How Much Do Young Japanese Know About the World? | Street Interview

[@MrRizeAG]

Brutal. Guess it's not just Americans!

[@megadave816]

They did a better job then Americans though.

[@WiseOnion]

other countries are fed globalism while first world nations focus on themselves hence why they are at the top. like the saying goes "losers focus on the winners while the winners focus on winning."

[@wowduniahindi636]

But better than USA

[@curly_bill]

A lot of Americans probably can’t even point to their own country on the map

[@FrankBrennosTheGreatest]

People in general know nothing about geography. You can make the same video anywhere in the world and the results won't be very different. Americans aren't dumber than anyone else.

[@charleslewis375]

3:28 Unexpectedly she knows where Ukraine is on the map but not US OR AU.

[@leexingha]

i guess she happened to learn of that due to Russia-Ukraine war

[@spider6660]

Ukraine used to be a hot topic at a time everywhere.

[@charleslewis375]

@@leexingha But she pointed to Russia as the US before LOL

[@ilonaforsman]

Is USA so important ?

[@louminisalouminios9559]

i mean as a European i first learnt where usa is and then Ukraine, it's just geographically easier to remember and more talked about so yeah it's surprising she got that ​@@ilonaforsman

[@shanicestella2226]

The reflection of similiarity between Japan and USA education is emphasize on memorizing instructions to create a corporate worker but not to train a critical thinking and geographical sensitivity , creating a rather insular mentality of the people And also news media of both countries also creating an influence of makes its people to thinking in rather Americacentric or Japancentric lens

[@beproudasian8279]

Japan is a U$ regime's colony after all.

[@krashme997]

What I've realized after living in Japan for several years is that the US and Japan are also pretty similar in terms of mentality. Mosty don't feel the need to look outward, as they've got everything at home. Sports, with their own teams and leagues, their own shows and variety shows, their lack of a second language, which creates a very inward-looking culture, and less interest towards foreign countries.

[@yo2trader539]

For people living in Japan, the only news that matter are things that have connection with Japan. South Korea and Thailand are places that Japanese people often travel to, which is why plane accidents and kidnappings become top news. Wars and disputes in faraway lands have no connection with Japan.

[@akirayagami4226]

​@@yo2trader539But that doesn't put away the fact that most of the Japanese population are very ignorant regarding world affairs. That's dangerous because their respective government can straight out lie to them and they won't even realize it.

[@9y2bgy]

@@yo2trader539 Isn't that the case with almost all countries???

[@dev_not_null]

🇺🇸 🤝 🇯🇵 united in poor geography skills

[@calvinang1]

I think Americans are much worse in geography compared to Japanese. So Nah

[@円周率-k2b]

動画に出ている人たちは日本人の中でも教養的に最底辺の人たちで、ほとんどの人は大抵の国の位置は答えられます。選択バイアスを調べてください😂

[@akirayagami4226]

Just like a master passing down his skillset to its slave😂

[@akirayagami4226]

Japan doesn't really need to step up its game in AI. They are the undisputed champion in producing Av related contents all across Asia. 🤣

[@Chatsta]

My whole life I've actually been living in Africa 🤯🤯🤯

[@AB-tv2rm]

Congo 😂

[@isaiah3872]

No wonder it's so hot, the Outback is really the Sahara 😂

[@SaharshJeetSingh-o5s]

I mean, you have a rich wildlife population, just replace kangaroos with lions😁

[@9y2bgy]

I would think that you were actually living in a country within Africa...

[@excitingfruit]

The subtitles are absolutely awful. The first guy doesn’t say “No, not really” at 0:30. He says “It depends on the day”. Completely misrepresenting what people say is not acceptable.

[@mihi359]

its correct, you lack contextual understanding…also the translator is literally Japanese

[@excitingfruit]

@@mihi359No it’s not correct, as shown by the fact that the correct translation appears at 0:46. They fixed it but mistimed it.

[@Centre14]

thank you ur absolutely right

[@tatcyr206]

@@mihi359 I was born and raised in Japan. I can tell you the subtitle is showing something he never said. Although difference between “Not really” and “日による” can be nuanced so if I wanted to cut corner and write whatever I want to make him look certain way maybe I too will “mistranslate” like they did.

[@9y2bgy]

Translation is actually a difficult skill bc it's not just literal translation which often would make little sense a lot of times. Translators have to find equivalent phrases or in case of colloquial or idiomatic sentences, it can get really tricky. I have a very healthy respect for them.

[@noirnut]

Y'all needa play more Geoguessr

[@thecfclad]

I like that they're still calling it Twitter.

[@NeroX-nh8se]

Wow, tiktok penetration is deep..

[@KangOfTheNomadicConsortium]

the scale now in a recent report was upward of a Billion there's no other platform that is keeping that footprint/impressions besides some of the dating platforms mainly BUMBLE, HINGE and Tinder(of course) and some communication apps. But that's it. TikTok is really really king out here.

[@nietzchan]

and the best part is they're actually learning more of the world through it. I actually want to apologize for my prejudice to the girl in this interview that says she mostly uses tik-tok, because she actually know much more of the world in general than most of the interviewee in this episode, and probably also most of my fellow citizens here in ID.

[@akirayagami4226]

Great strategy by 🇨🇳(PRC) tho. Dumbdown your biggest geopolitical enemies mainly Japan/USA while ensuring that your domestic population gets even smarter. Fighting a war without unconventional means.

[@krissydiggs]

I think the fear of making a mistake gets in the way for so many people to be able to speak all the english they study for SOOOO LONG. English, like Japanese, is best learned through use. Writing alone doesn't do enough to get you to communicating. It's OK to make mistakes, and it's ok to not be perfect. That's how we learn to communicate even from when we are babies. Japan! Please try to challenge yourself to be ok with making mistakes. I try not to be! It's scary for me too with Japanese, but I get better when I try!

[@AndrewOudin]

i love the map errors. If one day a street interviewer asks me I'm gonna troll the living daylights out of it

[@iii___iii]

No please don't because you will embarrass yourself and your nation!!

[@AndrewOudin]

i know right! Its gonna be terrrruble

[@TripleLinde-fk7zt]

"Where's Kosovo?" "I'm going to take a wild guess and say here" I'm waiting for the day.

[@9y2bgy]

@@TripleLinde-fk7zt Try Lichtenstein...

[@TheConsistentoDDity]

This is why I got a shower curtain of a world map. It gave me an excuse to take long showers while I studied it.

[@wowduniahindi636]

Ahn 😂 this is useless if u are committed to learn something u can do without silly things, better u opens book

[@TheConsistentoDDity]

@wowduniahindi636 Different things work for different people. It shouldn't matter how someone learns. What should matter is that someone is the desire to continue to learn after completing one's education. Don't put down people for that.

[@9y2bgy]

That's not why you were taking long showers.... 😆

[@Dorimeme187]

Now do this in Singapore, South Korea & Taiwan!

[@LameCarrot]

Singaporean here. Singaporeans are generally okay especially with knowledge of Asian countries, countries in North America, and some countries in Europe. They will definitely struggle with South+Central America and Africa.

[@Dorimeme187]

@ would be interesting to see how all 3 countries compare with Japan then!

[@mspears_bobobuddytheseniorcat]

This was an incredibly fascinating interview! As someone who lives in the U.S. on a border state, we were only taught the Spain version of Spanish for 1-2 years in high school. Considering the political climate here, it would have been better to learn more languages, especially the native version of our bordering country. It would give more empathy and love to those who are trying to communicate. As a side note, I was born in the age of writing in cursive and just saw that the national archives are asking for volunteers to read it. It shows how languages and even writing styles and cultural context and linguistics change in our own native tongue. Relying on translation with technologies comes with its own errors and downfalls in so many ways. It's just all so fascinating but also sad. Communication is key to building personal connections! I send much love to the world! ❤

[@_noahrh]

Lovely comment! I live in a border state and share those sentiments! We should all have at least a working knowledge of Spanish

[@epifanny]

They need people that read cursive? Is cursive not taught in US schools?

[@mspears_bobobuddytheseniorcat]

@ It definitely was when I was in school but I guess many stopped it in public schools in 2010 with the “Common Core” system.

[@9y2bgy]

@@epifanny Nope. Not even when I went to school, and that was in the 70s onward. I can't write cursive. Or I should say I can write it if I have to but it would be painfully awful, so no.

[@Leokuma7]

I don't think they were so bad at Geography. Most of them knew Ukraine, Phillipines and Singapore, which are not so easy to spot. Also they are used to the world map with Japan in the center.

[@akirayagami4226]

Come on my dude, stop defending plain ignorance and start giving them constructive criticism as to why they should read and learn more about the world rather than shy away from it. Your comment is not helping.

[@ptrcrispy]

If these were americans messing it up you‘d be hounding all over them.

[@hakohito]

This is the dumbest comment I've seen today.

[@9y2bgy]

Yeah, but not the US. Loved it!

[@azabujuban-hito-dake]

I'm from Switzerland and living in Tokyo. I'm always surprised that the Japanese are actually know some stuff about Switzerland and some of them are even interested in it ! I'm from the city of Zurich and unlike Tokyo, there's nothing interesting or exciting about Zurich.

[@タラバ蟹-b2l]

大学生になったらスイスの豊かな自然に触れ合いに行きたいと思ってます！ 自分の故郷にプライドを持ちましょう！🇨🇭🇯🇵

[@bohu4586]

generally speaking asians know much more about europe than europeans know about asia.

[@ioritz1001]

As Japanese it's quite shameful. But I want to mention that, the map is not Japan centered map. I believe it's same for every country to use my own country centered map, it makes some sense why they got confused. I cannot deny their poor geography skill though......😅

[@ValQuinn]

This is important information, especially for the girl who chose Russia at the start, which is where the American continent would be on a Japan-centred map. Not every country has their own country at the centre. America inherited the Britain-centred map. Tbh I thought the whole world used that.

[@FrankBrennosTheGreatest]

@@ValQuinn The whole world does use that. I've never seen a different map in all my travels. First time I hear of Japan having a different map.

[@ootts456]

Japan needed the pacific centered map during WW2 and they use it to this day.

[@tempestmars123]

If the center of a world map affects that much to identify counties, there is a serious issue on the education.

[@SwissGamer42]

Is it a negative PR move against Japan? I am from Switzerland and visited Japan last year for 1 month. And all of them had very good knowledge of geography especially Europe. You must have picked the worst ones deliberately.

[@KenHirokawa]

Bro it's literally 'Asian boss' they are known for making Anti Japanese videos. Ignore them. If they are judging that Japanese are bad at geography because of this video they must watch this too. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGLIeJKHabqMqs0si=0SPh6Dug3qoGRXam

[@karogod]

How can you choose deliberately? Can you read that on people's faces?

[@kyogokumakotoo]

@@karogod Why are you so dumb? Like, for example, if you interview about 10 people but pick the 3 dumbest ones to put in the video, leave the other 7 out. That's what you call media bias and choosing deliberately. You're interested in content about the world but can't use critical thinking to question the things you consume? I'm not a native English speaker, so I used Google Translate, so if it's weird, please understand.

[@jjino]

They aren't taught their own history correctly so I'm not surprised to see this result for geography as well.

[@円周率-k2b]

中国人は自分たちがウイグル人に現在進行形で何をしているのかを教えられているのでしょうか？🤔

[@SpaghetteMan]

@@円周率-k2b You live on a safe and isolated island that isn't bordering Pakistan and Afghanistan, both of which have a history of providing a safe hideout for terrorist organizations and their splinter groups. please don't comment on things you don't actually understand, thank you.

[@pablothecloudman]

​@@円周率-k2b いい指摘ですね。でも、WWIIはほぼ100年前のことでした...

[@円周率-k2b]

@@SpaghetteMan ウイグル人の国の近くに危険な国があったらウイグル人を拷問したり人身売買したり性奴隷にしたりして良いのでしょうか？よく理解できていないのはあなたの方では？🤔🤔🤔

[@円周率-k2b]

@@SpaghetteMan ウイグル人が住んでいる場所の近くに危険な国があったら、ウイグル人は拷問したり人身売買したりして良いんですか？😅

[@magnetospin]

Interviewer: "Do you primarily get your news from television or through your smart phone?" Interviewer with a solemn expression: "Yes, that's right. It's mostly one or the other". 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@terencekwong3033]

Interesting the level of responses you get from different countries and there knowledge outside of their country. I see some interviewees are consistently more insightful.

[@ytomi5472]

I don't understand the intention of this video. It is very offensive to have the image of “Japanese” based on a few stupid people whom the creator of this video picked up with malicious intent. Now, I wonder which sponsor is cooperating with them.

[@pollymagoopou]

No matter which map it is, anyone who has attended middle school should have a basic understanding of the geography of the five continents.

[@EsmeraldMaster]

1) these type of videos can choose which people they show you, from a selection of all the people they interviewed, 2) they don't interview (nor show) the necessary amount of people to make a factual statement, 3) people's knowledge are similar between countries of similar economic/educational status, differences might show in locality knowledge, e.g. know better their continent than others.

[@rigelr5345]

4:23 it sounds like she is saying はい、正解です , which means "yes, that's the right answer", but the subtitles instead says "Wrong." Ironically, the subtitles are RIGHT, because he is pointing at the wrong place on the map. So the subtitles are wrongly translated but correctly answers her question lol. Sadly, the interviewee was not corrected and now believes the Philippines lies in Indonesia.

[@carilaeeduardo3055]

as a european i will never understand how this is possible, in europe we don't really learn world geography at school but we know most of the countries in the world

[@ValQuinn]

Just want to amplify someone else's comment. Japanese maps of the world have Japan at the centre. This explains why several people got countries the wrong way round (eg thinking Russia is the US, South America is Australia). On Japanese maps America is in the east, Australia in the west. So this is not a fair test.

[@Syiepherze]

Yup

[@Sakamori14]

that's a terrible excuse. even if you get a horizontally and vertically mirrored map, you should still be able to find a country if you know it

[@ValQuinn]

@@Sakamori14 yes, but as a comparison of japanese against other countries it's not fair. My guess is other countries would also have people confused if they had to do this on a new map. I agree people should be better informed in general.

[@maxxiewang8284]

Saying "Japan at the centre" here is a little misleading. It's actually Pacific-centred. China uses the same kind.

[@一朵小红花]

我觉得这个借口并不成立！！！

[@natatatt]

The map part was quite interesting! I wonder how much of it though is that it seems like a certain amount of people, no matter which country, are just bad at reading maps.

[@terencekwong3033]

This reminds me of an episode of Jay Leno's Jay walking 😂

[@nightmare0xranmabloodedge122]

This is a bit worrisome. Oof

[@ultrakoichi]

I can’t believe how people are bad at geography. Because of football I know geography quite well. I’m used to looking at the globe.

[@ncgn13]

They literally correctly/almost correctly answered most of the geographical questions. I don't get why the comments think they are not knowledgeable lol. So weird. If you compared this to the street interviews on Americans about geography or international news, these Japanese are so much more informed and knowledgeable.

[@khai96x]

American is pretty low bar

[@adityadutta2033]

14:00 I have a pen. I have an apple. ApplePen.

[@DellDreamer]

In China, geography is a required subject in high school.

[@turtlesoup8134]

A few comments: 1) The japanese education is failing when it comes to raising awareness and interest of global issues. 2) What does speaking english has to do with raising awareness of global issues? The interviewer is taking the wrong turn and the interviewee just follows along. I know lots of people around me who don't speak english but is very knowledgeable about global issues. 3) Japan has failed to develop new tech starting from the internet boom and all the way until the present AI challenge. This interview is not talking about tech, but I get the feeling that they probably have the same attitude towards tech as with global issues. 4) This is where the state guidance is important. State and private media is brainwashing the japanese into a more insular society. None of the issues the people in this interview raise is important global affairs. What makes them so disinterested?

[@visiasch]

English is language spoken most across the world, unlike Chinese that is widely spoken only in China by one billion people born there. If you know English, of course you care more about the world because you learnt the most important language.

[@turtlesoup8134]

@@visiasch Thats not how it works. American speaks english and they can't compare with Chinese people when it comes to knowledge of international issues. Asian boss did similar interview with Chinese people. Search that video or any other interview in China and you will see that they generally has more intellectual input than american or japanese. Taking interest on international issues has more to do with education and media coverage than language. One million american recently moved to rednote and got a glimpse of China. If these people truly takes interest of international issues then they won't be shocked by rednote.

[@visiasch]

@@turtlesoup8134 americans know English as their first language. They didn't learn it on purpose. It's not their choice. It's different.

[@turtlesoup8134]

@@visiasch and many Chinese learn english in school not out of their choice, because the gov makes them learn. You are making the wrong correlation of language capability to knowledge of global issues.

[@bpcgos]

Regarding to point 3, im strongly disagree, many inventions made by japanese are small but able to change this world to be a better place. From blue LED inventions to QR Code, the impact of it to the betterments of this world are bigger than we realised compared to AI. The fact is many modern Japanese inventions are born because of the scientist concern regarding to certain daily problem (read QR code invention story) that need to be solved quickly, it actually bring more impact than bombastic inventions like AI todays(which is just acclereated machine learning that present since aeons ago but boosted by media purposefully for commercialisation gain)

[@Zの黙示録]

どこでインタビューしたか知らんが流石に無知な人多すぎだろ... ウクライナとかはともかく、アメリカとオーストラリアの場所も分からんとか日本人でもびっくりだわ

[@crimson_sky]

As an American, how am I better at Asian geography then people who actually live in Asia?

[@scouticescoutice4994]

Not English though.

[@calvinang1]

Because you happened to watch lots of YT content

[@ncgn13]

I was just going to comment comparing to the street interviews in the US about geography, these Japanese are so much more knowledgeable. So funny that you feel the need to declare yourself like this. Lol.

[@visiasch]

Just say you hate americans and be done. You protect china and hate on americans in every comment you leave on this channel, we already know who and what you are. ​@ncgn13

[@NeroX-nh8se]

You are just one of the few.. You need to watch the American street interviews

[@reidhaack2532]

It's interesting to see how the perceptions of English differ in China and Japan. In China its seen as a necessity for higher level learning and most younger Chinese have some English skills, but it appears Japan is starting to become disinterested in the language. Whether this be due to the developments between the economy's of the last couple decades or simply just a trend, i found the perspective of these Japanese people fascinating!

[@leexingha]

its pretty obvious. its dangerous for the Japan gov to have its people learn of english. they will easily learn the truth that the Imperial Japan wants to simmer in forgetness

[@KangOfTheNomadicConsortium]

They never had an interest in English if you know Japanese history.....WHICH you definitely can find here on KZbin. The deep history and how they kept themselves away from EVERYONE ELSE. They really didn't exchange or like to open with others. They understood it but NEVER HAD TO BE "FORCED" to multicultural anything. Until they got into a war with the U.S. which was the beginning of some questionable decisions from that time period til now.

[@WIllz2GOTA]

I got the sense that the Japanese view English as an invaluable language to learn, even to the immediate case of being able to earn more money for part time jobs, let alone the the access to resources and other cultures it provides people with, but that it's not taught properly at school - that the emphasis is on writing over speaking and the level to which they learn english is possibly less than that in China

[@yo2trader539]

99% of the population don't really need a foreign language in their daily lives or work in Japan. We're required to study a 2nd foreign language in most university programs...but again we have zero need for those languages.

[@akirayagami4226]

That's really good. With english typing/speaking skill in hand, most of em are able to communicate with others internationally. Embracing ignorance should always be put to shame.

[@BlackHoleSpain]

I don't know if the statement at 13:00 about English classes in primary school only once a month was true. Here in Spain we always had English classes *twice a week* and even if we also hadn't any real opportunity to practice our speaking abilities, since children wouldn't meet any native speakers in the 70's or 80's, I don't agree at all with the opinion at 14:12 about grammar being useless. In my personal case, learning tons of vocabulary and hundreds of rules during 12 years, even at such slow rate of 2 hours a week, they sparkled and ignited all of a sudden when I was 25 and saw Star Wars Phantom Menace, I got all the silly Jar Jar Binks jokes, and said ... "I understand this with B2 level, why don't I speak English if I already know the language?".

[@Neval34212]

Bro guessed Ukraine better than Australia

[@igormarins1227]

TikTok really made some damage in this generation.

[@NP1066]

The tiktok girl was quite correct actually

[@belleblanch5374]

And they take super hard geography test from the foreign students who come to study in Japan.

[@KenHirokawa]

Listen white person. Stop making a conclusion based on this biased video. Average Japanese has a much better geography than average American or European. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGLIeJKHabqMqs0si=uKwk3CpcPfy66QMW

[@KenHirokawa]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGLIeJKHabqMqs0si=uKwk3CpcPfy66QMW

[@043_sujankirtania5]

I'm not defending them but are you seriously judging an entire race and population based on couple of people?

[@yangz1803]

It’s amazing that that lady cannot find America but can pin point Ukraine. My guess is that, she, or others, are pretty knowledgeable but taking ignorance as modesty.

[@不才多指教]

As a Chinese, I guess many people don't know the specific location of Singapore, mainly because Singapore is too small on the world map. As a European country, I can probably easily know the location of the United Kingdom because it is an island. Other European countries are really It’s hard to tell the exact location!

[@rdpacis7822]

I thought geography is a common knowledge

[@Syiepherze]

Honestly it kinda should be, at least knowing where the continents are and knowing which one has which countries

[@GinJ1337]

I learned that geography can't be big in Japanese schools 😂

[@dsadik666]

It's not. Lolz

[@Ashamanknight]

All of these seem like no brainers to me. Are people really this clueless about where things are in the world

[@tatsumasa6332]

we know you folks out there love us.

[@michram]

Embrace your language, learn other languages only if you wish to communicate with others. No one should be urged to learn a language if they end up not using it at all.

[@zevil89]

If the Japanese would travel more they would realize they are severely underpaid for the output they are producing.

[@KangOfTheNomadicConsortium]

They are aware of the financial discrepancies....but they are a civilization as a whole who literally is living 200 years ahead of the USA in a lot of their ideals and ways/customs.

[@simmybackup5000]

@@KangOfTheNomadicConsortium japan is outdated lol.

[@westvillage321]

いつも思うのだが、このアカウントの動画は、偏りまくっている 視聴者をミスリードするような取材の仕方をする

[@akirayagami4226]

No it's not, many Japanese that I've personally spoken to are really this stupid. There's a reason why you guys aren't dominating emerging technologies in the current time.

[@akirayagami4226]

You're just being dishonest about this. Start accepting harsh facts that you find uncomfortable.

[@magigoof]

Evidence? denial as always

[@KenHirokawa]

@@akirayagami4226 kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGLIeJKHabqMqs0si=uKwk3CpcPfy66QMW

[@KenHirokawa]

@@magigoof here's the evidence. Average Japanese has a much better geography iq than average American or European. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGLIeJKHabqMqs0si=uKwk3CpcPfy66QMW

[@1rwjwith]

I think they do better at Geography than most American youth by far!

[@entp1446]

Why do you interview only a few Japanese people and say that they are all Japanese? This should be seen as entertainment.

[@isaacstone7899]

Japanese knows more about animes and anime games.

[@かぶき揚-t5v]

This channel always makes a few people look like they represent the country.

[@くらま-u3v]

Asian bossは韓国のチャンネルだからね😅

[@intreoo]

To be fair that's most street interview channels, beyond just Asian Boss. It doesn't matter if it's Japan, America, China, Australia, France, the UK, Brazil, etc. Most street interview channels take a small sample and use them as a representation of the entire country since having titles like that gets more clicks and attention. While it's true that channels like these play a part in generalizing the population of a country, I'd argue that the audience has a greater responsibility to understand that an entire country cannot be generalized by a small handful of people. Otherwise, they're no smarter than the people they ridicule in the video.

[@wowduniahindi636]

Yeah mostly japanese content

[@かぶき揚-t5v]

@intreoo Definitely. Audiences should be smart on the chaotic internet. By the way, is your profile Seiji Amasawa? Whisper of the Heart is one of my favorite movies!!

[@SugarArchive]

I hate this channel with passion. They have an extremely anti-Korean agenda that most of us Koreans (outside of the English speaking internet) have noticed. Some of their videos were revealed to have been pre-arranged.

[@bajitofu]

LLBeanくん、応援する！ なんて賢くて優しそうな子。 他の子との格差が激しすぎる。 なぜでしょう。。。

[@DangDuctri-ky8vg]

⭐️🧡thank you asian boss🧡These are the question people often too shy to ask

[@klmj-y3v]

やらせ？それとも義務教育課程を履修してない人たちにインタビューしたのかな？

[@RT-oz4fx]

Japanese here, we unfortunately don't care much about oversea and everyone and news media are basically talking about which idol/actor is cheating bra bra... And I feel it's kinda forbidden to talk about politics in public like at a school, or work.

[@gahghag]

It's 'blah' not 'bra'. Engrish!

[@RT-oz4fx]

​@@gahghag Hi teacher! You successfully scared the Japanese away from speaking English🫡 (Thank you for correcting, tho)

[@icyelsa9747]

Usually Im bad with countries far away and where I havent been able to travel yet like any country in South America or the whole continent of Africa but not knowing the countries more or less in the same region as your own? u_____u

[@adurpandya2742]

I’ve known for 16 years now that they know little of the outside world.

[@hallohallo1332]

It was a pleasure to 'meet' these young Japanese men and women. There is a calm and confidence (despite the claim for shyness) about them. Could it be that not having the English language saves them from so much of the detrimental rubbish that excels in exploiting young, native English speakers? The man who talked about there being less need now to memorise things like foreign languages or country names was correct. Exercising the memory muscle is something that, I think, should be pursued. Lovely video. Thanks

[@AnoNymous-i1o]

This is eye opening. In India, we have people looking at Japan and saying we dont need english. Meanwhile all Japanese want to excel in english 🤷‍♀

[@user-jt3dw6vv4x]

I mean I can understand why someone in India may feel that way. English was adopted out of a necessity due to the sheer ethnic diversity and it came with colonisation. Japan's relationship with English has no nationalist undertones

[@nobodyexceptme7794]

We are all the same humans all over the world. Most residents of any country don't know much about the rest of the world. There are plenty of Americans who are just as clueless to the rest of the world's geography as well. Same for the UK and Korea or China.

[@KangOfTheNomadicConsortium]

IF YOU TRAVEL and pay attention to GEOPOLITICAL issues, and world news and have a global citizen imprint. I can assure you, you definitely know about the world

[@nobodyexceptme7794]

@KangOfTheNomadicConsortium yes but that's not most people. Most people aren't even subscribed or look at other outlets for opinions in news outside of their local community if they even pay attention to that

[@mairsilpretner6119]

Mostly true for large countries, where you can easily live your whole life never leaving the country, never using foreign products, never consuming foreign media. In small countries, 'abroad' is physically a lot closer, and a lot more things in daily life will come from other countries. So it is pretty natural for citizens of smaller nations to pick up a bit more world knowledge.

[@unknown_for_good]

The interviewer herself didn't know where Philippines is. 4:22. She said correct for the island he pointed at. the island is part of Indonesia, not Philippines.

[@magigoof]

You don't know Japanese so I tell you that she said 不正解です which means incorrect

[@unknown_for_good]

@@magigoof 彼女は他の回答者にも正解にだけ「ハイ」と言って間違いに「ハイ」と言ってないのにここだけ間違いに「ハイ」と言うはずがなく明らかに「ハイ、正解です」と言っていて「ハイ、不正解です」なんて言い方はおかしい。また他回答の間違いに「不正解です」なんて言ってないのにここだけ間違いに「不正解です」なんて言うはずがない。次の回答者もどこか迷った時に「その大きい島です」と言っていたが付近の「その大きい島」はボルネオ島しかなく、明らかにボルネオ島をフィリピン領と思っているのは明らか。

[@magigoof]

@@unknown_for_good 20 IQ analysis & deaf

[@westvillage321]

渋谷のバカガキだけに質問するからだ 取材が偏っている 何の意図があるの？この取材

[@Davyjones5454]

This is really embarrassing. Don’t they learn Geography in school ?

[@KenHirokawa]

It's a biased video. Average Japanese has much better geography knowledge than average American or European. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGLIeJKHabqMqs0si=uKwk3CpcPfy66QMW

[@sharkbaitmaster1052]

Why are there so much hate towards Japan in the comments, the only nation right now promoting genocide and imperialism is America and its allies

[@seventhtenth]

location

[@pickashoe7870]

do they know where japan is? i'm worried

[@nebarex]

Please ask them where is here, probably they can't answer Tokyo or Shibuya.

[@DELTA38g]

Not to excuse their poor knowledge of geography, but in Japan people use a world map where Japan is in the center which I think confused some of the interviewed people.

[@megadave816]

Still more knowledgeable than Americans. Americans can't even point their own country on the map.😂😂😂😂😂

[@tarek4774]

Ignorance at its finest 💯 say you hate America with saying you hate America?

[@megadave816]

@@tarek4774 Not as ignorant as Americans though. 😔

[@tarek4774]

@@megadave816 Have you met every single American, all 330m of them? Or you just generalize an entire country based on street interviews like this one that only edit out the smart ones and keep in the people with the dumbest answers?

[@Chriseyasuo]

14:33 i like this pop girl she is pretty. She probably went to the US too soo you can see she mix the japan education and behaviour with the US one soo she look more relaxed then the average japaneses and more funny. This is the type of mix that we need in our cultures for became more united 😊😁

[@Katherinelee-v7l]

Ain't even necessary. A whole lot happening all over the world but what can one do??

[@AB-tv2rm]

Yeah. And there is more negative news than positive. So better ignore.

[@Katherinelee-v7l]

They mislead us most often.

[@rinber13]

Yes, it can be overwhelming, but with that same energy literacy is unnecessary too. You have the whole internet to educate yourselves on any topic. Basic geography is elementary school level.

[@Razear]

When someone cites TikTok as their primary news source, that surely can't be a good sign... I can understand saying X or KZbin, but a site catered to 8-second reels with the average user being 12 years old? It's a bit more forgivable for someone to incorrectly point to Canada instead of the US, but to mistake Russia for North America? That's egregious enough of an error to justify revoking your high school diploma. Or maybe the Japanese education system needs to revamp how they teach geography. I think I'm willing to give more leeway to a country as monolithic as Japan for being ignorant about the rest of the world. If someone only speaks Japanese and has no intention to travel outside of the country, I guess having this knowledge isn't really relevant to their everyday life. It's by no means excusable, but it does make sense from a pragmatic standpoint. Since Japan is ethnically homogenous, there's much less of a necessity to learn English and interact with foreigners unless the person has a job where they're directly interacting with non-Japanese. It comes down to utility. If there isn't a tangible incentive for Japanese people to learn the language, they'll unlikely see a reason to make the effort.

[@ymhktravel]

I'm surprised by what one guy says, that Singapore is close to USA. Even if you don't know the location of USA and Singapore, how stupid can it get to make that statement. One is in Asia (SE Asia) obviously and the other is in North America! Still the Japanese are slightly better than the Americans, but then again they have little knowledge about countries in Asia, which is where they are. But at least compared to the Americans, they are honest about their lack of knowledge in those areas where as Americans just think they know all even when they don't and the misinformation they get!

[@Syiepherze]

Might be because the Japanese tend to use a Pacific-centric map, so they probably assume SEA "neighbors" the Americas

[@user-jt3dw6vv4x]

@@Syiepherze That makes no sense, I'm sorry. SEA is nowhere near America so regardless of the map, it's not going to change its location

[@Jaimelechocolate]

Zero at geography, same for Chinese people , and mainly asia

[@AB-tv2rm]

Will USA buy or invade Greenland?

[@iii___iii]

Russia has entered the chat 🪆

[@KangOfTheNomadicConsortium]

Buy property ON Greenland which in turn will potentially make GREENLAND another U.S. territory. Stay tuned.....(New War loading.....)

[@HippiePajon]

That girl at 0:12 lol

[@michaelrespicio5683]

14:50 I see what she's saying, but here's the thing. In English we have a saying: No pain, no gain. If you don't try your best, you won't succeed. But on the other hand, one can't succeed without failing a whole bunch of times, and this is especially true for language learning, something I have experience with, and that means not minding mistakes. So even though Japanese people may feel awkward or self-conscious about speaking English, they need to imagine what it's like in reverse. Foreigners in Japan should know Japanese, but they are the ones stepping out of their comfort zone. Conversely, Japanese people going abroad should know English, and not rely on Google Translate or whatever because I've had to deal with that once or twice and it's largely inefficient, but luckily I knew the other person's language, even if just barely, despite them being the foreigner. Learning and using another language means stepping out of the comfort zone. Making mistakes in a foreign language is normal, and speaking it may not be easy, but mistakes should not be embarrassing or condemned. It's better to try and "fail" than to not try at all. If someone gives you a hard time, screw them. You don't fail by making mistakes, you fail by giving up.

[@nistaffsubs6787]

They Even don't know their own neighbors or borders 😅😅... Chinese can't Even remember 59% of their own lenguage , thats crazy...but they Say other countries are dumb ... Every country have their dumb people but today with the technology in their hands Even Google maps they rather to be on social media and tik Toks instead to learn something new...

[@purberri]

Do they not teach geography in Japanese schools?

[@harshrathore7157]

Why are they wearing masks even today ? Any kind of disease or smth?

[@visiasch]

They are too shy and self conscious

[@AB-tv2rm]

To reduce the spread of germs in places that is full of people.

[@harshrathore7157]

@@AB-tv2rm ig the above reply suits a bit well than yours but yeah maybe this might be the reason.

[@Syiepherze]

​@@harshrathore7157 It's quite commonplace in Japanese cities, even before COVID

[@Stuck313]

Way better than the Americans 😂

[@passby8070]

Wow, this is kinda sad! Though Japanese would do way better!

[@adurpandya2742]

If you dubbed your videos, they’d be easier to watch.

[@LeeSinzation]

It's been known they're oblivious to what goes on outside of their little island country, they literally living in their own little bubble. If you ask what happened in ww2, the only thing they know would be that of the two nukes on Nagasaki n Hiroshima n nothing else. And ya'l thought Muricans was bad in geography... 😂😂

[@円周率-k2b]

さすがに偏向報道すぎる笑。ちゃんと日本の学校行ってたらほとんどの人は答えられるわ。このチャンネルは意図的に答えられない人しか動画に載せないし、動画を全部信じる選択バイアスを知らないコメント欄のアホどもにも驚き。😅

[@noirnut]

いや、言い訳がましすぎない？ほぼ全問正解の方も入ってるよ。逆に答えられない人が入ってるのが嫌だったんじゃない？

[@くらま-u3v]

@@noirnutインタビューしてる場所が渋谷の時点でね😅

[@akirayagami4226]

That's what most Japanese are really like. I've seen numerous examples of this while interacting with you guys online. It's a society that looks down on intellectuals and also having a widespread culture that outright refuse to embrace new tech.

[@Im-fq1mn]

Exactly 💯 In the OECD's Adult Achievement Survey, Japan ranks first every year.

[@noirnut]

@@Im-fq1mn What survey is this? Searching for "OECD Adult Achievement Survey" turns up nothing. If you are referring to PIAAC, it does not test on worldly knowledge and is instead focused on workplace competencies, which is not relevant to this video.

[@leexingha]

im curious if Japanese people were aware that they are modern-day US vassal & also the complete/unadulterated atrocities of the Imperial Japan

[@711riddler]

Probably not as a lot of that information is "scrubbed" from history books, just like how the US forcibly took the 50th state from the natives 😊

[@excitingfruit]

Nobody cares about what the Japanese military did because Japan is popular and admired now. Chinese people are seen as low status everywhere in the world so nobody cares what happened to them.

[@submarine1839]

亚洲国家地图会把本国放在中间位置 你拿出一个中间位置是大西洋的地图人家当然会困惑一下

[@WIllz2GOTA]

Why would it make any difference? I thought the map with the UK at the centre was standard over the world for two reasons, one being that Britain has the middle time zone (GMT) and the other that the map splits up the pacific ocean meaning there's more central land mass representation

[@Syiepherze]

​​​​@@WIllz2GOTA I mean if you used the typical Eurocentric map, and you wanted to gauge the shortest distance from Japan to the US (one of Japan's closest Western allies), since the Pacific is cut in half, you'd need to reach the right edge of the map and restart on the left side. It's a bit off-putting. Since the Pacific is more familiar to East Asian countries it just seems more reasonable to keep the ocean intact

[@yumibelle_j]

I think the low Yen value is making Japanese stay at home, less interested in foreign affairs and speaking another language; and Japanese people always like to say they are shy but actually I think it's the reverse of how making mistakes is not socially acceptable and less forgiven than in Western culture and that plays a role in their poor English speaking ability. And how that plays out when foreign laborers make mistakes on the job in Japan. Tourists are different, they bring in the money, but workers, especially those in low wage labor make a mistake, are they forgiven for being foreigners or treated more harshly? Also do these young people vote in their own elections?

[@yumibelle_j]

I think these Japanese don't know that there are a small group of Japanese entrepreneurs that are selling Japanese goods online to overseas customers with huge markups and probably making quite a profit. I've bought some things on Ebay and the prices of cheap items are often 3x or more above domestic prices. At first I thought they were foreigners in Japan but no these are legit Japanese sellers. So they are doing independent business using English.

[@matiasbarth5121]

Looks as if Sakoku didn't end at all 😅

[@hyperz91]

They only know and focusing on popular countries 😅

[@din4807]

Wow, this is scary!

[@Aaron-bh5cp]

For a country that has such a strong emphasis on education the results are a bit lacking lol... No wonder Japan has taken a backseat in recent years.

[@円周率-k2b]

高校生ですが、僕自身も周りの友達も動画で出てきた国はもちろん、主要的な国の位置ならほとんどの人が正確に答えられます。（まともな学校に行っているなら）逆に質問なのですが、なぜこのチャンネルが意図的に選んだ数人の日本人の回答だけで日本人1億2000万人の教養レベルが分かるのですか？選択バイアスというものをあなたは知っていますか？「日本人はみなさんの想像通り、これらの知識を知っています」という動画よりも「実は日本人はこの知識を知らないんです」という動画の方がもちろんKZbinでは再生されるでしょう笑

[@DubboU]

In my 40 years of life as an Asian, I have never heard of Japan as a nation that emphasized on education. They don't even teach the correct history of their own country. And as a matter of fact, Japan has not had a significant technological innovation since the 80s, due to the Plaza Accord.

[@くらま-u3v]

⁠@@DubboUBecause you are Chinese.

[@Starstreak170]

Surprised Japanese can't point out their US masters on the map.

[@iii___iii]

Perhaps after WWII, it's a trauma response that they've blocked from memory! 😭

[@blackbelt2000]

the girls sure do bend over for them.

[@genocidegrand2057]

@@iii___iii they have all been lied to and have no idea what they did in ww2 nothing in their books

[@uuuuuuuuiiiiiii]

That’s a messed up comment

[@miwiarts]

What did you mean by "masters"? 🤨🧐

[@gouranggarg2623]

Better than Americans but i expected that all japanese would know the big countries

[@xtr.7662]

Well that would be the lowest bar possible

[@izonepunchman6657]

Will Asia boss has the balls to interview them on ww2?

[@Syiepherze]

I misread this as doing an interview during WW2