How Japan's Biggest Idiot Singlehandedly Destroyed a Political Party

[@Japanalysis]

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[@stevenedmund5680]

The Justin Trudeau and Canadas CBC of Japan

[@NeostormXLMAX]

Cope this man is based

[@NeostormXLMAX]

5:30 literally blackrock blackstone and other jewish capital have destroyed the japanese economy 😂😂😂 youre just made they called you out😅

[@NeostormXLMAX]

Why are you complaining about him exploiting the stupid election system in the first place, the ldp is a one party state that has ruled over japan for a century longer than north korea even existed, his goal isnt to win but bring awareness on the absurdity of this system, an ACCELERATIONIST

[@_HandlesAreDumb]

At least you only have to pay the NHK when you have a TV. In Austria you have to pay no matter what even if you don't have a single electronic device.

[@reginadea2821]

The fact that his elaborate scheme was overshadowed by ALL the other joke candidates gets me.

[@kibbles5724]

I AM THE CURRENT ODA NOBUNAGA 💀

[@sugarpuddin]

Democracy promotes popularity. Not functionality or merit

[@USMarshmallow]

I lived in Japan and had an NHK guy come INTO my entryway in the second year of me living there. I came to the hallway, and started speaking French at him. He then went "English? English?" I then spoke the little Spanish I had. Then German. Anything but my native English. He eventually gave up and no one ever came again. Could I have showed him I didn't have a tv? Yes. Was I going to let some random man any further into my apartment? No.

[@PropagandalfderWeiße]

I will move to Japan soon, but living in a student dormitory. I don't think they'll show up there, but if they do, I hope they speak German, because I tend to forget my JLPT N2 Japanese when people want to force me to pay for services I don't want

[@dm44444]

I came into the comments to say this exact thing! I spoke in Ancient Greek to them and they bolted.

[@HIKAMORI009]

Oh so it’s a good thing I know English and Spanish (learning Japanese is on my list but I’ll get there when I get there)

[@MegaJani]

@@PropagandalfderWeiße Legendary username lol

[@WiggaMachiavelli]

It doesn't matter if you don't have a TV, they will say that your computer or phone can also access NHK material and therefore count.

[@Galaxy-o2e]

NHK being forced to give air time to every politician sounds like a decent law, at least on paper

[@meneldal]

It happens in a lot of countries, the US is really the major exception with the lack of limits on money in politics

[@andrewgray573]

The US used to have the "Fairness Doctrine" which was effectively this.

[@sircrapalot9954]

@@andrewgray573 Except the Fairness Doctrine could only apply to broadcast television where the FCC had jurisdiction. Cable News’ surging popularity in the 90s basically made the Fairness Doctrine pointless.

[@KasumiRINA]

​@@meneldal US still has limits, they're just... Weird. Personal donations are limited so you have to open a PAC or something, a middleman organization. Yeah it literally sounds like legalized corruption.

[@lerdog]

Brazil has this too and it's a complete circus (a little less than Japan's tho)

[@PatricioMarino]

You either die a pachinko player or you live long enough to lead an idol group.

[@BakaTaco]

And then the idol group kicks your ass and wants you to whip them for money.

[@Noblesse_Sapphire]

And then the idol group you created and hired won and took over your position in a political party that you built 😂😂

[@diogenesenuts]

Kekw

[@gravityissues5210]

@@BakaTacomost of us can only hope to accomplish a tenth this in our lives.

[@asasill3660]

As an american this makes me feel way better about my own country

[@parlaxmaps]

This is truely a yakuza sub story

[@ANDREALEONE95]

Especially NHK debt collector with tattoos.

[@DanielPerryRally]

This has to be spoofed in an upcoming game.

[@TheMadManofEurope]

Could not have explained it better myself. Liked.

[@skiepejs]

​@@ANDREALEONE95, I bet that guy is from the Shimano Family.

[@arcturus4762]

Sub? Couldn’t agree more, he needs to get TOPPED

[@SaulOfTheMoleMen]

But the real MVP of this story is that sign-language interpreter, who's been a tremendous sport this whole time!

[@DarkVirtu]

1.- Be a criminal. 2.- Get elected. 3.- They can't prosecute you anymore. 4.- Profit... Genius!!

[@EnsignGeneric]

I mean, it worked for Julius Caesar. Right up until the entire Senate jumped his ass, anyway.

[@diddy_the_diddler_01]

​@@EnsignGeneric bro was given the London treatment 😢

[@riogrande163]

@@sidybidy tds moment

[@TheRandomhobo123]

@@riogrande163 Cultist moment

[@RedsHitpostMedia]

​@TheRandomhobo123 Who tried to assasinste who? Also Abes best friend

[@skirmi973]

He runs a free call center for nhk victims and helps pay all court costs when they are taken to court by NHK. Behind his insane drama, this is a fact that has been consistent and ongoing from the beginning to now.

[@daanstrik4293]

That explains how he still has support after all these shenanigans

[@rei1556]

yeah, unlike the majority of the politicians this nhk hater guy turned youtuber turned politician actually contributed to helping against the annoyance of the NHK and their fee collectors

[@boulderbash19700209]

​@@rei1556Do you hear that, UK? You need man like that in your small island.

[@mystey1]

I'm really glad that he managed to help regular citizens at least somehow

[@ImFangzBro]

Real talk, if he'd gotten the names of NHK fee collectors, I wouldn't even be mad. They sound like overly self important organized crime thugs.

[@いい湯だな-j7n]

Recently in Japan, because youth voting rates are so low, highly educated people have started running for office while acting like lunatics to capture young people’s attention and get them interested in politics. The people in this video are also highly educated. “The Joker” graduated from the second most prestigious university in Japan, and Sawa Shigemi (at 14:48) graduated from the third most prestigious university (though he attended there from his master’s program).

[@kingol4801]

This

[@disturbed1734]

I wish American politics were intentionally crazy to capture young voters instead of literally insane.

[@si-level]

But why youth not voting in japan? Is this because it's not cool to involve in politics or smth?

[@fz7091]

​@@si-level Youngins tend not to care about politics unless the country is really patriotic

[@ImpendingRiot83]

@@fz7091Actually it’s because they’re offered literally nothing of substance or importance to them by anyone running for office so there’s no point in it. Y’know, like in every other oh-so-wonderful capitalist “democracy”, like the United States for example!

[@Bransburk]

Imagine losing* your Political party to Idol Girls - that you yourself hired, LMAO

[@fattiger6957]

Japan is the one country where I would expect there to be a political party made up of idol girls.

[@dangerdean9066]

Real life is stranger than anime it seem

[@nathanlevesque7812]

maximum creep factor

[@xcjsmith5310]

@@dangerdean9066new anime! My idol is a irl politician

[@niyo919]

Girlboss activities 💃✨💅

[@MegaCowLord]

Naming the idol group Politician girls 48 is such a missed oppurtunity to name them NHK 48

[@longiusaescius2537]

So true

[@detleffleischer9418]

Missed opportunity to do a "Welcome to the NHK" parody tbh

[@alexander1989x]

That won't fly well with copyright laws.

[@kinman3051]

​@@alexander1989x exactly

[@lovisericachii4503]

@@alexander1989x That's the point kekw

[@かすい]

I am Japanese, but Takashi Tachibana is famous in many ways (lol). This year's election was like watching a comedy.

[@walkera048bit5]

Is this like normal over there… I thought us politicians where jokes

[@traceantonacci2495]

I'm sure that was very reassuring.

[@apuru2383]

I've lived and work in your country for 4 years. The immense respect i have for you country and your politicians shocked my core because your election has turned into this.

[@Nani-ey2cl]

⁠@@walkera048bit5at least he is under the law 😂 I guess he is “smart” and also his knowledge of politics is insane.

[@glorioustigereye]

Is this an elaborate Gintama episode?

[@Kinoseijin]

Japan is just like Anime huh? 😂

[@NeostormXLMAX]

Nah this guy was based, he was on the grindset, this channel is just another amerimutt coping

[@OatmealGrillBlazer]

Hot take, Guintama is the Japanese equivalent of South Park

[@neptune5411]

@@OatmealGrillBlazer I don't think its a hot take, lol pretty dang accurate now that you mention it

[@Chromeberd]

@@NeostormXLMAX I take it you agree with his genocide comments?

[@AllPileup]

Look into his Wikipedia article “He acknowledged he had bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.” *OH*

[@tsdfghjkl]

So Japan is a good country where people with handicaps can become politicians.

[@goranisacson2502]

On the one hand, I absolutely believe he could be the kind of man to lie and find any excuse to avoid responsibolity. On the other hand, if it IS true and this is the result of a man's longrunning mental breakdown... this just got a whole lot more sad than funny.

[@conanhighwoods4304]

Ohio?

[@roilo8560]

Japan's Kanye West

[@sphere117gaming]

@@goranisacson2502absolutely I’ve seen a member of my own family descend into both of those conditions. It’s horrifying to see and witness. So if that’s true….. that’s depressing.

[@EpsilonKnight2]

Regarding the beginning and the way the NHK operates: Run your broadcasting service in a decentralized way that is funded through donations and local station dues like PBS in the USA? ❌❌ Run your broadcasting service unintrusively by simply using tax money that is already collected en masse by the government? ❌ Have agents come physically harass people to manually pay a fee on a regular basis and ruining everyone's day? ✅

[@SantaReaper]

so like what the UK has with BBC?

[@EpsilonKnight2]

@@SantaReaper Yeah other commentors here mentioned being harassed regarding their TV license and for payments in the UK.

[@keithflippers4429]

I think you can take a guess why this dosent happen in america lol

[@archae108]

@@keithflippers4429 The guns?

[@keithflippers4429]

@@archae108 well uhh.. yah

[@StarScream_47]

Thanks to Tachibana I never saw a single NHK collector in the many years I spent in Yokohama, Nagoya and Suzuka

[@LoveYou-hd7to]

one guy came by once but luckily for me my tv was legitimately broken.

[@lauriepenner350]

@@StarScream_47 sounds like he did more for the people than 90% of politicians

[@NeostormXLMAX]

@@lauriepenner350this channel is angry because they call out the zionist occupation 5:30, Literally blackrock and blackstone are forcing mass migration to japan and also promoting feminism and other systems to prevent people from having children to import foreigners 😂😂😂

[@NeostormXLMAX]

@@lauriepenner350hes more based than any other us vassal candidate

[@hikarishini]

Osaka too, and I didn't know it was thanks to this guy. During 2017-18 I had those people knock on my door like once per month asking if there was a TV (I really didn't have a TV). 2019 onwards I had only once came in 2022. (I had a TV at that time but I also already knew about NHK fees so I just said "no tv sankyu")

[@xyborg9034]

Every youtuber that is talking about japan always regurgitate the same info seen a million times. Your channel cover a wide range of subjects and is really interesting and refreshing.

[@mightquinnable]

I totally agree with this; I dont like the “Japan so weird” shick but this video is wild

[@dahkdm8787]

@@mightquinnable There are wild stories everywhere. Sometimes it seems like Japan is one of the most well-adjusted countries in the world compared to how people act in the US. (This video is not one of those times)

[@d3bugged]

@@mightquinnable Its very very very very played out and overdone, but this is interesting, especially with the NHK.

[@SobaYatai]

This, but also other things

[@mightquinnable]

@@d3bugged right

[@JPR3D]

I respect and admire a political party with a simple goal and an even simpler name. No vague omni-patriotic wordplay, just operating purely on the Unifying Theory of Fuck That Guy. What a lad.

[@karlshorstzwei]

Yeah, he was popular then. When he started ranting about the Jews and stuff, that... was not wise.

[@nightcall6386]

@@karlshorstzwei Absolutely disgusting, I'm surprised at how many are completely ignoring his blatant racism and genocidal commentary. He's not just some funny person, he is absolutely disgraceful.

[@karlshorstzwei]

@@nightcall6386 I'm criticizing him for that, you understand?

[@pedrolizardo7704]

well, that's kind of the problem. it's always not just the unifying theory of fuck that guy. your naivety pays back when the guy literally comes together with racism and genocide apology lol

[@neoqwerty]

@@pedrolizardo7704 I would absolutely run on a party of Fuck This One Particular Guy and only dunk on that particular guy without the racism and genocide, but then my mental illnesses don't seem to be prone to sending me into tinfoil hattery, just into making very very tangent-branching lectures where we started on my platform and you come out of my speech having learned about my least favorite reality show tropes interspersed with the reasons why we should all be on board with Fuck This One Particular Guy. And also the recipe for the snacks and refreshments I served at the speech.

[@DanKxxx]

NHK fees are so silly. You call NHK and say you are moving overseas and the fee goes away.

[@daddypanda5587]

We have BBC fees in the UK, I absolutely refuse to pay

[@juno9394]

While we don’t directly pay to the state media, our taxpayer money goes to CBC in Canada. I, along with more than half of all Canadians, want a refund.

[@quadsnipershot]

Then you get the us and our media

[@_HandlesAreDumb]

At least you only have to pay the NHK when you have a TV. In Austria you have to pay no matter what even if you don't have a single electronic device.

[@MrBrax]

In Sweden it got baked into our taxes :')

[@mioko0111]

the joker politician poster was outside my local ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and it said something along the lines of "normalize polygamy to help the declining birth rates" with a picture of him surrounded by like 3 girls... was taken down soon after but i still saw it in other areas

[@Couch-Tomato]

I can't believe he graduated from Kyoto University, the second highest ranked university in Japan.

[@Jaelismyhomegirl]

If you can’t even get one woman, how is polygamy gonna help you?

[@keithflippers4429]

​Why did you have to cook him like that?​@Jaelismyhomegirl

[@boboverlord1]

I want him to be our prime minister for this sh!thole country instead

[@cassiefuchs3657]

@@Couch-Tomato Intelligence and offensive humour are in fact correlated.

[@ringkunmori]

Impressive that there is a guy who literally dressed up like the Joker, and he ain't the biggest clown in Japanese politics.

[@omgodification]

the fact that the joker guy got elected to a city council is the most joker thing he could've done good for him

[@ragsdale710]

He also does the mask. I am sort of shocked since his poster and the guy dressed as a samurai jumped out the most to me

[@vitoc8454]

As far as Batman villains go, getting elected to government is more of a Penguin move

[@omgodification]

the point is he did it as a joke and actually won, that's the funny

[@jackmist]

​@@vitoc8454 actually, joker did get elected as the mayor of gotham in the harely quinn show.

[@KasumiRINA]

Odesa had Darth Vader and Stepan Chewbacca running, Palpatine actually got a seat at a regional council.

[@letranminhkhoa7492]

I love that how even a joke candidate could also have such as dedicating interpreter standing alongside.

[@sanruss]

And doing every gooffy ahh move he doing had me rolling on the floor 😂😂

[@John_Dun]

lol i feel sorry for them

[@KasumiRINA]

Super good. One thing EVERYONE should agree with regardless of how you feel about other marginalized groups, accessibility for people with disabilities is very important. Everything from interpreters to ramps at sidewalks and buses. Nobody chooses to be disabled.

[@公彦高津]

For me,Japanese, this vid accurately point out why the party is hated recently. First, we think of his action as revolution, but now just a disturbance to democracy

[@eiennofantasy]

NHK man once came to my house and tried every excuse to enter. He first heard my TV but I told him it's a projector playing KZbin. Then he asked me if he can check the WiFi, which there is no reason for him to. Finally he asked me if I have oneseg in the car. I said no every time and eventually he left defeated. Never saw him again.

[@Yogan11]

About a decade ago an NHK guy came to my apartment and asked me if I had a flip phone, and I said yes, and he said I needed to pay them because it was possible to watch NHK on the phone. That is explicitly illegal now.

[@erdachtzumuntergang]

In germany, this line of thinking is the official explaination for why everyone has to pay for state media.

[@るなてゃん-q1r]

Thank you for your great video! Watching from Japan💗

[@elliot_rat]

i love watching you explain middle aged japanese men being idiots

[@HanerTheDestroyer]

6:16 the interpreter also exercising with him 💀

[@Outofcontexst]

Its called dedication

[@IkkezzUsedEmber]

Her face screaming I don't wanna do this... I can't anymore XD

[@lauriepenner350]

Her utterly deadpan expression. I nearly died 😂

[@PikaCheeks]

She is like "I didn't do 6 years of University, get a masters degree and work my ass off for 20 years, only to work and exercise for a clown"

[@user-fe8gx3ie5v]

She also fake laughed along with Joker, LOL.

[@AlexanTheMan]

I love how even Japan is not immune to the political theatre

[@sosamanotf642]

Japan’s politics are way more wild than the US. Has been since the 80s. There’s like 2 parties that are serious, everyone else is like this video.

[@AlexanTheMan]

@@sosamanotf642 Let me guess, the serious parties aren't as popular. In my country there's a whole salad worth of parties but they're all involved in some clandestine mafia.

[@lukefarron693]

It's awful. The internet & fame makes people act irrationally

[@daanachmad4032]

Watching those crazy candidates with their plain-coloured studio set and professional sign language interpreters feels like watching SNL sketches.

[@eurobeat_enjoyer]

Imagine to vote a person whose only agenda is to cancel TV fees. The problem with voting in general, people always focuc on a single issue when choosing candidate and then they wonder when the person turns out to be incompetent

[@WallNutBreaker524]

A problem that will never be solved. 😂

[@probablynovideoshere]

To be fair, his party only ever won some council seats, and never got more than one seat in the house of councillors. Fringe parties only appeal to highly disenfranchised, low information voters. Most people vote for mainstream parties, focused on real problems.

[@GrimmaStadguard]

The biggest problem honestly is, that people are not educated in voting...they vote on their current feelings rather than empirical analysis...which leads to populism and rise of demagogues which are usually inclinable to right wing parties thanks to its simplier rhetoric...

[@puppiekit]

@@GrimmaStadguard This exactly. I don't like to make these things a "right vs left" discussion because it usually ends up becoming pointless blabber, but seriously..... It's insane to me how the difference in voting between the left and right usually boils down to "I want laws that will benefit the people I love and the future" vs "I want laws that will make ME feel better and screw everybody else". Most common example is the right constantly going on about how they need to vote for (insert bad person here) because "they'll fix the economy" when we all know "fixing the economy" entails losing a million rights / protections that companies hate paying for. AKA a pointless temporary fix that will not benefit us in the longer term and does not actually hold the government accountable for allowing companies to price us out of our own livelihoods.

[@2712animefreak]

@@WallNutBreaker524 There is a solution: referendum. Allowing the public to call referendums on singular issues removes incentives for single-issue fringe parties.

[@Frozenfrog18]

I do not know much about the life in Japan, but I read the Murakami's 1Q84 and one of the creepiest thing about that was the persistent NHK collector.

[@ninjartist36]

West: Hello Jehovah's witness Japan: Hello NHK plz pay your TV Fees

[@fawnieee]

Britain and Japan has something in common hahaha

[@登録者1000人目標教祖]

日本人です。 日本にもエホバの証人はいます。

[@viscountrainbows2857]

"I want to give a voice to the voiceless!" Badass! Can I put up a poster? "That'll be 10k💴."

[@joshjones7605]

Only $100 (in spending power…) for prime advertising space, if it wasn’t drenched in controversy wouldn’t be a bad deal

[@Lord_Yoshi]

He said voiceless, not poor.

[@enderwiggeren7248]

The people I really sympathized with were the translators for every candidate. Has to be one of the most awkward and hilarious jobs I've seen

[@Metal_Maxine]

Something that the UK and Japan have in common other than television licences: having to give air time to all candidates/ parties equally. Though in the UK, they are pre-filmed and presumably subject to television decency rules. Example: I have never heard Count Binface make a 'joke' about dictators and bukkake.

[@cptrelentless80085]

Loads of countries have tv licences, the Germans all have to pay with their property taxes

[@phgamer4393]

it would be nice if candidates were given fair air time. in america if your not in the 2 big parties the big networks will deliberatly ignore you like with what happened with RFK. those 2 parties should allow green and libertarian parties to also show up in the debates

[@yulusleonard985]

tehy look at each other homework, its called political research.

[@PolishMechanik]

tbh, you do not have to pay tv licences in UK if u do not watch BBC channels or programs

[@oniondesu9633]

​@@PolishMechanikthat is not true, it's the exact same as the NHK. you even get the same goons knocking at your door

[@brunoyudi9555]

for those who dont understand how annoying is the NHK fee. you got to pay for merely HAVING a TV, mine was stored inside an wardrobe, the guy just invited himself in and started looking into my stuff looking for a TV to tax

[@cicciobastardo2564]

Italy, same thing. TV is still considered a "luxury" item, just like a yacht, a supercar, a private jet etc. 1950's standards lol. So you have to pay the "Canone RAI" just by owning a tv. Even worse: it's mandatory, attached to your electricity bill. It's a tax based on a "possession presumption", so if you have a residential electricity subscription to a company = you have a tv in your house. To be excluded from payment, you have to send a postal notification to Rai EVERY YEAR, at your expense, declaring you're not owning a tv. Otherwise, 80 euros per year more included in your bills. 🫣 Italian democracy. 🤌

[@scopilio13]

in the US that's a good way to eat some buck shot (depending on where you live, of course).

[@treystephens6166]

Use a old TV 📺 for VHS 📼

[@quoc28mytube]

In Sweden, national TV fee is also compulsory. But the government got rid of the fee collecting personnel long time ago. Now, the fee is payed by the taxes instead, no where to run…

[@brunoyudi9555]

@@quoc28mytube being honest with you that'd be better instead of a guy knocking on your door and messing your stuff

[@Priyo866]

Watching the political speech sign language interpreter lady being forced to silently dance and copy moves alongside that KZbinr/Joker candidate on live national TV just to keep her work authentic, with a face that screams "I regret my life so much" as he...yells how he wants to turn an entire province into a giant amusment park while swinging in circles on an office chair on top of a desk... What the F did I just witness lmao

[@Oh_the_humanity]

3:00 Guy called for a International Circlejerking Summit 😭

[@vitoc8454]

"Sorry, but the World Economic Forum already exists."

[@lv1543]

@@vitoc8454and they have cheese pizza there too

[@Travelers_chosen_damaged]

💀

[@asheep7797]

Banish the Handshake! Legalize the Chinchinshake!

[@fibbbb909]

I did NOT expect genocide

[@soda7998]

5:11 the snapping point

[@Strider1Wilco]

Is he wrong tho

[@AAAAAA-qs1bv]

​@@Strider1Wilco Yes?!!??!?!!?!? (unless we are talking about the Fr*nch 🤢)

[@Fam98KK]

​@@AAAAAA-qs1bv he clearly talking about the Indians tho

[@HarshDude126]

@@Fam98KK He could've been talking about you.

[@jx4219]

Was the same in Germany called "GEZ" looking for TVs trough your windows until they made the payment obligatory if you own a TV or not.

[@vitoc8454]

5:49: "Do I look like the kind of guy who would try genocide?" 🇵🇭: "Yes."

[@uvbe]

what did he do to the philipines

[@meilaoshi9439]

Not him personally, but in WWII the Empire of Japan committed atrocities in the Philippines (and almost everywhere else they touched), which has left a lasting wariness about Japan.

[@uvbe]

@@meilaoshi9439 well, yeah. but that was all around Asia, they wouldn't put just the Philippines flag if that were what they meant?

[@MrCalls1]

@@uvbeI assumed they’re Filipino, and their profile picture doesn’t give me reason to doubt that.

[@achuuuooooosuu]

🇵🇭🇲🇾🇮🇩🇸🇬🇹🇼: "Yes."

[@PHX787]

Im not gonna lie, the ENTIRE Tokyo Gov election earlier this year was SHEER GENIUS by Tachibana. Elections here are sometimes annoying and disruptive so it was quite interesting to see ALL the loophole and craziness exposed.

[@RealGigaMind]

You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain. - Harvey Dent, District Attorney, Gotham.

[@timmyturner327]

fitting quote.

[@preliminarypetrichor]

So I guess America isn't the only country with a bunch of clowns for politicians. That makes me feel simultaneously better and worse.

[@fattiger6957]

Politicians are clowns the world over. Right or left, up or down, red or blue; all clowns.

[@xraselver7634]

@@fattiger6957 Well that's just false balancing. By definition they are not the same and to even slightly suggest that in the US someone is worse than Trump is just silly.

[@LyritZian]

​@@xraselver7634Thank you for stating the truth. I'm tired of the fenceriders. Every party has problems, but that doesn't automatically mean there isn't a choice to be rationalized.

[@victornguyen1175]

@@fattiger6957 Politicians aren't the clowns. It's the people voting for them who let them get there, because there are honest people who want to make a positive difference. They just never make it through because they aren't radical enough.

[@xraselver7634]

@@LyritZian I was just lucky to be early on this video :) Most often I'm even months too late after a video released and can't do much to correct misinformation I found ^.^'

[@Newussd227]

You’re saying that Ryutaro Nonomura isn’t stupid???

[@ANDREALEONE95]

He was stupid, but more self-contained.

[@Newussd227]

@@ANDREALEONE95 I meant the only stupid one, my bad if the wording was crap.

[@rosaria8384]

Nonomura is more on the simplistic side of being an idiot in poltiics. Tachibana however, is just more than idiotic

[@thepoleontheroad]

After this video, he went to #2 place, Tachibana beat him to #1

[@nowiecoche]

At least he didn't destroy his own political party?

[@gerrittlighthart]

The real heroes are all the sign language interpreters doing the campaign videos

[@honey3762]

I love the Yakuza tattoo guy walking out to intermediate the debt collectors, I used to watch car chases in socal but I think I found a new hobby.

[@mr.notsonice]

The only car chase guy that I know is Aris

[@cheef825]

@@mr.notsonice hey alright

[@kutter_ttl6786]

Did you mean "intermediate" or "intimidate"?

[@danieltobin4498]

@@kutter_ttl6786 I think he meant intimidate but it would be so awesome if there was a heavily tattooed Yakuza guy who would intermediate these kinds of things. Making sure everything is fair and no one is strong arming the other

[@enchantedbananas]

Yakuza arbitration is going to be a billion dollar business.

[@robotguard614]

And I thought American and Balkan politics are a joke. Bro! This shot funny as heck!

[@M.2000-v2g]

Fr! This needs more headlines

[@jasonhymes3382]

The true joke the entire time was society itself.

[@KembaClinton12415]

If you are Filipino and saying that we got the worst politicians, think about this guy first.

[@yugenryuujin1407]

I had no idea Japanese politics was so unhinged. 😂

[@JamesBond77]

I did not expect that from the Japaneses. They are such serious people from the outside. I guess they fooled us.🤣

[@oz_jones]

@@JamesBond77 They were always this unhinged. Look up fart scrolls.

[@JamesBond77]

@@oz_jones really? Will do.

[@Anon-qp3kt]

They are so rigid that anyone can take advantage of it

[@Myassisheavyy]

​@@oz_jonesif you became friend with them there is high chance they went from shy introvert friend to a drunk extrovert friends lol

[@monopoly5496]

Your last 2 videos were even better than the older ones. Absolutely amazing content! Thank you so much. I feel like not a lot of people say this nowadays so I just wanted to show some appreciation for the entertainment. Have a nice day!

[@kachigar8948]

Literally cried laughing. You have a very funny delivery of this crasy stories. Starting to think that Yakuza game series is a documentary

[@CSLucasEpic]

This sort of reminds me of how Uwe Boll would make bad movies to take advantage of the German government grants on movie makes. The germans hate him, and even made an online poll to have him retire and never make movies again.

[@pinkimietz3243]

No, we think he’s genius tbh. Nobody hates him.

[@longiusaescius2537]

Postal was good

[@ragsdale710]

They closed that loop hole so he makes mostly self funded films that make money

[@falconeshield]

Gen Z spotted. Everyone hated him before good video game adaptations became the norm rather then all being Borderlands with pron. ​@@pinkimietz3243

[@ThunderbackOG]

I am a German video Game lover who works in the Film industry. Boll is the biggest joke ever. The damage he did to Video Game Movies and the German Movie Industry in general is unfathomable. He is such an Idiot that he thought challenging his most outspoken critics to a boxing match, something he has actually been training for decades while they have never been in a fight, would prove he is a director. I mean if he discussed them on the topic of filmmaking he would have made a fool of himself. So beating them up was his only option to feel like he won something other than the shame and ridicule his "Movies" brought him.

[@AragornRespecter]

I can see why the Japanese just vote for the LPD every time…

[@ProductofNZ]

The NHK man asked if my car had a tv. It does but I still said "No"

[@petrified9532]

always something with politicians

[@GeorgeFoster-dv6ti]

most elected politicians are a good representation of their populace

[@planescaped]

@@GeorgeFoster-dv6ti Pretty much. In America it's a bunch of out of touch people who still think it's 1993, and/or weirdos.

[@NeostormXLMAX]

Lmao these guys are very well supported and have done more for the average person that the ldp party who is no more than americas vassal and deliberately inflates its own currency at the japanese persons behest to please americans 😂😂😂

[@HistoryintheDark]

Bro went from hating a TV network to full-tilt Imperial Japan in record time.

[@NeostormXLMAX]

Wrong he is prochina pro russia and pro north korea, he actually hates the emperor 😂😂😂

[@NeostormXLMAX]

He was also one of the only politicians who called out the child rapes done by us soldiers, and he apologized for imperial japans crimes to china before, unlike abe and the new president

[@Agastyaaaaaa]

@@NeostormXLMAX fr? that was unexpected tbh

[@lakibody]

@@NeostormXLMAX So he does not like monarchy and advocates the country to be a republic?

[@endjfcar]

@@NeostormXLMAX That one, every politician in Japan should be willing to do. IJ did stuff that warrants many apologies to them.

[@Jaelismyhomegirl]

As an American, it’s nice hearing about *other* countries’ idiot politicians once in a while.

[@Damian125id]

You should lurk on the net more. Everywhere, on every crevice of earth, there's always someone dumber. If anything, the US is losing in terms of being dumb.

[@heartiko2681]

I would like to know about all the weird fringe politicians from all the countries now

[@damageseeker]

You should now look at Philippines 😂

[@martinithechobit]

wtf...Japan is a coin. From being quiet and conservative to batshit insane. wtf is this.

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

I laugh at everyone thinking only liberals are mad. Japan exists.

[@izzanirfan2534]

They suppress people for better public views but at the same time their dark side could be even worse

[@user-sm2he8gl5b]

"Radicalness" is a charm of Japan

[@sevenproxies4255]

This is normal in Japan. You should see some of their comedy game shows.

[@martinithechobit]

@@sevenproxies4255 i KNOW THE PRANKS ARE almost mean spirited. setting up a boyfriend to be a hit on by other women. ahah.

[@marty_debiru]

While I was living in Tokyo many fee collectors weirdos came to my house, and I never paid them anything. I only paid official payment slips that came into the mail and I would always verify them (and always konbini payment, never give your credit card details in Japan). ALso funny story, when i moved in the local police guy came and met me, took all my contact info and gave me his in case something happens. I remember he told me, on kinda a broken english but clearly: "if someone comes to your door asking for money, NEVER pay". At that moment I didn't knew what he was reffering to, but later I always remembered him haha. Dude was a really nice guy tbh.

[@soofyansteve3022]

I swear if you dropped 1+ hour long videos I could die happy

[@benrodir2]

it has gotten to the point whenever you post I know immediately I am about to be entertained. keep up the good work, your channel is a legend.

[@Japanalysis]

thank you my forest friend

[@mk-yt8og]

As a german, I feel so connected to the NHK haters (we have something similar here called "Rundfunkbeitrag". even if you don't own a TV you still have to pay for the public TV and radio channels, approx. 220 € or 244$ ) Though, you thankfully just get pestered with letters and bills if you do not pay

[@oz_jones]

In Finland it's baked into our taxes. :')

[@Gilvan88]

I like your videos. I am a new subscriber and I tried other KZbinrs that have the same content like you do but your voice and editing stood out. MORE OF YOUR VIDEOS PLEASE EVEN IF I WAIT MONTHS FOR IT

[@Lesevesel]

I can't begin to tell you what a revelation this channel has become. It is amazing.

[@Theekopje01]

Nonomura Ryutaro be like: "Finally a worthy opponent, our battle will be legendary!"

[@ungabungus01]

Reddit is down the hall and to the left

[@KeGach05]

Thank you for making this I watch it every day

[@tallystuff]

did not expect the joker to show up.

[@tbadebo]

What happened to the lady that took over the party?

[@Japanalysis]

They are still fighting for control of the party. She is the "de jure" leader, while he is the "de facto" leader. English Wikipedia surprisingly has info on this en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NHK_Party

[@dangerdean9066]

@@Japanalysis And the party 'PG48P' was renamed to the Collabrative Party in November last year

[@taysondynastyemperor5124]

They got her.

[@tbadebo]

@@taysondynastyemperor5124 oh wow what happened

[@dangerdean9066]

@@tbadebo I'm curious...

[@sandcreek87]

can we share a thought about the (I imagine) sign language translators in the background who were forced to be in the insane skits?

[@BakaTaco]

I'm convinced that Tachibana's true goal was to simply spread his dislike for the NHK, and make money, but when he realised that lots of other people don't like the NHK (its door knockers specifically), he then had no idea what to do next. So, naturally, he decided to troll Japan's political parties, and Japanese people in general, and be a pain in the ass while doing so. Committing crimes was just a bonus! I was today years old when I found out about Japan allowing all kinds of hilarious and stupid "political advertising" on TV, but I think the icing on the cake was discovering an IDOL GROUP that is also, very... odd... and a REAL political party. It's so ridiculous, it has to be a joke, but it's a REAL thing, and not a joke at all.

[@Greippi10]

Making money was definitely his goal, considering he was a "professional pachinko player". Unless he found an exploit the house always wins on those machines! So he was sponsored to scam people into arcades and gaming parlours! This whole thing is as Japanese as it can be! "We don't want money in politics, so we have incredibly ineffective rigid measures for campaigning! Also our MPs are immune from prosecution!" ?????? And the Idol group taking over a political party??? I was howling XD

[@dan5992]

I remember in 2019 or so in my school in Japan the NHKを部壊す meme was hilarious and my friends were all pumping their fists and saying the slogan while we took pictures together lol. I had no clue just how deep this went. But I just can't deny that he is entertaining lol.

[@xcjsmith5310]

Omg! Definitely entertaining.

[@magj6245]

​It's "NHKをぶっ壊す"

[@dan5992]

@@magj6245 thanks for the correction, i pressed enter without reading lol

[@josephglatz25]

Good to know that other countries have political landscapes every bit as weird as mine.

[@TheTubePoweredOne]

Man, it's always a good day when a new Japanalysis video pops up in my feed. I legit stop whatever I'm doing to fire it up because your content is just _that good._

[@moversti92]

In Finland there's currently a big hate towards our own NHK. Wouldn't surprise me in the slightest someone founds a party like this here.

[@Creedio90]

adds up

[@M7ner08]

Yle isn’t that bad nor do I hate them that much but they don’t use their funds well.

[@askadia]

I'm happy to realise wierd things don't happen only in my country.

[@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz]

Wow! Somebody worse than Nonomura Ryutaro?!

[@Inuzadrop]

Damn, didn't realize how wild Japanese politics could get.

[@andrewgray573]

This guy makes Bush look like Shakespeare.

[@zimriel]

when I was in Taiwan 1994/5 there were fistfights in their parliament

[@yanliechocki]

I was just clicking on random videos until this one came up and I'm glad I clicked on it. One of the craziest stories I've ever seen, this would EASILY make a movie.

[@deniseb.4656]

We have the same thing in Germany: GEZ is the German NHK basically. And yes: Even radios, cellphones and notebooks and tablets count because you consume media on them.

[@Franko_The_Tanko]

Was thinking the exact same thing! To clarify a bit, nowadays you need to pay regardless of the devices you have at home.

[@mc5967]

Wow. Im american and im only now learning about this sort of thing being common in other countries

[@scooby8561]

notebooks? seriously?

[@realAlexChoi]

@@scooby8561 In some countries, what we call laptops are called notebooks, like notebook computer

[@eightcoins4401]

@@scooby8561 Notebooks as in the trademark a laptop manufacturer had ages ago for "thin" office laptops.

[@eruno_]

The party under Ayaka has rebranded to "Collaboration party" by the way.

[@sirfer6969]

Dude, your coverage of Japan is next level. Instant like after watching only 2 of your videos.

[@squil]

I'm legitimately impressed by this guys resourcefulness

[@planescaped]

Wow... the NHK seem even worse than the IRS. And this party is the most dysfunctional and embarrassing thing I have ever seen. How tf does Japan put up with this?

[@mrsamuel5572]

Stupid sin called "Pride" ,they think they can go move forward by pushing people around

[@sakakaka4064]

Money

[@soda7998]

the IRS is worse, trust me

[@Josh_Quillan]

Mostly they ignore it. It's also helped by the insularity/ignorance of what other cultures do and the common "well you see, Japan is special and unique so we HAVE to do it differently" attitude many more nationalist people use in the place of actually thinking about problems. But then again, what does not putting up with it even look like? I mean, why do Americans put up with having their political choices be Centre-right Weaksauce or Batshit Insane Fascists? Why do Britons tolerate their politics being dominated by a nonsense narrative about immigration when the infrastructure of the country like local government, hospitals and prisons are visibly failing before our eyes? Citizens have no recourse when their elected representatives decide they don't want to bother to represent people any more - that's the same everywhere.

[@Mephistel]

Oh this is bad, but don't get it twisted, the IRS is still worse. Much much worse.

[@stevenguitink5947]

"This is what happens when a KZbinr enters politics..." I'm getting Sargon of Akkad flashbacks....

[@Svennymat]

It's always a fun day for me whenever you upload. This video did not disappoint!

[@nonfatalfonso]

japanese keemstar is crazy...

[@pancake_ghosty]

We have the same thing is Ireland for our national broadcaster RTÉ. Every citizen has to pay a yearly fee. And they are incredibly persistent also, the TV license man will stand outside your home windows trying to see if he can spot a monitor or even ipad lying around. I thought every country had this

[@donnatello3906]

Being wanted in Japan for defamation isnt some crazy accusation, as defamation in Japan amounts to sharing anything that harms someone's reputation, EVEN IF ITS TRUE. Expose someone for grooming minors and YOU might be the one to face the court.

[@KnakuanaRka]

What an utterly ridiculous policy.

[@pk4459]

Wow, that's Orwelian level dark.

[@BeeHatGuy]

​@@pk4459their police/arrest policies are crazy too

[@seifeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

My favorite Japanese Historian it's back with a banger video.

[@willysuna]

He looks like if Winnie the Pooh had a little too much alcohol

[@azazel166]

Here in Greece, the fee for the national tv is paid on the electricity bill.

[@douro20]

They can only do that because the Energy Law dictates that the state has a monopoly on electricity distribution.

[@Thalon77]

@@douro20 Not necessarily: we have that too in Italy and we also have free market on electricity distribution (the law forces electrical companies to collect and reroute the "tv tax" to the state tv company).

[@FruchteisMitErdbeer]

This guy is an idiot, but oh my god I'm laughing so hard about how much the Tokyo election turned into a literal clown show. There's also so much going on in this video, from the random shit in everyones background, to the sign language interpreter copying whatever weird shit the candidates do. This stuff has me rolling :D Amazing video!

[@boulderbash19700209]

So he's like Cato, went everywhere and preaching, "NHK delenda est." 😅

[@GwenWinterheart]

great story thank you. my favourite parts were the S&M plot twist and how tachibana can't follow ayaka into a building because he's like a yakuza game street enemy or something.

[@notuxnobux]

The same thing with tv license happened here in sweden. They would look into your windows to see if you have a tv. They then made it so that if you own a computer then you also have to pay a license. They got sued and lost and you no longer had to pay tv license if you owned a computer only. They then forcefully made it part of income tax, without anyone ever voting for it.

[@orfeoassiti6669]

In Italy we have the same broadcasting tax but I know people that have never paid them like ever and nobody cares. Makes you feel even more stupid when paying it lol

[@ferretyluv]

That’s how in works in America with PBS and NPR. It’s just taken out of taxes. No people coming to your door or anything.

[@andreas25693]

​@@orfeoassiti6669noi, italiani, troveremo il modo di non pagare le tasse😆

[@cassiefuchs3657]

That would make me get naked and then call the cops when they look through the windows and see me naked.

[@Legov7]

The professional sign language interpreter having to work with these joke candidates is so funny. And to be fair, deaf people too deserve to be able to hear the candidates stupid shenanigans.