Insanely Evil Japanese Company Implodes Overnight

[@EricEdLoveless]

The thing about trees in Tokyo is that even if you want a tree removed from your property, you can’t just cut it down. You are required to call a “recycler” who will come and remove the tree so that it can be replanted elsewhere within Tokyo. If it is not replanted immediately it will be kept at a nursery that will care for the tree until an appropriate place is found.

[@Brasswatchman]

Tree law, huh?

[@Brandon-73109]

Reasonable enough imo. Watch out for bird law though, there's way too many loopholes surrounding woodpeckers 👌

[@manjoumenakamoto3248]

I bet this recycler require sum a lot of money to pay that's why BigMotor refuses to hire those recycler and doing their own method

[@zacharyledford2785]

​@@Brandon-73109Bird law in this country-it's not governed by reason.

[@EricEdLoveless]

@@manjoumenakamoto3248 could be, but I don’t have personal knowledge of that aspect. I was present when a tree was being moved while I was working a a Japanese company. At lunch, my supervisor and fellow employees explained what was going on. On our way back to the office at the end of the day, they pointed out the nursery the tree was being moved to for temporary storage, it was a huge plot of land.

[@tacitus6384]

The fraud of using golf-balls in socks reminds me of some old, old, old auto-insurance fraud that happened in Australia decades ago. Employees of a mechanic workshop were caught on camera wrapping cloth around the head of a sledgehammer called "the moneymaker", and smashing it repeatedly against the engine of a customers car, yelling "Moneymaker! Moneymaker! Moneymaker!" then billing both the insurance company and the customer to fix it.

[@huuthien2911]

I would like to know more. Do you have a link?

[@tacitus6384]

@@huuthien2911 I tried finding it but it's legit from decades ago. I remember seeing the news report on it when I was a little kid and that's all I remember.

[@Dowlphin]

Until a customer spots them, grabs the hammer and starts shouting "Monkeyunmaker!".

[@RadenWA]

Wow, who knew this trick is global

[@ahverypro]

@@Dowlphin cringe

[@aznxwanabe]

It fills me with solidarity with humankind worldwide, knowing that used car dealerships are unscrupulous, even in Japan.

[@NotAffiliated]

That's right. I have a lot of respect for the Japanese. If they can be this messed up, maybe there is hope for humanity.

[@baconbliss4796]

​@@NotAffiliatedyou guys haven't seen how bad the Japanese court system is have you

[@ZyndaQuil]

lol even in Japan

[@thecursed01]

"even" in japan? is that supposed to be sarcastic/ironic ?

[@cfromnowhere]

Lessons learned: do not own a car (?)😂

[@kipnaplayer5185]

Man the Japanese memers and community in general are ruthless. Making songs, animations and cosplayers. Just reminds me of old youtube when we used to do the same, but it still going strong over there

[@huuuuuuh2057]

We still have that today

[@juanblanco7898]

They're the progenitors of the Chan/imageboard culture after all.

[@nomoretwitterhandles]

@@huuuuuuh2057 I can't recall the last time I saw something similar in Western media. I've been invested in meme culture since before it was called "meme culture" lol... Japan is one of the few countries that makes memes like this today.

[@sammyexx]

modern meme culture in the west is just distorted audio with pixelated videos covered in emojis

[@mickieg1994]

Western memes have almost developed into their own language and identity, wonder if it's the same in the east too. It is a pure form of comedy and it's kind of incredible how universal they are too.

[@faenethlorhalien]

死刑 is not just "DEATH!" It's "DEATH PENALTY!". Much worse. You can die, but being executed is having the piss taken.

[@lanzer22]

scrolled down to say the same thing. :)

[@neom0nk]

What's the actual full meme text? I'd like to send tot a Japanese friend as a joke.

[@___vlc___5730]

Thank you! Education and death penalty will be the two new world I will learn today :D

[@Kirinet]

​@@neom0nk死刑死刑死刑死刑死刑死刑教育教育教育教育教育

[@neom0nk]

@@Kirinet Thank you kindly! :)

[@gtafan110010]

when people say anime plots are too cartoonish. Japan proves it works irl

[@АлексейШле]

Animes are documentary movies

[@peppermintnightmare4741]

The older I get, the more I notice that a lot of anime is just stuff that happened irl that they memed before memes were meme memes. You know?

[@banjofangirl3458]

@@peppermintnightmare4741 please give examples i am begging you it'd be so funny

[@Samm815]

@@banjofangirl3458 Look up Freeza and Land Shark.

[@Serocco]

​@@banjofangirl3458Gintama parodied a disgraced former lawmaker named Nonomura who cried during a press conference. You can see it in this channel's video, the Most Embarrassing Man in Japan

[@AceMoonshot]

I love how the Japanese are mocking the living hell out of them. That was some funny shit, right there.

[@Meleedroit]

Its like when people first saw trumps mugshot and started making memes with it

[@Damian-ew1vl]

tbf most of the memes didn't end up being mockery but moreso an upgrade@@Meleedroit

[@Fs3i]

Yeah, japanese memers are pros at this

[@Meleedroit]

@@Damian-ew1vl oh em gee you have that funny criminal Canadian guy as your pfp

[@ricarleite]

People in the US would have done the same

[@roleplayingpain4349]

this is more common in auto repair shops everywhere, in all countries, than you could possibly imagine. My father is a retired automotive mechanic. He bounced between about 6 different companies growing up because in his own words 'he doesn't rip off old ladies'. He worked for numerous companies that had quotas on 'upsells' if that what you want to call lying about problems that don't exist. Eventually the problem seemed inescapable and was basically everywhere he tried to fix cars. He found a way to escape it eventually. He found a job repairing large trucks for a leasing company

[@xbeast1ny0m4m4]

and which country is that, ofc your hear that everywhere even in germany, but I thought it is a thing of the past

[@fwdcnorac8574]

@@xbeast1ny0m4m4 I'll field that and say that op is definitively American.

[@roleplayingpain4349]

@@fwdcnorac8574 very very close. Close enough any distinguishing doesn't really matter

[@aaronball4700]

Where there is money to be made there are those who will try to make it illegitimately. It’s just human nature I suppose, or a lack of proper parenting and lack of a moral compass.

[@cousinpizza6958]

​@@aaronball4700combination of both. A good person can fight and suppress bad human nature.

[@fauzirahman3285]

It's funny that in other places if you say stuff like "Big Motor" or "Big Tobacco" or "Big Oil", it's like referring to some conspiracy theory, but with this company naming itself this way and what happened, it really wrote itself.

[@naamadossantossilva4736]

TBF it's Japan.Asian companies like using western words even if it's gibberish.

[@magesalmanac6424]

Those aren’t conspiracies though, Big Oil is very much a thing. Tobacco not as much anymore.

[@davidhollenshead4892]

The Economic System of Nippon is Corporatism... That is the same Economic System of Fascist Italy, &Nazi Germany and almost the same as Imperial Japan. Which is why all major Japanese Companies engage in fraudulent activity & worse. That is also why the best & the brightest young people flee the Home Islands as soon as they can. Usually by traveling abroad every year until they find a nation they like....

[@RWBHere]

Don't you believe it, @@magesalmanac6424 For instance, Formula 1 is still riddled with sponsorship by tobacco companies, but nowadays they're not allowed to use their top names. So they invent subsidiary companies instead, and use those names. Check some of them. And you only have to look around you to see how many people are vaping nowadays. The nicotine-containing chemicals in those vapes are produced mainly by big tobacco.

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

It's less a conspiracy theory but more talking about the consequences of corporate lobbying

[@TrynePlague]

This kind of fraud is everywhere.. I live in France. 13 years ago I spend 1 year working for a French Telecom (Orange) subcontractor. One of the first days, I was following a guy who had been working there for years to learn how everything works etc. We entered a big FT station, where theres millions of tiny cables connecting the city. The guy took out a pair of cutting pliers and cut off a good 50 clients at once.. turned to me and said: "See, that's how we create work for our company." I was in total disbelief...

[@theyellowarchitect4504]

If there is no demand, you create it?

[@flyingstonemon3564]

I hope with all my might this subcontracted company was removed from functions or closed if not just sued, I can only feel bad for the many clients stuck into this mess (additionally the main company being ripped off tol).

[@JoJailo]

Je dois l'admettre, c'est du putain de génie mais nom de dieu que c'est super malicieux et bâtard xD

[@Pazuzu4All]

...Jesus fuck. The worst part is that I can totally imagine my own ISP doing something like this.

[@johnwiks2597]

Lived in an apartment, brand new construction. Had internet plugged in only a week, going to work saw AT&T tech at buildings junction box fiddling around. Get a call from the wife that internet's down, wtf. Had to pay $20 to have another tech go to the box and put the jumper wire back.

[@DYWYPI]

damn i can't believe a used-car salesman turned out to be shady smh

[@seneca983]

It's also pretty rare for insurance companies to be shady.

[@galgalimeyes91]

Shady business turn shadier 😅

[@CryptidFlame]

​@@seneca983found the young guy who doesnt know about 2008

[@devilhunterred]

So what happened to the Japanese traditional virtue of honesty and integrity that we all thought they have...?

[@chavzone]

@@CryptidFlame Found the guy who can't detect sarcasm

[@matthewdaub]

"you cant have a cigarette butt in the parking lot" says the man who just pissed in said lot.

[@KarazolaX]

This man wasn't being evil for profit. This is way to cartoonish for that. This man was just being evil for the pure FUN of it.

[@titanomachy2217]

Yeah like killing the trees and bushes near their venues. It's not like people passing by would go "Wow, those cars are so beautiful, I'm going to rent one!" Only people that already need to rent a car will rent one, it's not like the kind of purchase one makes on a whim. And same thing with auto repair and selling or buying used cars, it's not like the trees blocking the view was reducing sales.

[@Eliamaniac]

there is no limit to being evil for profits

[@KarazolaX]

@@Eliamaniac At a certain point, it becomes unprofitable because of the risk of committing crime and wasting employee time doing it, as well as employee retention rates, compared to the minimal gain one might get from actually doing these things. Do you think they actually gained anything from getting rid of the trees? Nah, that was just for the sheer love of being evil.

[@VinnyUnion]

That's arguably better than just for the sheer profit. At least there's some joy in life that way. Better have joy than be your own slave for profit. So yuh. Full support!- nah just kidding. I don't know this ceo well enough to be able to judge it.

[@RadenWA]

I think he literally just want to be that Dr.Seuss villain guy with the cutting trees thing

[@eiennofantasy]

When I was about to leave Japan back in 2021 I had to sell my car. So I looked up the relative asking price for a used car on a 3rd party site that also said it would share my number to used dealerships to contact me. Note that I'm not familiar with the dealings and thought used big name used dealerships would be a safe bet so I allowed it. BAD IDEA After that for 2 weeks straight I was bombarded by representatives of Big Motor trying to get a hold of me after I said I'm still considering. For those two weeks I put my phone on silent and just denied their calls whenever I see Big Motor on the call display. Other companies didn't even call me, it was only Big Motor.

[@Japanalysis]

maybe they called the other dealers and cancelled your appointments 👀

[@hermanklunder789]

I sold a Porsche 911 to them 2 years ago and after three days they called me to say there was something wrong with the Engine and asked me to pay back ¥350.000 from the sales price ! As a car sales guy ( import /Export ) myself I told them to go to put it where the sun don't shine themselves .But I can understand that people with limited knowledge about cars will fall for the crap they are pulling .@@Japanalysis

[@Shteven]

^ This reminds me of the story in the US, I can't remember exactly how he did, either outright hacked it or by exploit, but whenever customers would call his rivals shop, they'd be forwarded to his, stealing his business.

[@themadmallard]

@@Shteven there's a dude who figured out how to do that with google's directory, he posted a video on YT talking about how he did it to the fbi or something, and told them they need to fix it, and they didnt believe him

[@23ofSeptember]

This happened to me twice in the last few months. I was looking to see what I could get for my vehicle and they just blew up my phone for an entire week. I actually screamed into the phone a few times and said stop calling but it didn't work.

[@masterofbloopers]

This seems like the kind of corrupt business the Phantom Thieves would bust.

[@dylanattix2765]

I wonder if Kamoshida bought his Toyota Crown at a BigMotor.

[@Dumbrarere]

Ayy, a Persona fan ^_^

[@dx-ek4vr]

Kunikazu Okumura, if his business was Used Cars rather than Fast Food

[@mattymerr701]

​@@dylanattix2765 is that another name for RTGame?

[@tikaal]

it's crazy that these aren't more well known in western countries cos the meme potential is INCREDIBLE

[@gilangadlisdastifa7464]

Yeah. We just need them unlock out of region lock.

[@SeruraRenge11]

Japanese memes rarely ever leave Japan.

[@tikaal]

@@SeruraRenge11 which is a shame isnt it?

[@Noobzlikeu]

@@tikaal It really is. Some Japanese memes are absolutely hilarious, and the Japanese memelords are ruthless with it. I love it.

[@IamSpacedad]

Well the weebs in the west will get in on the fun now thanks to this scandal!

[@kevinthefox]

You don't get to say "sorry" and then leave with numerous gilded golden parachutes. You should get charged and labeled publically as a fraud. Then treated as such by everyone.

[@shiroamakusa8075]

I wouldn't be opposed to parachutes made of gold...as long as those receiving them were also pushed out of airplanes while in flight.

[@mkzhero]

You forget that's the logical thing to do, but governments run countries and logic and law don't go together... Especially when it concerns the government itself, or it's extensions like their branches, bureaus, and corporations, which people still somehow don't realize are a government creation (made to smear the fault evenly on the whole corporation as if it's a sentient entity and allow for corporate fines instead of personal fines and jail time for those at fault. The corporate fines then get passed to the employees and consumers lol)

[@Outwardpd]

Still more responsibility than they would've taken in the US

[@ManoredRed]

I think they got the last two things at least, since they are public-dependent.

[@lloroshastar6347]

​@@OutwardpdUS and UK would hire the board of directors into government.

[@222LoneWolf]

I return to this video whenever I need a pick-me-up. It's heartwarming and uplifting for the soul to see that it is actually possible for these types to screw up so badly that they face repercussions for the messes they make for everyone else.

[@zilliq-qz5uw]

Not really, they stepped down but got extremely rich in the process and never paid any fine

[@LimeBoy-oo6ph]

I feel bad for the employees that had to endure this awful stuff. Especially those who had no idea why it was happening and felt like they needed their job. Good thing it all got outed.

[@redneckgaijin]

Not so good in that it appears the entire damn industry was also doing it.

[@Aru_im]

Yeah, imagine if you are good at mechanic stuff and got hire into the biggest company in the Japan, then found out this...

[@yt.damian]

And they are all unemployed now too...

[@BonazaiGirl]

@@redneckgaijinMost employees, especially those on the bottom rung of the career ladder, are usually left in the dark about the upper rung’s machinations. Like the janitors, mechanics, customer service representatives, etc. They were just doing their jobs and are now out of one due to the greed and corruption of the upper echelons of their company.

[@mode3763]

Friendliest Japanese workplace

[@valoulou]

I hate that they just simply apologize and simply resign and that's it. They should be arrested, prosecuted, jailed, fined.. A real punishment, not an early retirement in their private luxurious villa built with all the money from the frauds

[@CD-vb9fi]

Japan is absolutely steeped in deep and wide spread corruption at the upper levels. I not joking around on this. The facade they put up is most excellent but it is not really a big big secret either. It is crazy the lengths people will go to ignore the the downright rot happening around them and destroying their own lives, families, communities, and nations.

[@williamyoung9401]

They only got caught not because they were ripping off individual customers, but the INSURANCE companies. THEN the law got involved...

[@ExValeFor]

lol at least they had to resign in the first place. it's all you can get in this day and age. there are no consequences for evil

[@ditch_magnet]

in japanese culture, a public apology is essentially public suicide, and is followed by an actual suicide more often than you'd think.

[@dinozone7373]

This is an year late, but since this video Koichi has been arrested and charged with 50+ counts of property damage over the tree-killings.

[@seanbigay1042]

Years ago I tried to find work at a call center. I only lasted a week before I quit in disgust. But one lasting memory I have of that experience is of one of my bosses trying to convince me that Gordon Gekko, Michael Douglas' character in Wall Street, was a hero for basically stealing Martin Sheen's airline out from under him. My reaction was, "Dude, what kind of person are you if you admire the bad guy for being bad?" What bugs me about the Big Motor story is what bugged me about that call center boss. How many bosses running the modern rat race think they have to be this twisted to survive? And how many employees do they get twisted in the same way?

[@milanstevic8424]

a lot buddy. we are hard core divided, it's like a star wars movie, it won't end well.

[@superlad6684]

I've always felt kinda similar but towards politics. I feel like a lot of politicians go in with this mindset of "I will make this place better for people" but then see just how rampant corruption and shady business is in politics and then say "well, if they're doing it, I might as well too" and that's how you get lobbying, which is literally just legal bribery in the open for everyone to see. Makes you think how Nancy Pelosi, who makes ~$200,000/year has a net worth of over 110 million USD and that's just on paper. How do you think she got that rich? Investing? And every other politician does the same exact thing. Why wouldn't someone thats new to politics do shady business on the side if you can make tens of millions of dollars from it?

[@ionia2376]

Was this a company called Sensible Group by any chance? My manager there said something really similar before I was let go for pointing out they broke employment law.

[@seanbigay1042]

@@ionia2376 No, while I was there the company I worked for called itself Belize Telecommunications or something like that, apparently because its backers were based in Belize (even though the company itself was based in the Philippines).

[@zilliq-qz5uw]

Strangely this reminds me of somebody I used to hang out with years ago. One day they proudly described how they were hired for distributing a newspaper: they checked in in the morning, threw all the newspapers in a bin and got back home to sleep more. I faked laughed but never looked at them the same and slowly stopped hanging out with them

[@helloken]

My grandfather is Japanese and one time we went to a gasoline station or something of this sort and coincidentally an employee noticed one of our tires had a screw in it before we left. But good thing they offered repair service! Yes, we had it repaired there. I didn't think much of it at the time. In another instance, I can't remember the detail, but my grandfather brought in his car for either routine service or repair or something of this sort, and when he went in to pick it up, they told him they sold it, but that they could sell him a newer model. I wasn't in Japan at the time...my grandfather was old, and probably just taken advantage of. At least the replacement car turned out to be a good car that we still own many many years later... I can confirm that sussy stuff like this has happened even within my family. Who knows all the crazy shit that might be happening.

[@bertroost1675]

Interesting

[@RM_VFX]

These kind of shops are probably connected to the Yakuza, like Pachinko and TV studios.

[@majalis7010]

wait… they sold your grandpa’s car without his consent instead of fixing it, and then forced him into getting a newer car?? omg…

[@kl3321]

Selling a customer's car is crazy

[@JT1698]

That’s theft though. You guys didn’t seek reparations?

[@blackplaydoh3522]

Toxic working conditions described here are NOT that uncommon in Japan. As an employee you are EXPECTED to live and die by your company, it's very widespread. Source: I'm a telecom consultant who's been living in Japan for the past 12 years at this point.

[@1blackice1]

Its not just Japan either, most east Asian countries like China, South Korea, Taiwan, also have work cultures similar to that. They are all magnificent countries that I love visiting, but I could not imagine myself working there.

[@jimjamauto]

I'm in the wrong business. I should become an employer in Japan

[@djsaidez271]

@Fishmans you sure it’s not the other way around? Are they being rewarded for staying with the company with raises and benefits faster than inflation rates? Or is it only because it’s been ingrained that they have to stay with the company they join?

[@bloeckmoep]

Ahhh, the good old trusted and tried Samurai principle. A retainer stays with his Shogun or Feudal Lord until that one dies (no matter how bad the conditions). After this, all the retainers have to commit sepukku or flee and become dishonored Ronin.

[@RadenWA]

This is nothing new, but I’m sure you have never had a foam taped to your ear or be called Deku-boy.

[@dabeastfromdaweast9788]

God I just love Japanese meme culture so damn much, it just has this half baked KZbin Poop vibe to it that's been dead on the western internet for some time now There's just something about machine gun firing memes with super low effort edits with the *_highest_* energy level possible that makes them just the best man. People make things too complicated nowadays, sometimes you just need something that is nothing else but dumb fun

[@rizkiramadhan9266]

There's a western internet?

[@angrysunflower222]

​@rizkiramadhan9266 well uh, there is, but it feels more like alphabet soup

[@raymoo8504]

​@@angrysunflower222government agency flavored alphabet soup

[@dabeastfromdaweast9788]

@rizkiramadhan9266 does your internet often appear to you in Japanese, Chinese, or any other east Asian languages? No? Then you're probably on the Western internet bud

[@angrysunflower222]

tfw everything that isn't asia is "western" like...is germany "western??"

[@NonFatMead]

I love that they're called 'Big Motor' as well. That's like calling your company Evil Inc

[@ThatSockmonkey]

Evil Unlimited is the ultimate villain business name I reckon.

[@joaquinbitancor1269]

"BAD COMPANY"

[@HaohmaruHL]

Stand Name: Big Motor Stand User: Koichi

[@paulklp8262]

Big Burger, Big Grocery

[@saintcynicism2654]

@@paulklp8262 Oh I'm sure both of those exist someplace. Hell, I live about ten minutes away from a burger joint called Giant Hamburgers, which isn't far off.

[@user-saraswatidevi]

This is weird but i love watching when politicans, celebrities and business owners do these huge public apologies/statements in japan

[@zabijca]

Because AFAIK in Japan apologies in many circumstances will let the "bad guy" get off scot free.

[@faenethlorhalien]

@@zabijcaKinda. They're still going to jail, probably, but it can mark the difference between 2 years and 10 years. Showing contrition is the first way to ensure the cops and judges are not gonna throw the whole book at you. If you're accused of something you didn't do and they don't have evidence, never admit it, or you're screwed, but if you're caught red handed, apologize, first thing, because they take it as a personal insult to the police and justice system if you claim to be innocent when they just caught you in the act, and they will, if needed, fabricate shit charges to lock you in the slammer for a decade or more. And Japanese jails are NOT a joke, believe me. More like Russia, less like Norway.

[@totallyawesomesteph]

​​@@zabijcain America that's the case. Usually the white collar criminals fade into obscurity, but in Japan, the social stigma is a blight on an entire family's social standings. Nothing is more important than being a productive member of society. This is why children as young as kindergarten age are frequently seen doing grocery shopping and remaining late at school to clean up their classrooms on a daily basis. Being a pariah affects generations, not just the criminal themselves. The high rate of suicide amongst white collar criminals in Japan is not an exaggeration. How can you face the public if you can't even face your own family?

[@DYWYPI]

They need a ukulele to smooth things over.

[@SergioLeonardoCornejo]

I love how Japanese people memes these people into orbit.

[@Wolfy1012]

"Worse thing was to hear Koichi was coming..." You know who probably never heard that? Any woman Koichi was with.

[@MBiz.]

Lmaoo

[@KnightFlier80]

🤭

[@AlexMetamorphCamel]

Wdym?

[@bikkiikun]

Like always, what brought them down is stealing from other rich guys. Not the abuse, that rises to the level of criminal assault. Not the criminal fraud against customers. Not the environmental destruction (which could also be criminal). Even though this all has been known for a long time. ... No, stealing from other rich people. THAT's what brough them down.

[@Sorain1]

A truth of the world is that those with power are too dangerous for those with power to offend. But those without power, well you know where this is going.

[@SlimeBlueMS]

It's 100% illegal to destroy nature... unless you're rich. Then you can literally burn down the Amazon forest lol

[@wiralonprime9747]

​@@Sorain1 maybe nineball had a point about those with too much power...

[@Andystuff800]

First rule of capitalism: capital rules.

[@Kisel228-fp8iz]

@@Andystuff800 Yeah I prefer блат

[@Postumeartist]

Having owned my own small business for many years I can say that this happens everywhere. The way to extreme riches is not hard work and honesty. It’s hard work and dishonesty. The amount of times we’ve been asked to come in because another company said someone needed new equipment (but didn’t), is pretty staggering.

[@PixelatedFear]

Having worked for a small business, I can confirm it is very widespread. Matter of fact, I could probably make a small fortune and send my ex boss to prison by reporting my former employer who employs less than 10 people to the IRS for all his tax evasion schemes that he openly discussed with me on camera that include dozens of businesses in my local area of ~100,000 people. Not to mention the multitude of labor laws he broke.

[@epsilon752]

@@PixelatedFear might as well do it then

[@PixelatedFear]

@@epsilon752 Oh, I absolutely would, but there is the possibility he finds out I did it and he ruins my career. He made for a great reference in getting my current job, and I don't know if I'd be able to use him again if he got locked up.

[@epsilon752]

@@PixelatedFear Not like he can do much if he's in jail. You can also (probably) seek legal protection. Feels wrong to just let somebody go because they'd threaten you otherwise. If anything that should motivate you more to do something.

[@Zargabaath]

@@PixelatedFear "I could probably make a small fortune" talk to a lawyer then, and do it.

[@redef5174]

couldn’t stop laughing at “教育教育教育教育死刑死刑死刑死刑” 😂😂😂

[@Isl33p]

Why does your 敎 look different from mine?

[@DLCguy]

It's like an Ace Attorney breakdown.

[@AlbertAdamsLincoln]

@@Isl33p because one is chinese ,one is Japanese Kanji or Korean Hanja, both have same origin and have quite the same meaning

[@EthanCGamer]

Those "bigmotor new employee starter kits" really got me 😂

[@nenesimone]

Great for halloween

[@albertmendez2262]

I completely lost it at Ken and Ryu wrecking cars with BIG motors in the background. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@DarknessUnresolved]

Imagine a corporation soo deeply and criminally fraudulent, that people are cosplaying them and selling satirical employee "starter" kits online! Even in their darkest moments, Japan/Nippon never fails to disappoint.

[@davidhollenshead4892]

The Economic System of Nippon is Corporatism... That is the same Economic System of Fascist Italy, &Nazi Germany and almost the same as Imperial Japan. Which is why all major Japanese Companies engage in fraudulent activity & worse. That is also why the best & the brightest young people flee the Home Islands as soon as they can. Usually by traveling abroad every year until they find a nation they like...

[@_zhn_]

"BIG MOTOR employee starter kit" bro i can't 💀

[@oldbrokenhands]

That could never happen here in the USA. Here if the CEOs get caught, they don't resign, they give themselves a pay raise.

[@KaizenNeko]

Or become heads of regulatory agencies.

[@namenameson9065]

Are you kidding? Do you remember 2020? The entire regime mandated Pfizer experimental injections and you were ostracized if you were skeptical because they own the media, all in effort to "fortify" the election. The USA is the center of corruption. The Federal Reserve Bank is the heart of the entire funny-money scheme. But go on pointing our rather meager corruption abroad, anything to distract from the root cause.

[@JustinKais]

Damn straight on that! Especially insurance companies. CEO of one of the insurance companies that screwed thousands after hurricane Ian received a 7 million dollar bonus.

[@AnonymousIdealist]

Yep.

[@kellidinit3725]

Now now, it’s a bonus. 😅

[@BBTPD1138]

Never in my wildest dreams did I think I could be on the edge of my seat over a video about a Japanese used car company, but holy frick, well done my guy

[@willemidaho]

Dude looked at the US healthcare industry and said, "This is a flawless plan, that will never fail."

[@badfoody]

take the meds willem you're dying

[@dayman7136]

@@badfoody nah I think willem is doing good

[@oldylad]

I get what you mean but like 99% of the time it’s optional. Doctors aren’t hitting your skull with a golf ball

[@mkgaca8721]

​@oldylad tell that to the doctor telling me to go to a chiropractor lmao

[@basedokadaizo]

@@oldylad disabilities and chronic illnesses are real, dude

[@DMAN99]

There's something hilarious about the idea of a company essentially creating a how-to video for causing damage to their own customers tires for profit. Feels straight out of 80's/90's sketch show.

[@MOORE4U2]

Reminds me of the Popcopy bit.

[@Artista_Frustrado]

i always get blown away by how hard Japan Memes go, especially the musical ones

[@baddragonite]

I'm glad that Japanese car lot commercials and American car lot commercials aren't much different

[@christosvoskresye]

I sure am glad nothing like this is going on in MY country!

[@LD-Orbs]

👀 *shifty eyes* 👀

[@schizophrenicgaming365]

Carvana is stealing someones homework fs

[@AveragePearEnjoyer]

Haha, yeah its not like automobile companies have such a stranglehold on the government that they can go bankrupt buying back stocks and then get bailed out by uncle sam, basically robbing taxpayers! Not like auto workers union striking is making national headlines! Definitely dont threaten or attack billionares! They are the good guys!

[@theofficialpollo]

Yeah, suuure

[@kakwa]

I'm not sure why, but every secondhand car dealer I've meet, regardless of the country, has a "Better Call Saul" vibe going on.

[@afterburner94]

You gotta love a Japanese meme/social commentary channel actually using Rainbolt absolutely perfectly.

[@Japanalysis]

I love rainbolt

[@moonwarrior3342]

I remember back in the days of YTP in it's hayday, a few YTPers were able to catch onto some of the Japanese memery back then.

[@LybertyZ]

oooo, please tell me what Rainbolt is?

[@ranjanbiswas3233]

He is the best GeoGuessr player in the world. @@LybertyZ

[@tokumei99]

The owner of the channel is not Japanese bro lol

[@CalgarGTX]

Here in my country the price for a routine yearly car inspection and oil change has jumped from 80 to 100 to 300 to 580€ over the past few years, at the official brand dealership that sold the car new. Somehow nobody seems to be rioting over this.

[@got2kittys]

I just changed my truck's oil. All costs, $29 dollars, full synthetic oil, and a better quality filter. I could have saved $8 more or less if I bought all lowest quality. Do your own oil changes. It's robbery to be charged that price.

[@Awesome_Aasim]

The sad part is if this happened in the US the big company would just get a slap on the wrist. I know because I followed stories like fraud by Wells Fargo. The whole idea of corporate personhood is so flawed. People need to be held accountable for their actions, not their pawns.

[@rook1196]

If this happened in the US we'd name a bidness school after him.

[@Shteven]

Because America is entirely profit focused, money above health, people, religion, politics, or safety. Our insurance companies base recalls on weather or not the lawsuits will outweigh the recall. Money>people. Always.

[@chameleonedm]

Haha. No. The US has some of the largest insurers in the world. If this came out the competition would leverage everything they could to bury them

[@tevarinvagabond1192]

Lmao, that's false. I love how there's this contingent of Americans that all they do is dump on their country. Thing is, the US and the West in general have much superior worker's rights laws then Japan. This isn't to say there isn't greedy and unscrupulous companies in the US, but they are held accountable much better because competitors keep each other in check so that there isn't foul play going on that would put them at a disadvantage. In a lot of ways, this is a major plus of an individualist society because it promotes competition and, well... individuality. Independent-thinking people want to go their own way and do as much as they can to achieve things in their personal life on their own terms, whereas collectivist societies have individuals put personal needs and desires aside for their workplace, community, and family. This blind acquiescence to a group means monopolies are not only easier to create in collectivist societies, but much more dangerous as they engender a cult-like following and shut out smaller enterprises. This is another reason why worker abuse is so common as they pretend like they are "family" in a sense and expect absolute loyalty. You almost NEVER see that in the West because most individuals would never stand for that, any pay in the world isn't worth that kind of treatment.

[@Awesome_Aasim]

@@tevarinvagabond1192 I am not sure about Japan, but corporate personhood in the US is prevalent and means no one goes to jail if they are committed of something such as negligence. Not sure about Japan, though. A toxic work culture can be found in a lot of companies in the US. Worker's rights are somewhat strong in the US but not as strong as in other countries like the UK or Germany.

[@JonahTV]

Everything that happens in Japan feels like some weird parody of something. Like the tree poisoning especially feels like something right out of Always Sunny.

[@Moonstone-Redux]

The lost decades have really done a number on their culture, and I'm not sure how much I like it. It feels like they have been trying to recapture the spark that led to the 80s and early 90s when the feeling of prosperity was there (no, that was the bubble economy, not true prosperity).

[@Fanu0]

Not only Always Sunny but I can see this idea coming up from Michael Scott's mind

[@samsun01]

By now, most of your folks should realize intuitively that Japan is an awesome place for tourism but a shitty hellhole if you live there. Wise up, son.

[@ZACKMAN2007]

​@@samsun01then again that's true of most tourist hot spots

[@samsun01]

@@ZACKMAN2007 Not exactly true, if you expand the number of data points. Go to more places, preferrably pick it by random, so your bias doesn't continue to limit your horizon. For example, China is, ironically a shitty hellhole for tourists but amazing place to live. Why? Safe. Low taxes. Modern. Cheap. Quality. See for yourself, I can't preach to nonbelievers.

[@shartbearer]

The fact that the company is also called BIG Motor, like some dystopian parody of Big Brother is just the icing on the cake. This shit is comic book levels of villainy lmao

[@ChompDude]

I feel bad for all the little guys being ground to the bone by that evil man, only for them to suffer the brunt of the fallout from the corruption.

[@Ebani]

I'll never feel bad for enablers, nobody but yourself is responsible for your own choices

[@conspiracypanda1200]

​@@EbaniI love victim blaming. All you have to do is re-label them into "enablers" and suddenly you trick people into agreeing with you! Are people trying to earn a living in country with a culture that encourages them to work to the bone and automatically bow their head to every greater authority, often shaming and punishing them if they were to show any disloyalty in seeking other employment? Clearly they're horrible, immoral enablers! How dare they make that CEO and his competitive managers harrass and bully them into submission!

[@ML-cc7gj]

@ManWithFaceExactly! People who haven’t lived in Japan don’t really understand how big of a power the companies have over their employees. As a Westerner it seems unbelievable but it’s rampant here.

[@KohanKilletz]

@@ML-cc7gj I don't think it's unbelievable as a Westerner... this aspect of Japanese culture is directly taken from America of the 1950s

[@ML-cc7gj]

@@KohanKilletz I believe you, since I’m not from the US and not really familiar with it. But considering how Japan has taken so much from the US, it rings a true bell. But well, to me as an ex-Soviet Eastern European, it’s still pretty nuts. I mean USSR was crazy but once we got out of it, it’s pretty decent employees’ rights-wise in my country.

[@チャルメリア麺ドラゴン]

その辺の日本人より詳しいんじゃないかってくらい、毎回しっかり調べててすごい！ ネットミームも盛り込んでて毎回楽しませてもらってます。日本語ですみません！

[@Private-Potato]

Sometimes memes and humor gets a point across easily. Also no worries about using Japanese.

[@heyjeySigma]

Yes this channel is very impressive. But thats also because the uploader/creator knows japanese very well and lived in japan

[@DLCguy]

KZbin has a translation feature for comments, so language doesn't matter as much.

[@Mike-xh8fl]

The "education death" section of this is one of the most unhinged things I've ever seen. I love it.

[@timmcknight1418]

Great video. I bought a car from Big Motor just before the scandal broke. The car itself is great and the salesman did an excellent job sourcing and organising it. But I could tell he was under phenomenal pressure, and his boss at the branch looked like a total prick. Oddly enough, my salesman didn't push hard on the upsells. Maybe he knew something was in the wings... Japan does a great job overseas as portraying itself as a mysterious, polite and fascinating culture. But most of us us living here as foreigners can see what a corrupt, brutal society it is in so many ways, especially in the business world where ethics seems to be a completely foreign concept.

[@fatosreaisdeverdade]

Thought this was about Johnny's, but it was the other insanely evil company that recently went bust. No shortage of those here.

[@GTaito]

Johnny's went down?

[@fatosreaisdeverdade]

In the middle of going down. Most companies are cancelling advertisement contracts due to the sexual abuse accusations and public opinion is incredibly negative, I don't think they will survive the year without at least a name change and most of the big names leaving. @@GTaito

[@yrobtsvt]

@@GTaito In the process of going down. Advertisers don't want to use them anymore. I don't know what is happening inside the daytime TV world though...

[@goranisacson2502]

Holy shit Johnny's going down? I was only tangentially aware of them due to following pop culture like games, anime and movies so idol culture is something I know (unlike Big Motor which is more like a domestic Japan-issue for the japanese), but I hadn't heard they were tanking.

[@dreamchasingcat]

@@goranisacson2502a former junior talent publicly spoke up about the sexual abuse he got from Johnny and it brought some other victims’ courage to speak (albeit more anonymously?) up too about their own horrific experiences with Johnny. Johnny’s niece, Julie, recently made a public apology press conference and stepped down from her position as the CEO.

[@nufosmatic]

6:53 - Why does Bigmotor have the same logo as The Umbrella Corporation?

[@PigeonCrash]

The stuff they were doing is Looney Toons levels of evil, this shit is hilarious. The reaction and memes from the Japanese people are on point too.

[@HeisenbergFam]

11:15 bro saying "thats sacrilegious to golf lovers everywhere" is one of the wildest things to say in an apology

[@camchameleon4151]

At least there was no ukulele this time

[@crimsonsplat]

The Japanese take their golf SERIOUSLY. No, really.

[@LazarusBaccus]

For he did not speak of his own GTI.

[@bootmii98]

Right up there with calling a Nick Castellanos home run

[@azoth6641]

⁠@@camchameleon4151 A shame there's no meme-worthy hysterics, though (cough)Ryūtarō Nonomura(cough).

[@anifsky1065]

With the whole “killing trees outside the shops so that they aren’t blocking the way” literally sounds like what an American car dealership would do 💀 The Big Motor CEO literally wanted the company to be just like the states and just BACKFIRED stupendously

[@stephenjenkins7971]

This company is an extreme not seen in almost any 1st world country, wdym?

[@shibapatrol801]

I was really lucky that this Big Motor story broke out just as I was in the market to purchase a car here in Japan. Used cars salesman don't exactly inspire honesty and trustworthiness anywhere so I thought, well, at least if they are big company, less chance to get scammed, right? Dodged a huge bullet. Ended up going to a small chain in my city after reading up some reviews.

[@huuthien2911]

Can you share your experience on where to look? Which company did you contact?

[@ちびグラたん]

The respect for golfballs... Glad that you brought up this funny subject.

[@faenethlorhalien]

Guy's got balls, what can I say.

[@ちびグラたん]

@@faenethlorhalien It's sacrilegious to golf lovers that they would put his balls in a sock and hit them against a car.

[@NaisanSama]

​@@faenethlorhalienagreed

[@HellishSpoon]

Only old business men like golf, golf is a plague on sports kind

[@tarasluchka6886]

Can you tell use about powerful wind meme/videos, it’s history and meaning.

[@LendriMujina]

_"LEARN! LEARN! LEARN! EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!"_ - A very well-adjusted businessman

[@Zerpersande]

I’ve lived in Japan for over 30 years. There’s a ‘type’ (hairstyle, facial expressions, body language, speech intonation) that I just have NEVER trusted. PM Koizumi didn’t fit the mold. But this guy? The father? Perfect fit.

[@RM_VFX]

The look you're thinking of is old Yakuza boss.

[@pjavilla]

that's a classic hairdo _don't hassel the hoff_

[@DeathNikkii]

I mean it seems like the old father had no idea his son was doing all these things. Otherwise he would've done it decades ago, not while nearing retirement age. The growth of the company coincides with his son joining the company.

[@XenosImplyer]

@@DeathNikkii Why do you think he sent his son to work at the insurance company?

[@DeathNikkii]

@@XenosImplyer Many business owners send their children to work at other companies to learn and be treated like an employee before they come back to take over the family business. This is standard practice. The company has been around for 40 years, it only took his son 8 years to build it up and collapse it.

[@foxyfoxington2651]

I want to see a video about the person who cosplayed as dead grass. That person is an absolute legend.

[@whyareyourunning3429]

What if it is a corpse and someone put him there

[@jayvhoncalma3458]

0:42 looks like the Umbrella logo that would tell you how evil Big motor is

[@jamespang8279]

Been working in Japanese owned business for over 15 years and have many Japanese friends and acquaintances in similar industry. The level of workplace abuse and idiocy they have to endure is ridiculous. It’s not as bad in the states because we’re a litigious society but if you’re a Japanese worker then you have to play this suck up game to your bosses just to keep your position. It’s even worse for those employees who are here by company sponsorship and need to work in said company under ridiculous conditions

[@aokyoutsuki7744]

Working, i now realize that the chances of upper positions are significantly lower than it supposedly should, nepotism babies kept being shoed in whilst the workers are kept in check via giving fake hope of getting said position

[@davidhollenshead4892]

The Economic System of Nippon is Corporatism which has the average citizen living as working poor. Except that they work 50 to 70 hours a week... That is the same Economic System of Fascist Italy, & Nazi Germany and almost the same as Imperial Japan. Which is why all major Japanese Companies engage in fraudulent activity & worse. That is also why the best & the brightest young people flee the Home Islands as soon as they can. Usually by traveling abroad every year until they find a nation they like...

[@midtech168]

This kind of work culture is fairly common in Asia.

[@TroyBrophy]

Thanks for covering this. I knew some of the story, but not all of it. Now I know why there's a sad row of tree stumps along the road outside the BIGMOTOR near me.

[@darkguardian1314]

Wouldn't be surprised if the Yakuza wasn't somehow involved or leaning on the company for "donations."

[@tobbcittobbcit8899]

Shouldn't this net them jail sentences for such fraud? I'd really like more coverage if you get enough for a video in the future 😁

[@melody3741]

What are you talking about? Only poor criminals have to go to jail

[@BeyondDaX]

Sometimes just being blacklisted and their reputations ruin can be just as bad as jail in Japanese Society

[@johnsonnguyen1374]

@@BeyondDaX Yes, nothing like a shit ton of money and freedom to go anywhere do anything besides having to work and be stuck in a cell.

[@ToasterDsG]

​@@johnsonnguyen1374except that he very likely is gonna lose all that money. Also white collar crimes in Japan tend to lead to suicide of the perpetrator...even with fuck you money.

[@mojabaka]

Only poor people and foreigners go to jail in Japan. The yakuza bosses, criminal business men and politicians all work together and therefore stay free, even if they get caught.

[@energeticstunts993]

I feel like Japan's culture of staying humble and quite and respecting the elders in the company hierarchy is the best breeding ground for bad business practices. Workers are less incentivised to expose their companies because of the hierarchy, respect the elders, even if you managers/senpais treat you like shit or have no idea themselves.

[@XLightChanX]

yeah, but not that different in the west, you will probably lose your job and be seen as a snitch for making shit public even with protective laws

[@energeticstunts993]

@@XLightChanX I'd think America is the closest western country to Japan's working culture in terms of the societal perceived importance of work but something like that just could not fly as easily on Germany, where hierarchy is present but not as well respected. I could go to my managers and speak to them as if they were on the same level as me, if I went up to my senpai in Japan and said "omae" instead of "Senpai", I'd be seen as super disrespectful and possibly even receive a warning for simply talking to my senpai with the language I use to speak to my other colleagues.

[@ShinmegamiPersona]

Crazy how USA and China are similar too

[@planescaped]

Working a job in Japan comes off as so much worse than it needs to be due to a constant cycle of the abused becoming abusers.

[@napoleonfeanor]

@energeticstunts993 really depends on the kind of company in Germany and West in general.

[@mill2712]

2:25 The leaked group chat strikes again!

[@niello5944]

These guys should not just end up resigning. They should pay back all the damage that has been done. Please tell me there's more consequence than them just resigning and getting out of the spotlight while hogging all the money. And please tell me they all go to prison. If a thief can get arrested then these guys should too.

[@georgerowe9166]

Yeah, that's not how it works in real life.

[@niello5944]

@@georgerowe9166 It can absolutely work in real life. It just need a lot of change.

[@rice9224]

​@@niello5944or you could promote vigilantism

[@tondekoddar7837]

@@niello5944 They big. Big friends, big money, so sorry. Then it'll be someone else/other corp until they get to their head they're outside decency and law. idk if even german bureucracy will be enough...

[@niello5944]

​@@tondekoddar7837 Speak with a proper tone and maybe I'll be bother to read.

[@ReniniPanini]

The length Japanese people go to create meme videos is insane. So many talented people!

[@handlesarethelaststrawiquit]

That iceberg at 2:45 is kind of sexy.

[@electron6825]

Ayo 👀

[@Ruinemacil]

a bit dirty tho

[@zitronentee]

I wonder if Giant Shiva corpse in Final Fantasy XV is from this

[@TokyoLens]

Another banger of a vid LOVE the attention to detail in every part~ I can se the hours that went into this

[@etzool]

As a foreigner living in Japan... there's a lot of good things about this place, but this story rings so, so thoroughly true. It used to be that the yakuza were the bottom of the barrel; now they're barely a factor, and companies like this are how JP businesses prove themselves worthy of competing in the worldwide hyper-capitalism rankings. It's a great place to live! Just understand that -- thanks in no small part to an ageing and generally declining population -- if you move here, you're the juiciest available target.

[@fulano1969]

I live in South America (in the biggest country in the continent). After I had my car (VW) recalled because of the death trap made by a Japanese company (Takata airbag) and having a nightmare experience with a simple repair claim with Sompo ....... I will never buy anything made in Japan or remotely related to any Japanese company. To me Japan only makes garbage products and have a toxic moral compass.

[@yuriaihara704]

Now they are barely a factor😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@staticbuilds7613]

Yakuza are only a issue for certain bars and cafe's I have heard. The places which will trick you into getting the most expensive items and make you dead drunk so you keep spending with hot girls. This is what I heard from different Japan channels. Most large companies are fraudulent and if you look into the owners you might see why. A lot of owners from large companies years ago had pretty questionable pasts between 1920-1970.

[@nomoretwitterhandles]

Or maybe don't be a completely ignorant fool when trying to figure out where to buy things? It's not like the West is immune to corruption. Even Walmart is a scam. If you have the privilege to live outside of your home country then you shouldn't take that for granted. Do your research before buying into something like that.

[@oz_jones]

​@@yuriaihara704"im totally not a Yakuza, im actually a gaijin"

[@SeraphinaPZ]

I can't get over the fact that in addition to everything else, their logo looks like a revamped Umbrella Corp logo. Another entry for "truth is stranger than any fiction".

[@MicBain]

I worked managing a database at a dealership for a few years and the number one thing I learned - NEVER SERVICE YOUR CAR AT A DEALERSHIP.

[@noseboop4354]

As a former worker at a dealership, I second this advice.

[@HrHaakon]

Thank God for the EU "Choose your Workshop" laws.

[@lenitaa7938]

I think it depends! Some dealerships are honorable! I had a good experience with mine! Yet, I know it is not true for many other dealerships!

[@magnum7978]

Yeah… no. It all depends where you go. Even then, some small shops tend to fuck things up worse. I’ve had it happen to me personally.

[@hoilst265]

I get my car serviced at a place that sells tyres. Why? Because the guy makes most of his money off tyres, and really looks like he could take or leave swapping out my radiator. Never pressured me. He did hire one dodgy guy who tried to stiff me on suspension bushings (just replaced them not three months before the inspection) and claim my fuel tank was leaking. I mentioned my bushing were fresh - those things last YEARS - and the manager got wind of this, inspected my car himself, found nothing wrong with my bushings or tank, apologised, wiped all that stuff off my bill and issued my roadworthy. And that mechanic who first inspected my car? Never saw him there again. Literally wasn't there the next day.

[@miragebangbravern]

"Inside, BIGMOTOR is clean and well-lit unlike other greasy used car shops" Just from that alone, you can tell that they are evil when those said shops usually are better despite the appearance.

[@ItchyKneeSon]

Yep. I know a couple of those greasy ones and they also happen to be the 'real ones' (as the kids say).

[@mikubrot]

a little bit of grease signifies hard work to me

[@Thomes-Maisling]

Cleanliness is next to....umm Satanism

[@Manas-co8wl]

This is like Scar taking over Pridelands and all vegetation suddenly dying level of evil

[@andrewedward5181]

If companies based entirely in a country which most people claim to be the most respectful, polite and honest in the world can commit fraud on this level, imagine how much worse other companies are.

[@moonshinershonor202]

I mean the Yakuza is a bonafide societal institution for the , they got offices on every map. Imagine how jealous the Italians must feel.

[@accessthemainframe4475]

or maybe it was BECAUSE of that very culture of respect for authority and avoidance of confrontation that such a racket was able to develop and exist for so long.

[@moonshinershonor202]

@@accessthemainframe4475 seems legit. Just do what the boss says and wash your hands.

[@iepvienredstoneHuy007]

@@moonshinershonor202to be fair, the real Yakuza still act as socialize group, in which they operate on the edge of law but still care for their community and surrounding. While stuffs like big motor is just purely dumbfounded greedy with no logical thinking

[@moonshinershonor202]

@@iepvienredstoneHuy007 Allegedly, they take care of the place. The bushido code demands one hate all Evil. The fraud was working for a while, a decade and billions a good racket. Cash cows can't last forever 😓.

[@Popsiclestick27]

I saw it pop up in Japanese news about tree killing and damage to cars a few weeks back. Thanks for reporting on the other fradulant stuff. It seems that Japan's government is averse from uncovering terrible work conditions. They need some kind of Federal investigative branch and whistleblowing mechanism to alert authorities.

[@totallylegityoutubeperson4170]

The whole of Japan, like the rest of the world, is corrupt. Everyone in power is a POS. The little guy always gets screwed, these investigations, councils, trials, whatever, are song and dance to appease the masses to prevent chaos and uprising at large. If the government or large corps feel like they're getting screwed, they'll pretend they're doing something for the common person, when it's just self serving. Or again, they pick up enough slack just to fool the masses into thinking governance actually works for the people's interests. It's all a farce. Always has been, always will be.

[@XenosImplyer]

I think that Japan would rather keep the illusion of peace and order than uncover things like this.

[@theespartanff3188]

They care to much about appearance so it will never happen

[@JCCyC]

@@XenosImplyeror maybe something like, "The only instrument of power we have is our big badass companies. We need to preserve them at all costs."

[@luisiana1121]

The problem with Japan is that you can't publicly tell on them or risk reporting them to the authorities who are in the pockets of these owners because of their bullshit honor/defamation system. This basically means it's a crime to damage someone'a honor/reputation even if the information is true and can be charged for defemation. Even if it's basic criticism about anything, if a company sees you as a threat and will use that bullshit law to sue you for basically saying "I don't like this"

[@testchannel8151]

"It don't matter if they hate you if they all say your name" - Money Game pt.2 by Ren Gill

[@djentleman8116]

Legendary, underrated artist. Wasn't expecting to see him mentioned here, but that song is very fitting!

[@testchannel8151]

@@djentleman8116 Indeed. a meme sent me there but that song was a gold mine lol

[@gamepapa1211]

Ahhh, a story where an evil corporation was so evil it took out other equally evil corporations when it fell! Catharsis for the soul!

[@theyellowarchitect4504]

None of the people responsible went to jail, they just retired lol

[@VtuberHistorian]

This is all Ive seen in the morning news over the course of last month, good to see someone explaining it cause I had no idea what all the hubbub was about

[@Tankey100]

Some people in this nation are more twisted than others.

[@Glajioul]

The new employee kit is hilarious "Welcome to Bigmotor, here's a screwdriver, a sock, a golf ball, and some plant killer. Now get to work!"

[@faenethlorhalien]

Honestly, I'm the furthest you can imagine of a friend of Japanese police, but I tip my hat to them in this case. They did their job well as soon as the scandal came out.

[@ItchyKneeSon]

Interesting. What's your beef with the J-police?

[@dakiesalamander5221]

@@ItchyKneeSonThey are terribly incompetent and horrifically corrupt? Jesus, half of them works for Yakuza and the other half works for chinese Triads...

[@BeyondDaX]

@@dakiesalamander5221 I figure it also depends on what part of Japan as far as how corrupt or not corrupt they can be

[@eliastalks7411]

​@@dakiesalamander5221not to mention pretty much all police worldwide serve the state. They're all corrupt to varying degrees.

[@sperenity5883]

@@dakiesalamander5221 God bless you.

[@privacyvalued4134]

Now I kind of want to see the anime version of this story. Story is crazy enough that it could run for a full season and not run out of ideas. And I'm sure the requisite fan service "beach day vacation" episode would work fine too. Could name the company BIG WOTOR.

[@LongPeter]

The company named itself exactly what a conspiracy theorist would name a big, evil car company.

[@doswillrule]

And used the Umbrella logo! I wonder if Capcom modelled it on them intentionally...

[@sinfulhappiness]

The crumbling of the Sears Car Service was due to forcing salesman to sell things not needed. Private Equity companies and companies like that are straight evil.

[@ethantaylor9613]

It does my heart good to know a bunch of Japanese people were clowning on these guys the entire time.

[@NeutralGuyDoubleZero]

Gotta love their version of the youtuber apology. Just gotta state how sincrere your regret is/how sorry you are, bow hard enough, and then expect to be let go with no legal ramifications or jail time.

[@estecho8927]

Seriously good content! I've been living in Japan for 15 years, and of course know about the scandal, but I love how you brought it all together from the various angles (facts, social media reactions, etc.) Keep it up!!!

[@cristianluna5568]

The more I learn about the weird stuff about Japan. the more I tend to realize that certain anime shows may not just be completely fictional. But more so a direct parallel of Japanese society.

[@lazarusblack9995]

Went to a Land Rover dealer with my Discovery. They had a huge sign saying "Full inspection with every oil change" with some extra promises and stuff. We got the oil change and left. No long after, we had a break problem and found our disc brakes had worn through almost completely to the tune of $2400 apiece. Had it been caugthh during the inspecting, it would have cost only $400 total. When we pointed out their own sign and our receipt, the manager said "Oh, you're one of those. Get out and never come back. You are banned from this location." This was in the 90s when there wasn't a way to get the review out to the public. Another time I went for an oil change with a different car and the oil change place just failed to do it. And the oil cap came off while driving. The oil inside was obviously dirty. Again, the place "banned me" from the location. Another time, a tire place lied and told me they could not legally repair my tire OR allow me to have the vehicle back with a damaged tire. Oh, and I couldn't just replace one tire because they were all equally worn - holding me hostage for over $1000. My only recourse would be to call the cops - but then, they would just refuse to put my tire on and I would have to hire a tow truck for more money.

[@bingusmctingus4395]

Your first mistake was buying a Land Rover, the second one was getting a discovery model

[@dougi1967]

The 3rd is not knowing how to fix your own ride

[@arakwar]

Cops could tell you to put your spare tire and drive with it…

[@B-M.B]

​@@arakwarWhat ? the spare tire is not a design piece and actually useful??

[@teaCupkk]

@@arakwar Tires are dirty. The car is better left in the care of your mechanic, the same way your garden (and the missus), are better left in the care of your gardener.

[@quandang9734]

imagine rainbolt doing a geoguessr 1 second challenge and he guesses the place due to a container of plant killer on the sidewalk 💀

[@Sly88Frye]

I'm really glad this showed up in my recommendations. That is so horrible what big motor did. I had no idea. Never heard of them but now I'm glad I know

[@selfselected]

I'd have never known about this if it wasn't for your channel, thanks! The memes about the chatgroup message are hilarious. It's good that you highlighted the views to see how this was a really viral thing

[@selfselected]

???? I made this comment in the original video 8 days ago, why does this appear in the atrioc react that was uploaded 4 hours ago?

[@GiraffeTimeNow]

The important thing to remember here about the collusion/cooperation of these multiple companies is that they were born in a country and from an era of Zaibatsu companies; massive corporations making just about everything under the sun and under one single company umbrella (Sony is a great example of this kind of thing - did you know that for all their electronics, they do insurance too?). Even when the companies were forced to separate the assets and spin them off, it's hard to imagine that the connections would just cease (on the company level, stock level, and/or employee and managerial level). Understanding this makes these kind of developments unsurprising, but still no less terrifying or disappointing.

[@claudeyaz]

What makes this worse is it not allowed to work on your own vehicle in Japan?

[@DeadRabbit86]

Lived here in Japan for 11 years now an I guarantee it not just Big Motors. Corruption, nepotism, harassment, and employee abuse is wide spread. Every one generally just looks the other way.

[@varronitis]

Where did you work at and how did your day to day life feel like in general? I got a job offer over in tokyo

[@saintcynicism2654]

The surrounding cultural context may differ from place to place, but the general rule of "do whatever you want, just don't make headlines" seems to be a pretty universal corporate rule.

[@Aphesia]

@@varronitis Welcome to one of the worst Work cultures in the world.

[@user-on6db4rf4s]

​​@@varronitisif you're considering turning down the job and move because of comments on KZbin, turn it down. you don't actually want it anyway. Moving countries, especially to one with a language barrier, you're basically committing to being an immigrant. It's too easy to become disillusioned and angry by small things if your heart was never truly set on moving.

[@user-on6db4rf4s]

​@@saintcynicism2654this. Y'all think this shit don't happen in China, Korea, SEAsia, the middle east, USA? It does. It happens everywhere... At least Japan is ridiculously safe to live in as a civilian.

[@yohaAlt]

The BIG MOTOR memes of cars getting destroyed killed me.. especially the street fighter one 💀😂

[@stogiiejay]

Just discovered this channel and I have to say it’s one of the best channels I’ve come across in a long time. Thank you for the content the videos are so well done. You can tell a lot of work goes into them.

[@tournaline3448]

The level of corruption in Japan is staggering. The private and public sectors are able to be so blatant with it due to a public that is extremely obedient and unquestioning. This was an excellent video but sadly it is merely scratching at the surface of what goes on here.

[@geddon436]

Now I'm very curious to see the variety and depth of corruption in Japan

[@criztu]

@@geddon436 google "japan zombie corporations". the state bails out banks who lend money to corporations operating at a loss, they can't repay the loans, ever. all this just so that people have jobs. it's basically a socialist economy that would collapse as soon as the state would stop absorbing private corporate debt.