Japan’s Game Of War

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For the first time since World War II, Japan is changing its laws to allow the military to fight on foreign soil.
As young Japanese soldiers consider this new reality, they train with a unique strategy game called Botaoshi.
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[@Ryanfury99]

We need this game in the olympic!!

[@jasonduffer1890]

War should be done by this. Not by army. Politicians have to do this.

[@leoelliondeux]

This is so well shot!

[@debby_bennington]

reminds me of that one episode of assassination classroom

[@007MrYang]

+Kitty Kohai I also saw it in Oregairu

[@phoenix-king779]

R.I.P. I cried at the end

[@Suzsider]

That's were this is from!!!!

[@wilzour]

I used to play this in high school, it was so much fun

[@MiraDaWulf]

Flexxxx

[@therealqore2024]

Wtf

[@lowen4]

I love the shout of excitement. It is Fun to watch and for sure FUN to try.

[@ucranialivre894]

Thank you for the video! loved the reason, the rules and the porpouse! Good luck.

[@careysharp8340]

Looks like a lot of fun and definitely a youngster game . 😎

[@BuffaloBilliam]

I would move to Japan just for this. I wish it was a sport for civi's and not just dept of defense

[@SchaleDude]

The world doesn't need war, we need Bo Taoshi

[@dankmemes3831]

great anime. 10/10

[@yoonisabdulkadir]

Seems like football mixed with MMA lol

[@codegeassfan4life28]

looks fun

[@VeryHighCholesterol]

very interesting

[@dakabaka4912]

Why do I feel patriotic for Japan. I wish to see American like this. heh

[@Alister22ful]

AJ+ turning into VICE? I ain't mad

[@keviinkins]

Feels like watching an anime

[@justsaiyansteve]

This looks so fun

[@kasekeksdeluxe6529]

Amazing teamsport. Teamspirit pure. Greetings from Germany

[@keypeach9955]

昔々...35年くらい前は 東京の中学校でも、運動会とかでやってたんですよ。 棒倒しと騎馬戦の盛り上がりは、今でも忘れられない思い出です。

[@somerandomguy4919]

I hope Japan is going to create a real life Metal Gear and use it to defeat ISIS.

[@SM-1010]

Why should japan get involved in something the U.S. created?

[@morganrose1674]

Looks so fun

[@timothyng3226]

Mission objective: survive

[@ostfralle3233]

That hurts.

[@kidbudi23]

I like how kicks to the face is allowed :)

[@tentaikitsune_fc2929]

i swear this looks fun i wanna play

[@hormigahormiguero4918]

buen deporte

[@Luv1169]

Epic

[@viceroy2214]

Every Japanese tank driver should be required to watch Girls und Panzer. If they do they'll be able to drift circles around the Chinese!

[@KCH55]

+Vice Roy lol

[@ramildoe5324]

Отличный командный вид спорта!

[@cavalry491]

Imagine those people holding riot shields and defending 😂😂

[@kgkz4874]

Супер просто нет слов Вот так и выпускают пар

[@rtswift]

maybe the thought of dying in a conflict will increase birth rates

[@bozo7769]

YOOOOOO that game looks fun

[@zhilalmulki8068]

When black friday became a sport

[@jorgerodriguez-ku4fw]

This has been sport for centuries whatya Talkin about

[@alexp5972]

Alguien mas por XpressTv?

[@hoemnkrb]

Looks fun 😂

[@leescool8619]

Let’s have a moment of silence for all the poles who have been put down by these men

[@weedISamazing48]

Blue team is E Class

[@muffinmimi4673]

This reminds me of that one scene world war z when the zombies pile up on eachother and get over the wall

[@xXSilentFusion]

Why ain’t this here in America bruv I want to do this

[@antivorg1239]

Rugby and American football killer, that shit looks fun as hell!!

[@unknown-ou2tk]

7:20 ×「unexpected」→○「expected」

[@actionjackson2721]

Cool anime

[@DerrilTheRandomGuy]

Blue leader looks like cilian murphy

[@IvanOfficial01]

Is there an anime about this yet lol?

[@mattandrews8528]

This is the same country that took banzai rushing to a whole new level, of course they play this game.

[@Jachinthebox]

Bruh, there’s no rules about boundaries. Come on, the whole place is a battlefield

[@BadForYourKidneys]

Waiting for one of the to scream banzai lmfao

[@GreenFin2001]

They have spies?!

[@jorgerodriguez-ku4fw]

They need this game all over the world

[@juggernutslanz4173]

FoOtBaLL iS a DanGerOUs sPoRT Japan:

[@eruston]

1:03 um this should be true FOR ALL ARMED FORCES… FOR EVERY COUNTRY (not the bit about being allowed to fight on foreign soils).

[@heartattack32122]

Harusnya gampang menang dengan strategi sumpit, di apit 2 sisi dengan orang yang menerobos satu persatu untuk melemahkan pertahanan lawan🤔 Ez

[@gorillaguerillaDK]

Cool game - almost like Rugby, just with humans instead of a ball

[@DeemahAd]

حماس

[@rodrigocalistro2651]

Quem veio aqui depois da reportagem do globo esporte de um like aí. 😁🇯🇵🇧🇷

[@peachypeach6043]

literalmente assisti agora kkkkkkk

[@kennyma4904]

Who said you can't gather 300 men ;).

[@Suzsider]

These dudes would be scary with guns

[@lucapueyo6891]

Hi AJ+, super video ! I'm Luca, a french journalist, working for a website called Jetlag (www.demotivateur.fr/jetlag). With the team, we would like to edit a short video about the Bo Taoshi game, and we loved your video, some images are really cool ! I would like to know if I can use some parts of your video to create a short film/video about this strange statue and post it on our page and social network ? Of course, you will be credited on screen and tag on it. Cheers !

[@Mryetti26]

Imagine big buff Americans playing this game and charging your squad.

[@MrPaulviles]

Bryan Smith 😂, would be far more concerned with the NZ All Blacks playing this! Buff Americans......😂, they don’t even know how to tackle!

[@Mryetti26]

Paul Viles American football is a collision sport, rugby is get close enough to wrap your hands around and take them down. You can do that in American football too but you can also go full speed shoulders down and collide. You can also do the same thing to anyone that does not have the ball, so if you’re going for someone with the ball, better watch out his teammate might clock you if you aren’t aware of your surroundings. Don’t think you’ve ever seen how big and strong these American football players are. I played American football and high school and when I went to college we had a school intramural rugby program. Rugby is by far easier and less intimidating. Hell Australia had their best rugby player come try the NFL and didn’t do so well. When you’re running full sprint and see a guy coming for you, he isn’t going to try to get close so he can wrap his hands around you, he’s going to use himself as a projectile and stop you if it means sacrificing his body.

[@ohseabass6852]

I thinking this exactly, imagine a team of o-line charging you 😭

[@Gdogw22]

Why is this in my feed 🧟‍♂️

[@ActionGamerAaron]

Samurai vs. ISIS I need to see it!!

[@freaksuyash]

+A Gamer Aaron (Channel) Finish him! xxx---xxx Samurai Wins!

[@moctezuma1341]

+A Gamer Aaron (Channel) both kill themselves by suicide Japan would kill themselves with their Katana ISIS would just blow themselves up

[@ActionGamerAaron]

LMAO, I hope it's cooler looking than that!

[@tested2032]

+Mocte Zuma start a kick starter, I need to see that conflict

[@DuxGalt]

Both are probably good at flying planes into things....

[@1100tonton]

I am Japanese. I am proud of them. We can not watch these great documentary on TV. I am really frustrated because most of JPANESE Media are contaminated by liberal.

[@IchBinJager]

They shouldn't worry too much about having to go to Overseas. I doubt it will happen.

[@overlyfatman9722]

We don’t see this in anime because it’s hard to animate so many people

On the contrary, this was in Assassination Classroom.

[@daniel117100]

Second!

[@user-xf6tp3xx8c]

4:20 The Patriots of Bataoshi

[@playingwithphyre7696]

Sixth (I think).

[@joeltnt908]

First??!

[@edwarddundon-smith9059]

+Jo Hannes you have a list!... How long is it!

[@GeistInTheMachine]

Just opens the potential for more young men to be sent to die for no good reason.

[@johnfriedgen357]

Or the potential for Japan to actually claim it's spot as a world power rather than just claim one out of money

[@GeistInTheMachine]

+Tj Friedgen What's wrong with Japan just being an economic world power? What good will come from having young Japanese fighting overseas? I don't get your point.

[@johnfriedgen357]

+XHellXGeistX They have no right for that if they depend on foreign defense and negotiations to get what they want. If you want something take it, don't be a pacifist nation that no one takes seriously and let's their own citizens get killed abroad. If Japan wants the title of foreign power then they need to show that might on the world stage.

[@lio123mombach]

+Tj Friedgen my friend. you live in pre 1945

[@GeistInTheMachine]

+Tj Friedgen That's juvenile reasoning. The world stage isn't a game of Civilization V. Japan already fought for what it has, and it paid a hefty price during WWII. Now they have a mutual agreement with the United States, and both countries benefit. If anything, this new military arrangement opens them up for massive debt, like the US. It's short sighted, potentially immoral and impractical.

[@ostfralle3233]

Pff this is not as intense as fortnite.

[@andrewhakomakigranger]

This would probably be a lot more fun to play if it they didn't care who won

[@Rockstopmotion]

U sound like a liberal where everyone wins just for participating

[@japace61]

Why dont they do football or rugby? what about the medieval mock tournament?

[@georgelaidlaw3748]

+japace61 Because militaries have always used capture the flag or flag rush games as part of their training? Why not use something that promotes many of the qualities you want in a soldier and is a fun way of simulating a chaotic battle situation without the expense of a full exercise? No doubt soldiers are encouraged/ordered to take part in competitive team sports and martial arts as well. This is one aspect of that. How would a Medieval melee help with modern military training any more than Bo-taoshi already does? Why does the US military play variants of CTF, including a 'full-spectrum' version that requires, I believe, digital as well as physical assaults and defense?

[@Burnt_Alive]

this is good, this will make japanese men less degenerate since half of them are your average weeb

[@xarolino]

+aCynicalName how?

[@Burnt_Alive]

Miguel Sato fine, a more suitable name is anime addicts

[@Migssato]

aCynicalName Back here in japan we just call them otaku's

[@Burnt_Alive]

Miguel Sato never knew that, thanks

[@realtalk6195]

@@Burnt_Alive Weebs refer to non-Japanese only. A Japanese person can't be a weeb, that's absurd and self-contradictory. And not every Japanese person is an Otaku, and one can be an Otaku (nerd) for any subject or hobby including military Otakus.

[@jessemorgan3668]

What a beautifully made propaganda film.

[@WhenBear]

I would trample every single one of the defenders. American adrenaline rush never loses.

[@DeezNutz-pg9io]

Lol okay

[@4T3hM4kr0n]

At least japan can now join in international struggles. Although since they've been out of it for a while im worried that their training is out of date. Here we see marching rehersels, that won't matter in combat. I don't see any ACTUAL training.

[@fred4379]

4T3hM4kr0n! Most countries have marching rehearsals for their military. Just because you don’t see actual combat training in this video about a sport doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. In fact, it’s smart that they don’t advertise their actual training.

[@realtalk6195]

This is one sport. Do you have any clue what they do other 364 days of the year? No.