Japanese and Kiwi React to "History of Japan" [4K]

How much do you actually know about the History of Japan?
Join Us Daniel and Panda Sensei Yuka as we dive deep into and react to the ultimate beginners guide to over 3000 years of Japanese History condensed into only 9 minutes that KZbin has ever seen, the immensely popular (and controversial) "History of Japan" by bill wurtz...
What DID we think?
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History of Japan : Bill Wurtz
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[@rons3634]

She's like all into the history and he's like "oooh, a cartoon". She's into the meat and he's into the presentation. Nice balance I think.

[@DanielandYuka]

Awesome! Thats true Daniel is a very detail oriented person!

[@alphamorion4314]

I bet there's a "low hanging fruit" joke there, but I won't make it.

[@maxpeck7382]

The typhoon that stopped the Mongols in Tsushima got named Kamikaze which means Divine Wind.

[@thenekom]

I like how you paused to go a little more in depth on some things. Really interesting!

[@mechanomics2649]

I like the supplementary information provided along with the reaction to the video.

[@Bobbyliscious]

This girl's math is off by 1 thousand years, but she is almost perfect!

[@neidal77]

Late Jōmon period was about 3000 years ago for wet rice (paddy farming techniques) but according to Wikipedia some dry rice farming may have actually started in the early Jōmon period (about 6000 years ago!)

[@liwalter7535]

And the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 their were here to give ships 🛳,clocks 🕰, guns 🔫 and JESUS

[@unknownx7252]

They figure if they can instill the fear of god in you they can control you and for the most part it's true.

[@liwalter7535]

Wow 🤩 Aunty Yuka is a Teacher 👩🏻‍🏫 now. Cool 😎 a Social science 🧪 teacher 👩🏻‍🏫 and the A.T the backup the B.U

[@robertreyes6719]

That is true, in fact, our christian martyr in the Philippines Lorenzo Ruiz had died and beheaded there during Tokugawa era in their christian mission in Japan c.1700. =(

[@Bobbyliscious]

Girl!!! You talk so fast! I'm happy that you included text for all the different Rices!

[@DanielandYuka]

Lol this was for Daniel actually as he didn't fully appreciate how seriously Japan takes their rice! :P Thanks for your comment and sub! :D

[@liwalter7535]

Thanks for the funny 😆 video and interesting 🤔Japanese history

[@DanielandYuka]

Glad you enjoyed it Li!

[@SarthorS]

According to wikipedia, the Mongol empire controlled less than 18% of all the land in the world. Only the British Empire controlled more, with over 26%.

[@whocares3577]

It's really ambiguous really. British empire counts lands that they never set foot until after WWII for their land like middle of Australia or Canada but Mongol empire does not count whole of Siberia as their land which was technically in their rule just like British with their lands

[@DanielandYuka]

Yeah good point, lol statistics from that time are pretty inconsistent! :D

[@wolfy6223]

Please react to history of the entire world I guess. It's also by bill wurtz

[@DanielandYuka]

That's on our list of future videos! Thanks for the suggestion! :D

[@sk8thewater]

Hi I know im late to the video but I was curious if Yuka had ever heard the song Shiroyama by the band Sabaton its about the Satsuma rebellion. They are a sweedish metal band who sing (in english) about history, I was just curious because you said you were from Satsuma. They also have a video on their Sabaton History youtube chanel talking about the history behind the song. Thanks for the awesome reaction!

[@DanielandYuka]

Hi sk8thewater, thanks so much for sharing the Shiroyama song by Sabaton about the Satsuma rebellion, it was a pretty epic track! It was really interesting to watch their Sabaton History YT channel about the battle of Satsuma! I've been to see the Saigo statue in Kagoshima, so I know a little bit about the Satsuma rebellion, but Yuka had a lot more exposure to the history when she was at high school in Kagoshima! Thanks for watching, sharing and commenting! Daniel and Yuka :D

[@wwoods66]

18:25 Nitpick: Yamamoto was a navy admiral, not an army general.

[@PongoXBongo]

So, Zen Buddhism was _kind of_ like Buddhism's version of the Protestant Reformation? Meaning separating the church from the state (like Catholicism basically was in Europe for centuries).

[@RoseB45]

After 1990s, its just weeb stuff from there 😂

[@DanielandYuka]

Lol, anime, manga, hentai and videogames!

[@SagBobet]

The explosion of kawaii culture in Japan is also part of its history. Mainly it "defanged" the country as a kind of reaction to the horrors of the war and to provide a more peaceful image. The culture made a sort of pendulum shift in the opposite direction as the whole notion of a warlike Japan became taboo. Not to mention their constitution drafted by the US which forced them to limit their military spending to almost nothing. It actually began way earlier in the 1960's and 70's.

[@marcorodriguez8792]

Not 70s or 80s?

[@Bobbyliscious]

I think the atom bombs were a bit too much. But we had to see it to believe it. The entire premise was joke.

[@jasminehenry2058]

Subscribing! Love your reaction.

[@DanielandYuka]

Thanks for subbing! Hope you enjoy our content! :D

[@light564]

We should have learned from Pompeii not to build anything near volcanoes

[@TheoMich-rn9xw]

Thx

[@TheoMich-rn9xw]

Ommanipadmehum

[@Afterthefallout55660]

I would say its because of Chinas growth over the years why Japan isn't that important anymore and face an economical downfall. China produces a lot of technical and medical components for all of Europe and the US way more cheaper as Japan and Japan is related to chinese imports of technological material too. Between the 1980 and to the end of the 1990s China was still in development and slowly builded a kind of stability, while Japan was already on its peak. After 2000s China figured out to raise its industrie very fast and also opened itself for western companys and trades. The Growth was so hughe the US was worried about thier influence and China also invaded thier neighbours like Tibet and Parts of Mongolia and put the Uigurs into labor camps. Now they want Taiwan and are friends with Russia which invaded the Ukraine, and before that happend Georgia and the Krim. Also India and Singapore had a hughe growth in the last 30/40 years. That all combined is a major factor why Japans economy is down. Its is not only because of the growth of the population, cause the people get older and could work longer, its because they lost its position beeing an important inport/export partner for the west. The west want it cheap and fast and China and India are able to produce cheap and fast.

[@jsdaking7659]

Samurais are awesome but what about the ninjas? *Naruto intensifies*

[@DanielandYuka]

Haha good point! There was NO mention of Ninjas in the video! Ninja Discrimination? :D

[@paulosergioribeiro7200]

@@DanielandYuka The ninjas are already there. You don't see them because they are hidden in shadows. 🐱‍👤

[@BenelliAkimbo]

hey Daniel nice to know there's a fellow Kiwi in this, um I hope you don't mind me asking, are you half-Japanese yourself mate

[@DanielandYuka]

No I’m not half Japanese! Thanks for asking!! I’m Kiwi as bro!!

[@BenelliAkimbo]

@@DanielandYuka Sweet as 😂👍

[@Serjohn]

well japan industry this japan industry that...Only the foreigners are mentioning the overtime and overworking and the depresion that is a japanese salary man

[@math-chan5297]

You managed to sound sooo adorable and educational at the same time. Subscribed

[@DanielandYuka]

Welcome aboard! Thanks for watching our video, hope you enjoy our other content! :D

[@anonymityaddictsanonymous5978]

The title lied to me it’s not in 4k

[@DanielandYuka]

The video was filmed in 4K 60fps HDR on an iPhone 12 Pro Max, it was edited and exported as a 4K project Master File from Final Cut Pro, and was compressed via Compressor and uploaded to KZbin as a 4K video. Perhaps your playback device or streaming settings are lower? Thanks for your comment!

[@npatch]

Trump was probably shown because he said right before that "rich and powerful" as in that's why tokugawa will win among the 5.

[@ravishasudda7762]

Ok finally found daniel without his hat in a video 😅🧢

[@DanielandYuka]

Lol! One of our vintage videos from near the beginning of our channel!

[@ravishasudda7762]

@@DanielandYuka wow. Nice video 👍😊

[@DanielandYuka]

@@ravishasudda7762 thanks for your comments and for your support watching our content! We’re so happy that you enjoyed our reaction to History of Japan! :)

[@Bobbyliscious]

Everyone knows that we will all be dead some day. But, with Religion, death has a purpose! Almost everyone does not want to die. They want a special -magical place to go to for ever and ever and ever and ever........

[@unknownx7252]

Something that baffles me, we fellow religions where most of the gods characters are worst than the average human but we say these gods are loving and merciful. if any human behave like the god of the bible he would be called up on criminal charges, not to mention all these other gods, lol.

[@A.D.540]

i think he was trying to make it fun by adding some joke and less details in case people get board. For me i love history i prefer more detail just to get more pic of the history.

[@Bobbyliscious]

I already know you are Kawaii so why that hat made from a dead panda???

[@Bobbyliscious]

SAVE THE PANDA's!