipment are made in Japan, creating a system in which the global supply chain stops when Japanese industry stops. In addition, although China is perceived as the rising power in Asia, Japan still exceeds China in the amount of infrastructure development assistance to Southeast Asian countries. Japan has been investing abroad the huge amount of assets it built during 70-90s, and is reinvesting the money it earns from the return profits back into Asia. This is not just charity, but a return on investment, and a great game to bring many Asian countries into the democratic camp.

[@analyticalhabitrails9857]

I just concerned you guys dont get too depressed and disappear on us!! Like come on!

[@user-gg3ok9dy2n]

すっご

[@MakayaAlexis-zl7xf]

-い？

[@MakayaAlexis-zl7xf]

I think you would be right about that if the government slashed welfare benefits for the elderly

[@bakrahabibi5471]

Western, Central and Northern Europe offsets it to some extent using immigration but Japan doesn't get the same amount of immigrants plus Japanese society is a little bit closed and hostile to outsiders .

[@lucianoosorio5942]

3:14 France: Hey cut that out. Japan: Ok, I guess we’ll just go home. WAIT A MINUTE! What are you doing? Germany: Taking advantage of a weaken China. Japan: But I was the one who weakened them. Germany: We know. Japan: And you guys didn’t let me have anything. Germany: We know. Japan: That seems unfair. Germany: We don’t think so. Ok Cya Japan: Screw this! *Goes to war with Russia.*

[@kd4n347]

Was this an oversimplified video? I think WW2 or the Russian revolution?

[@lucianoosorio5942]

@@kd4n347 yes it is. WW2

[@RMSAquitaniafan55]

@@lucianoosorio5942 Am I the only one who heard over simplifieds voice while reading this

[@zyancuerdo8367]

@@RMSAquitaniafan55 nope

[@NeostormXLMAX]

this is a very misleading video, they went after russia because it was russia that literally annexed the most land out of all the european powers (remember almost all of vladisvtok and the eastern most parts of russia were originally china) also they threatened japan's colony korea directly, same reason why england allied with japan, they were scared the russians were gonna threaten india.

[@kid_doonski]

I appreciate that you've made the change of using animals with the flag pattern on them rather then the WILDLY overused 'countryballs'

[@blackman5867]

Cuntryballz

[@luanasari5161]

no countryballs is better it has more emotion and effort put into it

[@Danisiah1]

As a countryball fan, I agree with u, there has to be more diversity on countries’ depictions

[@fightingfinn1503]

I like the animals more, fits better with his videos

[@kiwuuspurr1927]

@@luanasari5161 you're saying it takes more effort to draw a ball than to draw a wild animal? do you perhaps have a lack of braincells currently?

[@sjajsjsja4523]

There are a lot of inaccuracies in this video. Japan loved baseball since long before WWII, believe it or not. It was introduced there around 1900 (I forget exactly when) and stuck. It's super easy and natural to assume baseball became popular during the American occupation, but that's why you always need to do research.

[@diabolivirtusen-tavares-ea4645]

So, far you've mentioned *ONE* and the rest are?

[@kowa8846]

@@diabolivirtusen-tavares-ea4645 The fact that Hirohito wasn't really the one behind all of the Japanese actions that drove them into the deadly war that was WW2. And also assuming that Japan surrendered ONLY because of the atomic bombs. History is easy to simplify, but only if you know how to do that.

[@Cheeseburgerlove]

@@kowa8846 so what are the other reasons japan surrendered ?

[@kowa8846]

@@Cheeseburgerlove The Soviet invasion of Manchuria can be considered as the main reason Japan surrendered. They were losing ground on all fronts and would prefer being occupied by the US rather than the commies

[@Cheeseburgerlove]

@@kowa8846 k

[@ninte253]

日本人は悲観的でみんなこの国は終わりだと思っているとこが強み

[@superchicken3554]

Love these videos!! I really like how it is very educational with a few comedic bits that make it much more interesting

[@youngwillow7988]

I also think Japan followed the Germany way. Once they sent someone to Germany to learn from a philosopher. (Neither of their names I can recall.) Then they decided to declare some wars to gradually rule Asia.

[@DarkshadowXD63]

German or Prussian at this time military advisor were seen as the best given their recent victory against France and having the largest professional army on the continent. Berlin had also replaced Paris as a capital of cultures and science.

[@newstartyt3700]

Nietzsche and Hegel?

[@sneedchuckington]

@@DarkshadowXD63 the Franco-Prussian War can be thanked for that. French military advisors went from being sought after to being a joke.

[@NeostormXLMAX]

they followed too late, if they did what britain did in the 1800s instead of 1900s all of asia would be speaking japanese

[@Vandelberger]

@@newstartyt3700 Definitely Nietzche.

[@Peta_CHAD69]

I love how you said "US put the democracy back up" as, up until the Tojo and his rag-tag gang of infuriatingly incompetent officers took over there was an imperial code called, 「憲政の常道」which means the emperor chooses whoever that was picked by the people through election, as the prime minister of Japan, whether the emperor himself likes the guy or not. He COULD choose whoever he likes but, chose not to as that would degrade the country into a Chinese empire-like absolute monarchy which, made apparent that they were a failure of a system through the war in 1894 and the consecutive events. Yes, the Japanese empire, practicing democracy, what a shocker.

[@xiiir838]

The Japanese empire also ended slavery in Korea when they got there.

[@xiiir838]

@waaew 3wqwa it was.

[@sinoroman]

"The elections had limited suffrage, with only male citizens 25 years of age and over, who had paid 15 Japanese Yen or more in national taxes, and who had been resident in their prefecture for at least a year, qualified to vote."

[@sinoroman]

republic and democracy are not the same thing. before 1900, the US was just a republic. after universal suffrage, America became an indirect democracy

[@Peta_CHAD69]

@@sinoroman In that regard yes Pre-war Japanese democracy wasn't up to standard but in 1925 the 25 yen threshold had been abolished so any men of over 25 yo could vote from then on. Women? No no, I said MEN of over 25 years old. But y'know, democracy nonetheless.

[@TheBlindingStorm]

3:10: I think you mean the Ryukyu Islands here. Japan took Taiwan in 1895. 8:49: Baseball entered Japan in the 1870s and was already nationally popular by the 1910s.

[@vetabeta9890]

Yes, but Japan DID invade Taiwan in the 1870s under the mudan incident but only as a punitive measure, baseball was way more popular after occupation

[@dcc2278]

Japan invaded Ryukyu during the 1600s or 1700s I think

[@vetabeta9890]

@@dcc2278 1600s

[@sinoroman]

sad for the ryukyu people. their language and culture are different from yamato people

[@No_Anime_No_Life.]

@@sinoroman yet they doesn't problem with this, even there still have some Ryukyu cultures and like with Yamato people

[@killermon117]

just when i revisit your videos, you upload a new one... thank you good sir!

[@thomaszhang3101]

Now I’m a little worried for China. Can you do a video on possible trend of the Chinese economy in the next few decades? Will it gradually shrink? Or will it stagnate? Or grow slowly? Or maintain its current pace?

[@ffls2706]

Now is growing slower and slower but after the explosion of their economic bubble it will start a profund period of stagnation. If they mess up, shrinking is a very real posibility due to their demographics

[@TheHolySpiritISgreat]

@@ffls2706 so 1990 Japan? Also this probably means Japan will go back to pre 1990 status but not with elusive 12% gdp growth

[@celestialhylos7028]

You don't underestimate the Might of Communism! Tenshō Taiyō...

[@socialcredit9480]

@@TheHolySpiritISgreat the thing to be surprised for and the thing that I find very fascinating is the fact that Japan's economy is viewed as barely growing. In my opinion the fact that despite the current rapid population decline they are not only able to avoid shrinking, but slightly growing is impressive. In other words while the collective wealth is not decreasing, the population is, meaning individual Japanese are getting richer.

[@Akarom927]

You give such a tough mission of prediction requiring knowleadge of all aspects to this guy just desiring attention and not an expert of any single country he made videos about.....

[@Vvk2000]

This is probably your greatest video to date

[@Lyubog997]

Dude these videos are amazing

[@andreipopescul2439]

Awesome video as usual

[@nikone7957]

As someone who studies japan and its current problems, I'm really happy to see some optimism at least :D You man, gave me at least some hope for the future, something to believe in

[@SouperCatLord]

I knew all of this, but the way you presented it made me watch it anyway :)

[@Murad_el-Kaffas]

RIP Shinzo Abe

[@--------.--------------------.]

More like he had it coming. Promoting cults and letting them gain power leading to ordinary people's lives people being destroyed. His killer was one of the victims due to his and his grandfather's actions

[@CarlCabralEntertainment]

Great video!

[@PakBallandSami]

“In years past, a person died, and eventually all those with memories of him or her also died, bringing about the complete erasure of that person's existence. Just as the human body returned to dust, mingling with atoms of the natural world, a person's existence would return to nothingness. How very clean. Now, as if in belated punishment for the invention of writing, any message once posted on the Internet was immortal. Words as numerous as the dust of the earth would linger forever in their millions and trillions and quadrillions and beyond.” ― Minae Mizumura,

[@MrTigracho]

That is, until The carrington event happens.

[@jondoe5937]

@@MrTigracho The world's gonna have a lot worse things to worry about than lost twitter posts if the power grid permanently fails

[@geelongstrong5024]

As someone who lives in Japan, I suggest enjoying it while you can. With an oppressive society and a culture that does not lend itself well to innovation or change, the future for Japan is whatever the opposite of "bright" is. The sad thing is, the people realize this but are too afraid to rock the boat to do anything about it.

[@thatundeadlegacy2985]

thanks for not being a compelte fanboy, it would be depressing to work there,.

[@ernstschmidt4725]

i still remember a japanese youtuber openly admitting that the survival strategy and also hope of societal change of most young japanese is just waiting old people with their old customs to die from old age.

[@no.7893]

@@thatundeadlegacy2985 I love japan, it's history, culture and especially language. All that said I would never want to move there. I sometimes wonder why I continue to learn japanese knowing full well that I'd never want to live and work in the country.

[@morrisshrem6378]

I mean the last time Japan rocked the boat you guys kinda got a little too ambitious and literally had the sun dropped on you

[@ernstschmidt4725]

@@morrisshrem6378 nah fusion thermonuclears were invented later. Japan bombs were just fission bombs

[@fringeflix]

I like how half of everyone's historical knowledge now comes from Bill Wurtz or Sam O'nella videos Edit: I feel like I should mention this isn't a jab against the video, it's a callout to anyone who has ever mentioned the Emu War

[@randomuser5443]

Extinction egg

[@steam9140]

Well until Sam took a break

[@NamelessvonIrgendwo]

Extra history, oversimplified, alternatehistoryhub, reaction channels like mr terry and vth etc...

[@engreem9281]

It's kind'a sad in a way

[@Deamons64]

Man, I miss sam...

[@AE.Gamingg]

These videos are amazing

[@Em4nnL]

damnn i haven't watched since u were at like 10k, its nice to see you with a checkmark! Keep it up man

[@nisenobody8273]

The demographic collapse will undoubtedly put the entire world in an unparalleled crisis. Completely agree with you that automation is basically the only way to mitigate this, Japan will certainly be an early adopter of these new technologies (which, hopefully, will be developed, or else we'll be back to the middle ages, but with nukes :/ )

[@arnabdas7019]

automation does not solve the demand side of the problem.

[@nisenobody8273]

@@arnabdas7019 Yup, that's why "mitigate" and not "solve". Unfortunately there are many problems that are not going to go away unless our current trends change, and many current trends that we have no idea how to change

[@memecliparchives2254]

​@nisenobody8273 Well, automation is the best form of suc mitigation since it will beutilized in most menial jobs in factories for the most part while capital could be reallocated for other sectors of industries perhaps even concerning social based jobs which has until now considered underpaid. I've read this from Jeremy Rifkin's Third Industrial Revolution. Anyone can correct me on this notion or interpersonal.

[@lordblazer]

The baseball thing you got wrong. BAseball was wildly popular before WW2.. Even Jim Thorpe played baseball there at one point in his career.

[@mjarmes]

Please do Portugal!! Love yours videos ❤️

[@ianhomerpura8937]

7:15 not only were the bombs the factor. The Soviets invading Manchuria, Korea, and southern Sakhalin starting on August 9 all at once was also a major factor

[@HexAyed]

There's a strong argument that the bombs had no effect, as they were no worse than the Firebombing campaigns by the USAAF

[@dorash______]

true

[@jasongranados5783]

Another quality video man this is great

[@hansheisenberg8737]

I’m half Japanese and dude you’ve nailed the Japanese history. My grand father was in IJN naval academy when the A bomb fell. Since it’s naval academy and they’ve thought English and other no BS stuff to win the war, his drill instructor came to barrack at night to give a daily debriefing saying “we assume this new bomb is some sort of incendiary cluster bomb, however “IF” this is an atomic bomb this means Japan is 50years behind in science against USA” He said that was the first time he ever thought Japan might lose. Also my Japanese Grandmother got strafed by US plane and got radiated from Nuke dropped at Nagasaki. Crazy story is that my grandfather on US side was NAVY pilot and he went to so many raids. He was even busier after the war flying over POW camp caz US was afraid that Japanese will execute POWs. Well, that’s the story I have. War sucks, but hope is not a plan and China really hates us so we gotta be prepared.

[@hansheisenberg8737]

Ah, also my Japanese side used to own a coal mine and fortune but it was all gone after the war due to saving limitation.

[@analyticalhabitrails9857]

Just remember, be sober, be vigilant. I can only hint you guys, Its A BANKERS WAR (a rich man's war). And in war, war does not determine who is right - Only whose left.

[@GarretGarlinger]

nice video!!!

[@AudiozYT]

Amazing video

[@joshypoopyhead]

As someone who went to Japan, the place is truely fascinating, though a ‘western’ nation, it’s still amazing to see an entirely different culture.

[@NeostormXLMAX]

japan is far from being a western nation, however it is constantly under pressure by the west, just because a country is developed doesn't make it a "western" country by any means, most what i prefer to refer as the west would be the 5 eyes countries.

[@RK-cj4oc]

@@NeostormXLMAX Its western. f off with you "under pressure" Obviously The west lives rent free in your head.

[@whathell6t]

@@NeostormXLMAX It’s the same argument that anime weeb use against tokusatsu and it’s tokusatsu weebs. That tokusatsu medium isn’t absolutely Japanese since it’s too Western despite the fact that tokusatsu was the major contributing factor in developing anime as the way it exist in the present.

[@cristhianramirez6939]

@@NeostormXLMAX It's only considered western because is an ally/under the protection of the United States

[@ankokunokayoubi]

It's not Western but it got Westernized so fast (Meiji period onwards)

[@EliasRoy]

There a 4 types of countries: a. Developed countries b. Underdeveloped countries c. Japan d. Argentina - Simon Kuznets

[@idifjrivhjf5198]

Japan is a Developed Country and Argentina is a Corrupt Country

[@calvintang398]

😂

[@Firo8]

Good vid :D

[@shzarmai]

Interesting video

[@pabloqp7929]

Good stuff! Mate you could hit tens of k's if the design was somewhat smoother

[@ethans6539]

I remember seeing a poster in a classroom that had projections for the future sizes of economies in the 2000s; it had Japan as the largest economy followed by the US and some European countries lol

[@willmorris574]

Love the video title, keep up the good work my dude

[@LHSMeleeClub]

I love the different video game tracks that play in the backgrounds of these videos lol

[@marcuscarana9240]

Japan's lost decade became two decades then became three decades. But even with a stagnated economy on paper, if you look into the lives of Japanese folk, yes the economy hasn't been as good as it was in the 80s but Japanese people are still doing very well and living decent lives with relatively decent standards of livings. The standard of living in Japan is still far better than the US and some Western nations and people aren't as afraid or paranoid as Americans who are constantly exposed to fearmongering by the media.

[@earlysda]

Marcus, your comment about Japanese standard of living is almost amusing. Where did you learn such nonsense?

[@terry3872]

Having lived in Japan and USthe standard of living in Japan is much lower than the US. I don't understand your arguments.

[@earlysda]

@@terry3872 Terry speaks truth!

[@Iamnotracistlmao]

Japanese GDP per capita is half of US

[@kholikahi2284]

@@Iamnotracistlmao better GDP doesn't equal to better walfare

[@lucianoosorio5942]

12:19 H0ser: Mentions Japan about death surpassing and shrinking economy. Russia: Am I a joke to you?

[@liborkozak8938]

Russia really is a joke. The only two things making it relevant are nukes and Siberia's natural resources which are basicly almost as missmanaged as Venezuela's oil and DR Congo's rare earth materials

[@user-pn3im5sm7k]

Most of Europe is this way. It's just trendy to point out Japan's problems on KZbin for clicks, even if these problems are not exclusive to Japan at all...

[@snowi9585]

this is the first video by hoser in a while where he speculates a good ending for a country

[@madeonearth3429]

I love your videos

[@joeyhandles]

love your summaries always give lots of ideas that can be looked into in their own right

[@deadboi2249]

I see several mistakes (e.g. Japan attacking Pearl Harbor because of US embargo instead of the Philippines' resources, as you mentioned around the 6:36 mark - Japan was importing around 80% of oil from USA, for example). Granted, you can ignore most of them in the grand scheme of things, and regardless of such issues this video's excellent af. It's always glad to see a KZbinr I subscribed to when their channel only had 10k-ish subscribers turn out this big.

[@yongdol73]

I mean ppl just can not take this channel. All vids very shallow in research, if he even did research is in question for me. Just click bait contents channel.

[@neozeonsolid]

He doesn’t even mention the treaty of Versailles where the West refused to sign in the racial equality clause which Japan wanted.

[@earlysda]

Boi, your revisionist history is unamusing.

[@jddd12]

@@earlysda What's revisionist about it?

[@jddd12]

@@yongdol73 It's clearly not meant to be in depth lmao. The research is clearly there it's just a concise overview, it's not really clickbait you're just a needy douche.

[@ZAR556]

dayum,, its simple yet clear and correct conclusion

[@isfrom5169]

Plz make a spanish American war vid! Love yur vids, keep up the great work ❤

[@mamborambo]

Japan may no longer be the superstar of the 90s but to many people in Asia, they really love the post-war Japan for its culture, nature, lifestyle and consumerism. In Hong Kong they call travel to Japan as "visiting the old clan villages" as a joke, in truth most people in HK have no ties to any clan village, except Japan as a spiritual one.

[@tristandaries1129]

The fact that he gave a reference to his predecessor, Bill

[@Durkadur_II]

This is the 1000th comment, also, love this type of content

[@512TheWolf512]

and Shinzo Abe just got shot. what the hell

[@helmutkruger1192]

And in local subreddit of my country, eb1l redditors there suggesting a same act towards our president. Dahelll

[@512TheWolf512]

@@helmutkruger1192 is that Olaf sholtz? I agree with them. With how he avoids helping Ukraine in any way he can.

[@ericboom1712]

@@512TheWolf512 bruh idk what country it is or anyting about that guy but just because a president of a country don't wanna help ukraine does not mean he deserves to be assasinated

[@patsfreak]

I read recently that the government is going to pay per kid for families to move back out of cities. I think they’ve recognized that families need more space to have more kids which isn’t wrong.

[@XG-es1yr]

The title reminded me of an old Brain4Breakfast video Rest in Peace man 🙏

[@joaquinmolina3238]

b4b was great, RIP to an amazing youtuber

[@socialistrepublicofvietnam1500]

same sad that more youtubers are dying of cancer now

[@kiwuuspurr1927]

@@socialistrepublicofvietnam1500 technoblade :(

[@bowser3017]

The Rice and Fall and Rice and Fall and Rice of Japan

[@_Love_And_Peace]

Surprising is that Japan is quite popular among a great deal of ppl and is talked about thereby...

[@ck88777]

the "demographic crisis" is a meme and way overstated, japan has the highest birth rate in asia and its higher than some european countries, its in no way unique go to any major japanese city outside of tokyo and youll be shocked how many mothers you see, especially in southern cities like hiroshima or in kyushu the demographic collapse is mostly a rural phenomenon

[@ssssaa2]

It is an extremely real problem but not a uniquely japanese, but because it was the first country to experience it people are attached to connecting Japan with bad demographics. Some others are even worse though like South Korea with a fertility rate of 0.8, far worse than Japan has ever been. Honestly I wonder about the future of human civilization given the correlation between developed status and extremely low birth rates...

[@hucklebucklin]

Also the Japanese live an incredibly long time as the longest lived people on Earth. On the plus side they'll have the demographic collapse before anywhere else so if they handle it well they might get the edge once again 😅

[@Markfr0mCanada]

"The first to crash will be the first to recover" is a pretty big assumption. The first to crash will have no opportunity to benefit from anyone else's experience. I'm mindful of the expression "The second mouse gets the cheese".

[@WMSTEOUPAAFFWC8769]

Love the bill wurths reference at the start

[@axilleasboussios7406]

cool vid

[@yuumetal2363]

Japan will rise again? Thank you! it cheers me up

[@Firo8]

Off topic but cant wait for the Somalia Video, can you mention its relationship with Somaliland and if they could/should ever reunite. Somalia has has varies natural resources but currently relies on fruit and animal export, which isn't great. It needs the capital to access the resources, maybe investing in solar energy and exporting it to neighbouring countries(as there is a lot of land and gets a lot of sun). Also doing more with its coast, its one its advantages but isn`t used as much as it should be. Needing a navy to stop countries fishing in their waters. exporting more fish can be great. Also being in a strategically great spot it can be a great port between the Europe via the Suez onto Asia. There is so much wasted potential due to an unfortunate history, bad leadership and tribalism.

[@adelida3301]

Great videos ☺️👍 To h0ser can you make a new video about switzerland please 🥺 Luv yu from🇨🇭

[@dontworry4945]

Starting RIGHT of the bat with the bill wurtz reference. Instant 5 stars. 👍

[@twofiveb]

Fun facts: The Japanese green pheasant is the national bird of Japan, and the Japanese macaque (snow monkey) is the national animal of Japan. I like the animals and I think that the pheasant was well chosen.

[@za_beasto]

I finally found a video that parallels my view on this situation. I especially agree with the last three minutes of this video. By the way, if anyone can name the music tracks used, please reply.

[@kyurem7700]

10:40 Storm the X-Naut Fortress! | Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJeygXicq5l4hrc

[@diegofontanes7698]

Durade sandstorm

[@juxtaposition8803]

do something on uzbekistan !! love your videos

[@deanian3128]

i cream in my shorts a little whenever i see the iconic hoser country animal and map in my recommended :), pls make a profile vid on india next, would love to see you cover it

[@lucianoosorio5942]

7:11 “I’ll make you bend the knee in round 2 like Nagasaki.” Thanos

[@malikatas5109]

Could you make a video of countries that would collapse soon?

[@scarespooks]

Can you make the story of Korea in the next video?

[@Ggsmm44]

Can u do a similar vid about italy??

[@GyroMozzarella]

as someone who is japanese, i dont really appreciate the atomic bomb jokes. There are family and friends that because of that i dont have today.

[@qwerty9714]

自分は日系ので、そのためも殺的な米帝国が大嫌い、祖先は強制収容所で拘留させられたんだ、帝国は日本から永遠に離れらなきゃ。

[@user-yt9xo4ub5w]

負けたからしゃーない

[@frogyma5894]

I'am suprised that the traders were below the farmers in their class-system.

[@liborkozak8938]

It makes sence when they were isolantionists and I think it had to do something with traders not creating any value

[@A119x]

It was simply because they were afraid of a peasant rebellion.

[@leluqui]

Such a great title

[@pairy5420]

The real reason why the Japanese Empire surrendered wasn't because of the nukes, the soviets had invaded Manchuria and the emperor assumed that if the soviets conquered Japan their culture would be destroyed. They decide to surrender to the Americans as at least their ways of life would remain.

[@water1374]

Japan at the time had deeply rooted cultural traditions and a well-defined hierarchal structure. They're also really big on heritage. I don't think it's a stretch to say that the 200,000 or so killed by the nukes is close to nothing compared to what the Soviets would have done.

[@pairy5420]

@@water1374 exactly

[@TheRealWaffles1]

@@pairy5420Ahhh yes taking the complete blame for something that was done together

[@user-pn3im5sm7k]

The Soviets couldn't invade Japan. They had no naval capability to do so.

[@pairy5420]

@@user-pn3im5sm7k The US destoryed the Japanese navy,

[@davidcunningham2074]

Japan's elderly are also very healthy. Everyone talks about America and China but japan might yet surprise everyone and take number 1 spot at least in Asia!

[@legitaddress]

You completely omitted the Soviet occupation of the northern islands and pressure they presented in ending WWII. Most people do though

[@TheRealWaffles1]

Ahhh yes when the soviets swooped in for like 5 months totally contributed alot

[@user-pn3im5sm7k]

The Soviet Union never posed a threat to the Japanese mainland. Japan knew they weren't going to keep colonial possessions, as outlined in Japan's peace proposal to Truman in May 1945 - Which Truman declined to every US general's surprise. No US general agreed with Truman's atomic bombs either since the war was already over at this point.

[@AsymmetricalCrimes]

​​@@user-pn3im5sm7k Um no? Japan wanted a conditional surrender. Of course the US said no. You don't get to enjoy a conditional surrender after genociding tens of millions of Chinese people. The US was very clear months before the bombs, nothing less than unconditional surrender would be accepted

[@user-pn3im5sm7k]

@@AsymmetricalCrimes Yes, the only condition being they keep the emperor state. Hint: they did anyway. There is no evidence to suggest that Japan, in the middle of fighting a three front war, expended billions of dollars worth of resources and men to needless mass-scale genocide. Yes they did commit war crimes, just like us, but I'd take what the Chinese communist party claims with a grain of salt. Both the USSR & CCP have a long and proven track record of HEAVILY inflating numbers and deflating losses for propaganda purposes. Both during and after the war.

[@adams.2407]

The most proud moment of my life was expecting the Bill Wurtz reference at the start

[@jujuoof174]

Very interesting video!

[@NateTheOhioan]

Japan rises and falls like the sun, that’s why they call it the sunrise kingdom

[@pwrpeople]

Well about the birth rate.. From what I hear from my co-workers and friends... 1. boy friends / girlfriends / children are too much hassle. Keep the money and stress low. 2. Don't want to be like their parents that come home from work EVERY DAY just to eat, sleep, and pay bills. 3. The cost of living and then the additional costs raising children are too stressful and a burden, especially when child-care will cost nearly all the earned income of one of the parents (mother) when they need the double income to survive in the larger cities. 4. the gig economy barely affords rents and sometimes drinks outside, how could I think about getting married. 5. the work and social stress is so high that some friends have had several miscarriages or cannot conceive. One move to western country and was pregnant within months after family and work stress were lifted. Japan is "trying" to help with work place equality for women, it is not working... the women are still under paid and discriminated against (get the men coffee for this meeting) Japan is slowly offering visas for foreign workers (not migrants, they still need to go home after the visa is finished), it is not starting well... many smaller to mid sized companies are over-working and under-paying them for very laborious work. There is a growing concern due to the number of abuse cases. etc., etc., etc. Japan is at the cusp of a cultural revolution that is more than needed. Unfortunately, the older generation that controls the corporations and government need to go the way of the dinosaurs first. This part is happening rather anyone wants it or not. At least the children that are in grade school now will have a clean slate to work from, just not parents with deep family that had pockets like their grand parents had to fall back on. I personally root for Japan, being that it is a place that my kids call home, but I pray for the old generation to step aside and let the youth in. Have you ever gotten a demotion due to an elder employee joining the company? It happens, and they keep the old guard.

[@Park_Place]

The issue with Japan's unrivaled work ethic is that it eventually kills itself without leaving a replacement

[@copingforever6093]

as usual for a white foreigner, talking about stuff without having a clue

[@BurriedTruth]

@@lolithighs i dont think they mean an elder as in experienced, but rather they instate them solely because of age

[@thatundeadlegacy2985]

I read of a story where a westener used normal western tactics in a japanese company (hiring by skill and not age) and he got chased out of the country, despite saving the company,

[@Eefeyecudtyurnbeckteyem]

absolutely KILLER title

[@ramirodiegocardenas8189]

Love the vids

[@Sophia-ks4yh]

日本に生まれてよかったけど未来はわからない

[@lukewunderli4191]

Do a video on the future of Bulgaria

[@baudsp]

For Fukushima, what happened at the power station was just a footnote of the bigger devastation of the tsunami

[@mirzaahmed6589]

8:50 Baseball was popular in Japan long before the post-WWII US occupation.

[@bestuan]

I like your style of portraying countries as animals, creative

[@ammazer1229]

You sound far away from the mic compared to older videos. If that is actually the case could you move closer to the mic?

[@Zqtaa]

love that bill wurtz interpolation at the beginning

[@kesorangutan6170]

You should make a video about Djibouti. Why it has so many military bases?

[@dannyzero692]

Literally the only value that country have is its location with little to no exports to sell to anyone else, the government needs money and getting superpowers to put military bases there is easy money for the Djibouti government. The trade ports and military bases generate large amounts of money for the government so they are incentivized to get as many bases as possible.

[@kesorangutan6170]

@@dannyzero692 The thing is Djibouti can become Singapore of Africa and they can attract many companies who want to invest in Africa. They can be a trade hub for landlocked Ethiopia. They can be a leader in shipbuilding industry. Possibilities for Djibouti are endless imho. Yet they are really invested in this military base business :D

[@dannyzero692]

@@kesorangutan6170 I supposed being surrounded by countries that don’t really like it, Djibouti might have some deterrence if foreign superpower’s military bases are stationed there.

[@kesorangutan6170]

@@dannyzero692 yeah that makes sense