Inside Japan's Mini North Korea | Unreported World

[@rachelcookie321]

It makes me so sad to think about how excited that lady must of been when she boarded the boat to North Korea. She grew up getting told it was a paradise and she was finally getting to go to this paradise, only to find the opposite. She had no idea the 40 years of pain that was waiting for her when she boarded that boat. She must of felt so betrayed when she arrived and found the truth.

[@THEBIRDISWATCHING]

If you're interested, track down and read a copy of The Aquariums of Pyongyang by Kang Chol-hwan.

[@kenkozawa9810]

It's like in Interstellar when they got tricked into thinking they were going to a good planet only find out it was totally barren..

[@vortolex]

Truth shall unbearable, Truth shall enlighten the unsawful lots, Claimed true not from the outside but within you.

[@elizabeth4689]

yes, this is probably the saddest thing about this whole story..

[@iCro63]

*must have felt

[@Isolanporzellator]

I found it quite interesting that every time the reporter asked about human rights abuses in North Korea, nobody denied his accusation - they all just pointed the finger elsewhere saying "what about XYZ?" as if it's somehow okay to violate human rights as long as you're not the only one doing it.

[@benjaminallison4973]

This was the most interesting part to me, it was the same misdirect non answer to every question, even by the far right nationalist. Delusion clearly present in all.

[@VanLe-bh9cc]

I have the same feeling... They didn't answer directly to those questions, just ignore and try to move to other topics. Somehow they are also in the trap in their minds...

[@poesnacks7273]

"Whataboutism" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism

[@zenkygeorgecleanton8139]

they are funded by NK so they do not actually support NK, they just need money

[@niqqaplz9648]

cant blame them tho. we basically do it all the time but directly idolisng the culture around it is a bit weird

[@dannyding9311]

I don't understand why you're seeking funds from the Japanese government while still teaching about Korea and refusing to take down the Kim photo. The simple solution is for you to leave Japan, as it's normal anywhere else that if you want funding, you need to follow the standards and rules set by the country's government. No country will fund schools that treat the land they're standing on as an enemy and a dictator's country as their homeland, as it would be a waste of funds and resources

[@kimcheezy3433]

you're assuming a lot of things sweetie.

[@AlCatSplat]

@@kimcheezy3433 tell us what part of what she said was wrong

[@fredrikstein2377]

I don't get why it's the state's obligation to fund private schools. Can't they not just fund it themselves? Same issues with Muslims demanding that the states in Europe build and fund mosques and Islamic schools for them. Why can't they just fund it themselves? It's they who want it. The state won't fund me money to start a company, I either got to save up money or take out a loan for that to happen.

[@masterkent1]

Let's not forget this school used to be a base of operation for North korean spies back in the day

[@tiefblau2780]

2:35 then go back... *Why* *stay* *in* *unknow* *country?*

[@konosaki]

Although I am Japanese, I have always wondered about issues related to Korean schools. In Korean schools, the Kim family is worshipped and North Korea is taught as the best Korea. However, they live in Japan and have free access to all kinds of information. Of course, they can use the Internet without censorship. Under these circumstances, how can they believe that North Korea is a wonderful country?

[@domodomo7160]

韓国学校X 朝鮮学校O 違うで

[@hailstar007]

逆にSNSなどどんあ情報でもアクセスできちゃうと危ないと思いますね。自分が見聞きしたい情報しか受け入れない人も多いし、変なアカウント、沢山あるでしょ！北朝鮮人学校に通う生徒だけに限らず、「こいつ一体どこから情報とってんねん？！」って言う輩、沢山いますよね。

[@VIVY1818]

@@domodomo7160Koreaは朝鮮 韓国はsouth Koreaね

[@zukofire6424]

I think it's more nuanced than that. They love where they are from (which is legitimate) but that clouds their judgement on the dictatorship and state of Korean society. One thing I noticed was that there was no picture of Kim Jong Un. The principal said the previous dictators helped the schools so they are grateful... The true reason the pictures are still there may be that the relation with the Japanese government being tense, they don't feel like seeming to "give in" to pressure? Also, according to Wikipedia, some Japanese textbooks only briefly mention Japan's war crimes during Showa...

[@willzheng9269]

Indoctrination, the beliefs they grew up with, coupled with school trips to pyongyang, cement their idealistic view of North Korea within their bubble. I can throw that question back to the Japanese, you don't learn much about Japan's actions during WWII, the textbooks are censored but you have the internet no? Is it willful ignorance or lazy disinterest? For every one person who finds out the truth, there are ten others that are blindsided, you can't expect everyone to rise to understand.

[@yoosanglee]

As a South Korean, I am only surprised by Japan govt's 'generosity' toward such organization. I wonder more about how the government can allow such schools to exist. If schools in South Korea teach such content, everyone who cooperates with it will face criminal charges and the school will be closed.

[@abc0to1]

If the Japanese government tries to intervene in the communities that foreigners are creating, the foreigners and their sympathizers will cry racism, and the government will give in to them. People lack insight. Put another way, Japan is a freer society than Korea lol.

[@hargyd0n]

That’s because your government is at war dummy

[@Tinil0]

Because of the obvious historical context, I think a lot of politicians are afraid to push back against it too hard. Despite the discrimination they face in public, the government itself is uneasy with the backlash involved in denying Koreans rights because of the optics, even if the rights in question are "The right to use propaganda to brainwash young people". Which is pretty crazy, because God knows the LDP has no problem with anti-Korean sentiment on the whole, but Japanese government tends to be very slow moving and beauracratic so getting anything actually done, especially something with clear downsides, is difficult.

[@Tinil0]

@@takanara7 No, no it doesn't. Freedom doesn't mean absolute freedom. You aren't allowed to violently threaten someone or the classic "Yell fire in a crowded theater". That doesn't mean you live in an unfree country, only a small mind would be that limited in conception. Now, if you argue that "Supporting North Korea" isn't the same thing as causing imminent harm that may be an argument, but it relies heavily on what "Support" means. Talk is one thing, but materially supporting a hostile nation is completely different.

[@happuhelon]

@@augusth8212 in what textbook was japan colonized during those years? I legit want to know because the textbook i had told me that japan was colonizing countries including Indonesia (where i’m from) in the 40s till the bombing of hiroshima and nagasaki

[@re-yoda]

I, as a Japanese, am all against the racism in Japan towards Korean people living in Japan. I'm all for living together and creating a community, which unite us to form a new community. But, although I don't hate people of North Korea, I can not get behind what they are doing in those communities. I do not hate them as people but I can not get behind on their beliefs. Praising a regime that has kidnapped so many children and has constantly been shooting missles over Japan while expecting us to like them as what they believe is nearly impossible. They obviously know that the propaganda there is fake, otherwise they would've gone back already like many people in the past did and suffered as a result. I don't mind them living as Koreans, in fact I think it's beautiful that we can have diversity like that, but I can't get behind the fact they worship the ruthless leader of the North and expect us to not have negative feelings about them.

[@Epsilonsama]

Sadly many of them don't know or don't wish to know the reality of North Korea. It's like a cult for them. They have internalized their mistreatment in Japan and see North Korea as a sort of promise land. It's similar to how the kids of Muslim immigrants who not once ever lived in a Muslim nation becoming radicalized into terrorists.

[@catherinehanson1106]

THIS!!!!❤

[@ultracapitalistutopia3550]

I think the issue is down to the fact that Japanese mainstream media have a rather west-leaning reporting tendency, and to 朝鮮-sympathizers this definitely feel like a smear campaign and being discriminated systemically. I am not saying the Japanese news media are totally blind to the corruption of the Japanese politicians with corporations, but it requires a huge scandal like Abe's assassination for the mainstream media to really care about the local corruptions.

[@MariaPhillipa]

it's exactly as you say, it's the fact that they believe north korea is a true paradise and worship a regime that is killing thousands day by day. Funny thing is, there is not a single South Korean who would claim these 'North Koreans' as Koreans. So in fact, it's sad but the truth is, they don't belong to any country. They don't have a chance in surviving the real North Korea, they are not Japanese by heritage and they can never be South Korean by mentality. It's clear they have been taken advantage by people who receive funding from the north Korean government to continuously brainwash these malleable young people into thinking they have something in common .

[@Bargadiel]

Beautifully said.

[@misandmis23]

One aspect that raises questions for me is the fact that a group of North Korean people in Japan openly support North Korea's ideology and dictatorship without facing any consequences. They can enjoy a secure and materially rich life in a democratic country, demand voting rights without obtaining Japanese citizenship, and proudly express loyalty to the North Korean government. Meanwhile, the people who truly suffer the consequences of the regime are those living in North Korea. However, I can somewhat understand that these individuals may feel alienated in Japan and might need some sort of illusion to tell themselves they are not disconnected from everything, as they seek a sense of belonging and connection to their homeland.

[@Oyashiro_Chama]

They technically have voting rights by birth, as well as citizenship but through mental gymnastics claim North Korea is their home and refuse the rights given by birth, but than decide that they need them at a later point to push their agendas against Japan itself. Weird things. They also ignore all the open information of North Korea as well as fail to level with other issues that they push that harm the local and international image of Japan. I do feel for them being minorities but that only goes so far.

[@d11d77]

Right. It felt absurd for them to demand financial support and voting right when they openly show loyalty to another country. I guess it is complicated since they are discriminated but still wants to preserve their unique identity as Korean ethnicity.

[@Oyashiro_Chama]

@d11d77 i think it's a right to do all these things as an American, and Japan was forced to have most of these ideas. It doesn't mean they still haven't grown past racism and isolationist ideas yet. Even though the US has issues, it's much more willing. I wonder what the future really holds for NK , as an American working in Japan, watching the constant shitshow.

[@サマンサ-e8n]

They support Kim. And Kim launches missiles targeting Japan. This is why some of Japanese get mad at them. Actually these people have money and influence on some Japanese politicians. So this weird situation remain to be changed…. Why they have money? Because during occupation of Japan by the US, Japanese police officers cannot arrest them.😂😂😂 Some of my family’s estate was robbed by them after WW2.

[@travelleryu]

Funny thing is that 97% of Japanese Koreans have their roots in modern day South Korea. Also alot of them have relatives that migrated to North Korea from Japan in the 1960s and are probably suffering.

[@Nikhil_Tripathi_Japan]

私日本に住んでいるインド人ですが、この動画見てすごくびっくりしてるんですよ。 こんなに北朝鮮が好きやったら、もうずっとそこに住めばいいと思うんだけどね。 レポーターさんは何回も人権のことを聞こうとしたんだけど、それに答えず他のところを言い出したりして、そして日本のことも言ったりして完全に嫌ってるでしょ日本を、、、それでも住み続けてるっていうのはわけ分からない

[@PochiKSD]

When India was colonized by the British, the British placed the Anglo-Indian half-breeds and Sikhs as administrators of the society and let them rule over the majority Hindu population. The same thing is happening in postwar Japan. The US is using these Koreans to have them rule Japanese society. This is because they are hostile to Japan, and once they hold the center of Japanese society, they can easily pass the demands of their suzerain country, the US. In fact, many members of the Japanese Diet are rumored to be Koreans, and they still reign over Japan as a troublesome and privileged class.

[@通りすがりの愛媛県民]

日本語ウマスギ〜

[@みこがた]

静かに人気者になってるタイプの人が書く様な文章だ…親友3人くらいいそう｡

[@siliciumxsez4983]

@@SH-vh1tsIf they like North Korea so much, they should move from Japan. Same thing happens here in Latin America with communist Latinos who like Cuba.

[@deo7320]

ありがとう、真実を言ってくれて… 日本人も彼らから差別を受けてますし、こんな平和な日本という国に住むことができているのに、文句があるなら北朝鮮へ帰ればいい。 北朝鮮は今も日本へミサイルを撃ってくる。

[@iwastubed96]

What I'm getting is these are some very privileged Japan-born North Koreans who feel like outsiders in Japan. And when they visit their "homeland", they were provided with a very comfortable and welcoming visit, so that they were not exposed to the hardships of regular N Korean people. This makes them cling to their tight-knit community and defend it as well as their leaders, even if it means turning a blind eye to the human rights abuse in their "homeland".

[@masterkent1]

It's a delicious irony that the country they hate so much still treats them better than their homeland considering most North koreans cant even afford to live

[@shinobione2575]

Some of them are Japanese this shouldn’t be allowed at all

[@echung168]

I agree, I had a co-worker years ago who fled to China from N. Korea and now immigrated to the US. If it really was this paradise then so many people wouldn't be risking their lives leaving. These Japan-born N. Koreans "going back" to N. Korea for a visit would obviously be shown the sunshines and rainbows, not the hardships. It's like visiting a country for a few days/weeks and visiting a country for extended periods of time. (Though some YTers that have visited N. Korea might have been given some hospitality, it was still pretty doom and gloom.)

[@redpipola]

@@echung168 lol you eat propaganda like free candy

[@adaddypig2002]

You are so right, totally exposing the hypocrisy of these people

[@jorgossergeivich6088]

"What we saw in North Korea is quite different from what is reported, so it's not correct to call it brainwashing" This is about as narrow-minded as one can get. Every trip to North Korea is carefully planned by the regime to not show people the horrors that are going on there. Have they ever wondered why they're not allowed to roam freely around the country?

[@derek123wil0]

Because they are at war? Why do you act like things are a mystery. Use the internet. Jesus Christ

[@Cyan_Nightingale]

Even more ironic is why they speak this while they are living in comfortable Japan or other country? Why don't they live in North Korea? 😂 clearly he is a spy

[@ourpersonalonlinejournal5198]

@@derek123wil0 Well, at least we are allowed to view the internet....

[@4eignr]

@@derek123wil0 “war”

[@hargyd0n]

@@4eignrwhy say it like that? They lost 20% of their population, had the bubonic plague dropped on them & every building flattened by the US & its allies in the 1950s & only an armistice was signed. All of this after decades of colonial rule from Japan. The US practices war games with south Korea & Japan on the border of North Korea annually, the US illegally invades their airspace all the time & has placed the world’s biggest sanctions package on the nation that caused it to starve in the 1990s & is the reason it cannot trade with the outside world, did you know that? How do you expect a country to act when this is their current reality & history?

[@katerinafeiglova7886]

This is so weird. Being brainwashed while living in North Korea where you have no access to information is totally understandable. But being brainwashed while living in Japan, one of the most developed countries in the world is just shocking.

[@laf5537]

I think that about the white british kid (18yrs old or something) that was converted to an extremesit islamic ideology throughout covid. The kid was born and bred here, his parents werent islamic followers, but they got to him just through the web. He's now been charged with terror offences and sentenced to prison.

[@eshaybah5581]

also why are they teaching north korean culture and not south korean? if they really wanted that funding, they should teach the south korean culture where people actually have FREEDOM.

[@Official-OpenAI]

You can also say because Japan is the most developed countries, they have the freedom to teach children whatever they want.

[@Isl33p]

​@@eshaybah5581 South Korean government doesn't fund organizations. That's why they teach North Korean things. But there's a rival organization called 'Korean Residents Union in Japan' a.k.a 'Mindan' a similar organization but pro-South Korea. The problem with Mindan is that they were somewhat affiliated with Yakuza (organized crime gangs).

[@arianah8842]

They are pushed to it by the society. psychologically it makes sense. You are ostracized or made less than because of your identity then have a country who not only speaks your language and has your culture but also has someone who is considered essentially godlike, and can therefore be made to feel superior or at the very least equal to their Japanese counterparts.

[@mitraleo4169]

This video makes me so sad and angry at the same time. As a person who is living under the other big dictatorship, it baffles me how people cannot look past the propaganda, but at the same time it makes me so sad that these people believe this propaganda and are taking the freedom they have in Japan for granted. So many people from their homeland die every year just attempting to have half of their freedom.

[@hailstar007]

The less they know about their home country the more they yarn it................

[@sourgreendolly7685]

They're likely still under threat from the NK government in Japan. Not trying to excuse anything, just a reminder that NK defectors aren't completely safe and Japan is not that far away. You know what I mean? Also, if you grew up with that level of brainwashing, you'd likely struggle to see past it too. It's admitting that their entire lives and understanding of the world is a lie. This is definitely possible and people do it, but it's far from easy. Even people that have left cults can struggle with remnants of the brainwashing they learned within them after years because it's just that hard to shake.

[@PokeyMan69]

When you realize that most of the world is only half as smart as yourself, it all starts to make sense. Most humans are borderline retarded.

[@GodSaveTheUnitedStates]

What dictatorship are you currently living under?

[@hoodatdondar2664]

@@GodSaveTheUnitedStates prob China.

[@user-cv2hq4nx8r]

As a Japanese, I don't understand why they don't go back to their great homeland. After the war, the Japanese government carried out a large-scale repatriation project to repatriate Koreans living in Japan. They are the descendants of those who did not return at that time. People who live in Japan but reject Japan's obligations and demand rights such as the right to vote.

[@ねこ-m3]

その通りです…

[@funbeanniebunny963]

they know that they have better living in japan than in korea

[@サマンサ-e8n]

But they keep their nationality “Korea.” And when some say “Why don’t you choose to be Japanese?”, they got angry and say “it is discrimination!!” What the fuck? Some of them don’t hide hostility to Japan. “If you hate Japan, please go to your motherland”, I want to say.

[@rorychivers8769]

@@サマンサ-e8n If I came to Japan, I could learn the language, get a job, blend in as much as I can, but I could no more claim to be Japanese than I could claim to be a unicorn. It isn't because I hate Japan, it's because claiming to be something I am not is just retarded.

[@emmanuelechevarria9851]

I agree with you one hundred percent they don't like it then Japan go back to North Korea to me it looks like spies. They trying to destroy the Japanese... very careful enemies live inside a wall.. You can see a little especially when they drink a little too much. And they blaming the Japanese for bringing them nobody is holding them there

[@buckybarns5984]

If they don’t like japan anymore, I don’t see what stops them from leaving. If they want to go to South Korea or diffract north, no one is stopping them. As far as I see it, you live in japan, so you must abide by Japanese law. Sovereign citizens don’t exist there, or really anywhere anymore. Therefor if you don’t like what’s being preached in your country, don’t let the door hit you on the way out

[@iamnotaunicorn6285]

If you watch the whole video, you will hear the answers to your questions.

[@お節介じい]

When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Please observe the customs and lows of Japan.

[@granfalloon9848]

@@お節介じい If you kidnap a people and erase their hometown from the face of the earth, you don't get to fucking act surprised when they don't return to their non-existent homes.

[@moaianface]

Based

[@kimcheezy3433]

Are you dumb? They aren't Japanese citizens because Japan is a xenophobic country and revoked any Japanese nationality and citizenship rights to anyone Japanese Korea born in the country. Even though they were born there, speak Japanese and blend into society the government won't give them citizenship.

[@ajiken123]

People who just visited PyongYang for a few days don't know whole NK at all. PyongYang is a huge showcase for visitors. In this video, the lady Kawasaki who was born as a 2nd generation Korean in Japan and moved to NK and lived for over 40years, she is the only one who knows REAL North Korea.

[@zak6877]

Exactly, if they really wanted to see NK they should visit the countryside and see what they have to endure.

[@ysf-d9i]

Imagine getting a relative of an innocent black person who was killed by police brutality to talk about america and american police and using that as your only source and thinking you have a wholistic and unbiased view of america and police in america

[@mekko902]

@@ysf-d9i There are high ranking government officials that have escaped North Korea as well. Their attitudes are the same: the Kims are exploiting the country out of their own greed and fear for the survival of their regime.

[@shadowmaydawn]

@@ysf-d9i Except this isn't an isolated incident and there have been many such reports from people in Black communities.

[@realnoscope]

This is an insult to the countless people who have risked their lives to make it out of North Korea, or those that died trying.

[@azurecliff8709]

The Japanese earnestly desire that all Koreans in Japan return to the Korean peninsula.

[@mynamesplatinum]

@@azurecliff8709 why do you keep on saying that o-o Some Japanese love Korean and Korean culture! Foreign diplomacy just makes it difficult for Japanese and Korean people to see eye to eye in politics is all I literally have plenty-o' Korean kids at my school! No qualms here at least :)

[@realnoscope]

@@azurecliff8709 Your country will die without immigration.

[@jesseleeward2359]

It's kind of like that "not hate, heritage" argument.

[@StekTM1]

Millions of people try to imigrate from Central America to USA every year. Many of them die. Why would it be an insult?

[@pizzaslob7039]

It seems pretty simple, if they are so unhappy they can pack their bags and go to North Korea. I guarantee you that they would be crying and begging to go back to Japan after a few months.

[@randomuser3481]

As we all know, there is no such thing as immigration laws and anyone can just move where ever they please on a whim

[@xOgawa]

Exactly

[@randomuser3481]

@@xOgawa Ever heard of this thing called a residency permit? It is quite hard to get one there

[@xOgawa]

@@randomuser3481 Never heard of it, I don’t give a shit about North Korea

[@chriswiddajonathan8941]

Make that week or two, hahahahah. I doubt these chumps would last even a full month there.

[@TheBlueFlaming0]

I watched a KZbinr who was born and raised in North Korea but escaped and now settle down in Japan. He talks how much freedom he gained when he live in South Korea and Japan, and how grateful life it is. As a Chinese in Japan I won’t say they are right or wrong, but I know that freedom is a precious thing, especially escaped from a brainwashed environment at once.

[@TheBlueFlaming0]

And ppl who are from a brainwashed country but live in another country may have a kind of stereotype. They will think that the country where they are living is unkind, unfriendly place. So rather than saying pros and cons in this country, they tend to be more like a nationalist or something, living in a foreign country but still believing that brainwashing things are their faith. That’s why I can’t understand it.

[@wei10wei]

Chinese Communist Party rule is frightening. A Chinese friend of mine, who is fed up with China and has settled in Japan, says it is wonderful because Japan has freedom of speech and the right to know. In China, it is not unusual for people to go missing or be imprisoned if they criticize the regime.

[@R88ZY]

​@@wei10wei Bruh, stop faking that you're a foreigner. You literally have a username with pinyin in it.

[@wei10wei]

@@R88ZY That's shallow. I am a Japanese who has lived in Shanghai for a long time. I can speak Chinese, too.

[@TheBlueFlaming0]

@@MM-gt9uy why😂FR I hope some day I can visit your country

[@LowMike-e2d]

I am surprised by how generous Japanese government is for letting this kind of school exist on Japanese soil, that is really weird

[@kevinluh5086]

Tokyo is being too generous. The South Korean government would never tolerate this.

[@downtomars6268]

@@kevinluh5086 America and UK would censor these schools as well.

[@aspart2842]

@@kevinluh5086well no shit they are still at war

[@hashish2020]

​@@downtomars6268The US absolutely wouldn't.

[@holeeshi9959]

@@downtomars6268 American government actually can't censor them. 1st amendment is America's thing. but America will ABSOLUTELY not fund them. America has plenty of Russian and Chinese schools, but the only ones with Putin or Xi's face on the wall will be hosted in someone's basement.

[@emeraldbreeze5204]

They should return to their beautiful homeland of North Korea. Why do they stubbornly continue to live in Japan? That's the biggest contradiction.

[@mynamesplatinum]

Totally agree! If the people truly believe in the grand leaders of North Korea, they should be with them :D

[@みこがた]

彼等は「特別」になりたいだけだからだよ。彼等は日本での生活を手放すつもりはないが、周りの人間と違って自分たちは特別な存在であると思い込みたいんだ。

[@siliciumxsez4983]

Same as Communist Latinos who like Cuba

[@Ballerboithaone1]

@@SH-vh1tsthat’s a bs excuse. It still stands. If you love it so much go there and don’t live in Japan. It’s really that simple. If you hate Japan so much cuz if “discrimination” and all this. Go back to your ppl in North Korea and see how you fare. The older woman who escaped knows this from personal experience. You and these NK lovers should listen to her more closely.

[@santospaul8103]

They Zainichi Koreans, some of their generations have never stepped foot in North or South Korea they call Japan their home, back then the Japanese government helped open up these schools to get the Koreans outta of Japan and North Korea was willing to take them

[@carynmartin6053]

Omg, this kid didn't experience anything like the average poor north Korean citizen did, like so many independent reporters have been told about from the few that managed to escape and live to tell. This kid is either dreaming or he grew up privileged and has no idea what he's defending 😮

[@anoobiscooking1193]

Thats why they should be allowed to go to the place where they wud wanna go.

[@vitess]

The power of communism!

[@leechengsiang]

He is defending no more than an imagined place to call home.

[@crazysquriel]

Says the pasty white woman who has probably never been to Asia, much less Korea, MUCH less North Korea. You know how it is and definitely know more than this descendant of North Koreans over the topic of North Korea.

[@DouglasZanini]

North Korea vast body of evidence on human rights abuses and oppression is pretty undeniable at this point. That kid knows exactly whats going on. He's on the payroll. Thats his job. I guess there are no limits to the depths of one can reach for money.

[@pqfire0950]

As an immigrant myself I understand loving your homeland. I love my homeland too but I know that there's a dictator there that I could never support. This is a really bizarre situation happening and I feel like if they really hate Japan and feel that North Korea is the best place to be then they should try to just go there. I feel like most of them would regret it though, but sometimes a hard dose of reality is needed.

[@dark6c159]

its like building schools of taliban or ISIS in the middle of NYC.

[@heymayday8761]

are you from russia? cuz i'm from here too and currently living in it (sadly) and i do NOT support the current president

[@pqfire0950]

@@heymayday8761 Not russia haha, central america. Im sorry you are in a bad situation, hopefully things get better.

[@justsaying9006]

There is nothing wrong about seeking to preserve your own cultural roots, but why it has to be so politisized? They speak about 'corean' culture, what about South Corea then? And what about all that history and cultural heritage of dynasties etc Before the dectatorship, why focusing on that one figure?

[@htsaul1569]

They definitly shoudn't go for North Korea. Heck, I don't wish even for my enemies this suffering.

[@Yutaro-Yoshii]

I love that you took the full advantage of the gaijin card. I can imagine it'd be difficult for local reporters to investigate this far without getting labeled socially.

[@newsdigest375]

Gaijin is not a good word.

[@Yutaro-Yoshii]

@@newsdigest375 I'm fully aware that some people use this word with bad intention. But this phrase "gaijin card" comes from my friends who live in Japan as foreigners. It is used to express the situation when foreigners sneakily take advantage of their social labeling as gaijin. For example, you can use your gaijin card to avoid NHK subscription fee collectors, or avoid unwanted social contact by pretending to not be able to speak Japanese.

[@ubcroel4022]

@@purplesage993 Gringo just means white man lmao, nothing that bad.

[@virousgen5838]

@@ubcroel4022 When South Americans use the word Gringo it can be used in a negative way. It's stupid when people jump to conclusions by focusing on a word the way they think they know and ignoring context. Obviously OP isn't using 'gaijin' in a negative way, but you can't stop sensitive people playing the race card, twisting the words and blowing things out of proportion. This is a common tactic used by mainland Chinese trolls or the lesser educated trolls(not just mainlanders) to create hatred on the internet, because they don't know or have limited info/rl experience(can't blame them), they are conditioned this way since young so they can't really help it. It's pointless to confront them because they are narrow minded/stubborn and won't take another answer. The only hope is for them to one day have an epiphany on their own, there's no forcing it no matter how many truths or logic or reasonable counterargument you throw at them.

[@bl33p-bl0rp5]

@@ubcroel4022 depends where you are in the world. The term is suggestive to foreigner or strictly a USA citizen.

[@ogc3748]

They seem to be more comfortable speaking Japanese than Korean. And as a native Korean speaker, I can't help but notice that even the teachers in the Korean school seem to be speaking a distorted variant of Korean, which sounds very foreign and sometimes incomprehensible to Korean ears. At one point (8:00), when the young girls were answering in Korean, I had to look at the subtitles to understand what they were saying, because their pronunciation was all over the place. The students also generally had a poor command of it. I feel sad for them, honestly. North Koreans, who strongly value racial purity, will never accept them as true Koreans. If they actually decide to move to North Korea for some reason, they'll probably face discriminations worse than they did in Japan. They don't consider Japan their home. Yet they are blissfully unaware of the fact that North Korea definitely does not want them, and that they are already more Japanese than Korean.

[@ogc3748]

​@@AndrewYonkie As a linguistics enthusiast, I am intrigued by their language. As a Korean, I am very moved by the fact that they are trying so hard to preserve their Korean heritage. However, the dark truth is that North Korea doesn't really care about them, and is only interested in using them as a propaganda outlet. North Korea considered Zainichi Koreans more Japanese than Korean and systematically discriminated them *two generations ago.* They will never be accepted by North Korea, nor will they every feel like home in Japan. A tragedy.

[@jessbest3151]

That's very interesting and sad

[@kaede_yuna]

As a Japanese, I don't want to take the side of Japan and agree on what we have done to Koreans in general but this time I have to say that this really is a selfish behavior of those, who practise it and believe in this ideology. If they are so much against Japan and want to resist the government, why don't they emigrate to (North) Korea but instead insist on coming back to Japan. Yes I am sorry that they have to experience such hardship and obstacles in their every day life but they brought a major part of it by themselfs by staying in the country/not adopting the local rules.

[@kimcheezy3433]

Coming back? Babe. You realize they are desendends of slave laborers brought over by Japanese slavors? If you really were well informed you would know most Zainichi are not part of this group and instead live as a Japanese person.

[@poplix2704]

As a complete and utter outsider, I agree. If they aren't happy with Japan's government, but they do like North Korean government/leaders, they should go there instead of Japan. Its a logical conclusion from reasoning.

[@threezero4491]

Action speak louder then word, they prefer japan more then korea.

[@auroraborealis4878]

Do you agree though that they’re not adopting the local rules and customs bc they are already persecuted and isolated by the majority population?

[@alembess9129]

Yeah, they like North Korea? Live there! You are right.

[@purgatorysystem2126]

This whole situation is unfortunate. The school is not teaching the reality behind North Korea. Meanwhile, the understandable anger towards these schools are misdirected with discrimination, which likely reinforces the misguided beliefs through alienation. Nobody is at peace here. But after hearing the woman's 40 yr nightmarish tale, I think the "let people choose where they want to live" is too simplistic and lacking the compassion needed to enable change. These people should be educated, not ridiculed.

[@jesssc402]

Honestly, they should go back to North Korea and put their money where their mouths are. Supporting a regime that threatens the freedom that they enjoy is absurd

[@augusth8212]

During 1910-1945 Korea was not colonized but Japan was colonized. Authorites in Japan exploited people of Japan, and invested most of the money to develop/educate/modernize Korea (and Manchuria and Taiwan). Sequence (and covered facts) behind those goes back 400 years, 700 years or 1400 years...

[@slowcuber_aze]

​@@augusth8212 I thought, Japan was colonized since 46 till 53

[@Gnasheress]

You can’t help someone who doesn’t want to be helped.

[@leeshybaby9541]

If they go move to North Korea they'll get educated real quick

[@もちもち-h3b]

17:00この女性の話すことが本当なら今すぐに北朝鮮に住めばいいのに。その暖かくていい人達に囲まれながら生きていくのが幸せなんだと思うよ。 差別されながら嫌いな日本に住み続ける必要なんて😊無いよ。

[@kpopfam9849]

@@ポールグリーン-q5x im pretty sure she was being sarcastic

[@うんこプリニツカヤ]

こう言うのを洗脳と言うんですよね 何人もの脱北者が韓国や日本や世界中に居て人権侵害を訴えてるのにそのことに目を向けない そんなに良いなら移住でもしたら？と草生えますよww

[@oc-ek3mlpguft]

netouyo...

[@1234kingconan]

Imagine living in Japan and being loyal to N Korea while prospering in a capitalist country. How blind do you have to be.

[@mynamesplatinum]

The video looks like it was recorded at a basically secluded rural area. Japan does have a lot of those :l

[@jilianemorales2074]

They have the best of both worlds-believing in communism’s virtues while living a comfortable capitalist nation life.

[@akaRyuka]

@@mynamesplatinum ? that was Kyoto

[@mynamesplatinum]

@@akaRyuka and Kyoto is not a big metropolis like Tokyo 😄

[@yin6287]

​@@mynamesplatinum Kyoto has a population of 1.46 million people and is the 9th most populated city in Japan. They have more population than San Francisco in 2022 (808k people). How is that small?

[@wealthiness]

The craving for belonging is so strong that many don't see the bads as long as it means they feel welcome.

[@Ramses060784]

That apply to everything

[@deadby15]

We now consider the Medieval society brutal and unjust, but prolly back in those days people just thought it was just normal. Likewise, people in the future will be appalled at the utter injustice and cruelty our society takes for granted now.

[@UnShredded]

Wow, you managed to put one feature of human nature in words.

[@casioak1683]

Ironically they stay in Japan rather than move into North Korea, lol

[@parikhan6599]

@@casioak1683 exactly!! Celebrating one's cultural roots is significant but why celebrate terrorists? And if they love their 'leaders' so much why do they live in a democratic country? This is similar to the islamic mindset. They don't want other religions thrive in their countries but brazenly impose their religion in western countries

[@guyklc]

What I find interesting is that even though this school emphasizes that the students are North Koreans at heart, so many of these Zainichi Koreans speak in Japanese, and it's pretty clear to me that many of them speak better Japanese than Korean.

[@oliveryt7168]

Well, as I understood, most were born and raised in Japan...

[@guyklc]

@@oliveryt7168 Right. So they were born and raised in Japan, speak Japanese as their native tongue, etc. Yet, they insist they are Korean by nationality and culture. That's precisely what's ironic and messed up about the whole thing.

[@macroxela]

@@guyklc it's definitely a messed up situation. What Aramaki said about them being gaijin is unfortunately quite common even outside of right-wing circles. This leads to a lot discrimination, both subtle and overt. Because of this, Zainichi Koreans struggle to integrate. And then comes the North Korean regime to support them. It's basically like an abusive family member protecting you from bullies. They have to pick between bad choices.

[@Melcor2304]

@@macroxela unless they wake up their idea and choose to support South Korea, and hopefully the South can provide funding.

[@yokelengleng]

​@@Melcor2304 wake up their idea? Are you Singaporean? This phrase sounds Singaporean

[@r96399]

My korean-japanese friends have gotten into fights with north korean students before... they told me how aggressive the north korean kids are. My friends retain a strong and deep connection to their korean heritage and adapts seamlessly with japanese culture as well. They can go anywhere in the world and make friends and thrive. I personally think that's a great gift to have (being able to bond with other people and other culture)

[@sourgreendolly7685]

To be fair, that can be a sign of trauma as well. Not supporting NK, just adding some context to aggressive behavior.

[@azurecliff8709]

The Japanese earnestly desire that all Koreans in Japan return to the Korean peninsula.

[@mynamesplatinum]

@@azurecliff8709 hmm... I'm sure fine with North Koreans living here :D I'm even fine with their extremist ideals-- if they don't cause a ruckus about it! Just b chill and we can all live together eh?

[@michaelusswisconsin6002]

Korean-Japanese are always welcomed to visit the US. 👍

[@raibyo]

It's really ironic that everytime the interviewer ask about North Korea's human rights violations, these people just point fingers at other places in the world instead of denying or actually giving an answer. Like "what about this country, what about XYZ", they're also doing the same thing", as if it's ok to do it when you're not the only one. Even more ironic that they have a chance to go to South Korea or North Korea yet stay in Japan and continue to say these things.

[@redsky7100]

As a Korean living in South Korea, I don't support Korean school in Japan worshipping the worst dictator North Korean regime. I don't feel any connection to them even though they speak the same language.

[@limmyk4943]

it baffles me how they associate with the North instead of the South..

[@stevenbaksh5545]

Interesting do you feel the same about North Korean defectors do you feel a connection to them?

[@Han-mj3lt]

@@stevenbaksh5545I ain’t her but North Korean defectors risked their lives to go South. If they leave their propaganda behind, they are South Koreans.

[@yoosanglee]

​@@stevenbaksh5545 Korean society does not accept those idiots worshiping North Korean leaders.( some 'leftists' in South Korea think highly of the North Korean leaders and defend the North Korean regime, but not many.) Japan is more tolerant of them than South Korea. If someone teaches such a curriculum in Korea, he will face criminal charges for violating the National Security Law. North Korean defectors are generally against North Korean regime, so South Korean society generally embraces them well.

[@loispyeun]

@@limmyk4943 not defending these people but north Korea and south Korea are very culturally different at this point. north koreans and south koreans are practically different people in all but blood in every aspect. they are physically different, they have different dialect, they have different thinking. south koreans and north koreans no longer feel connected to one another, and the gap is only growing. most young south koreans these days don't care about reunification.

[@annnee6409]

I admire Eiko Kawasaki for what she has gone through and suing the North Korean government.

[@zheyuezhao456]

How is this allowed to exist in Japan? That is shocking. This is like if there is a Al Qaeda high school in the US.

[@sadfit5518]

I live in Japan but I didn’t even know there was a kind of brainwashing school existing here😂

[@atomic_bomba]

The students from the Korean school are not making bombs or killing other people, much unlike the Islamists. Comparing DPRK to those savages is a little silly.

[@Shanaoh]

Japan has it’s pros and cons but at the end of the day, Japan is a democracy and under the Japanese constitution, everyone has the right to free speech. While I don’t agree with what they’re teaching, I believe that it should not be in anyone’s power to take that right away from them.

[@okanelover]

@@sadfit5518same, i never thought these schools existed

[@Kamikazekims]

what you forget is in America even if you don't like it Al Qaeda could easily open a private school and teach it's ideas to the students. I'm sure the government would put them on some kind of government watch list but still it's full in there legal right to operate such activities in America.

[@user-ug8fu3rg3g]

I'm Japanese living in Europe, and I'm not a racist. However, I'm totally against for subsidizing North Korean schools being existed in Japan which are close to North Korea. The city where I used to live has a North Korean school, and I made a femal friend who went to the school. We met in an afterschool activity school, and she said if students talk Japanese inside the North Korean school, teachers are mad at them and scold them because Japan is a hostile country. I still remember that I was totally shocked to hear about it. She also visited North Korea because of her school activity. If North Korens really like their country, please move to North Korea.

[@xudongtang2763]

Your last statement is the definition of Racist tho...

[@sirphantoon6731]

​@@xudongtang2763 You are right in the sense that people who say that phrase are often racists, but I think from the context provided here it's not racist. It's just being said that people who see the country they live in as the enemy while worshipping their home, should just leave. Of course it's not as black and white in reality but I don't think the commenter or the statement inherently is racist.

[@Sean-gio2]

I think this is a question of freedom of speech and thought. Is it lawful to live in Japan while "hating" Japan? Or only people who love Japan can live in Japan? You don't need to ask the reason why they should hate Japan while living there but not move to NK, they at least have a right to exist and that is just what a democracy is. You don't tell people how they should think and feel.

[@ronbintscatco]

@@Sean-gio2 Here in the US, we don't grant them visas and let them live here unless they pretend to like it and fool immigration services. Often if they're found out, we dummy up some reason to arrest and deport them or try to use them as counterintelligence spies. The way around this is to be born here. Which is not an option for foreigners in Japan.

[@tams805]

@@xudongtang2763 It's not as a country is not a race.

[@ワタシわ]

なんで日本に住むの？ 単純に気になるだけ 住むのが大変なら北に帰ればいい話だし、、、 辛い思いしてまで日本に住むことないと思うよ？

[@お節介じい]

それは日本人なら誰でも抱く素朴な疑問。이것은 일본인이면 누구든지 품는 소박한 의문.

[@Sheskuno]

ほんとにそれ〜、日本を乗っ取ろうとしてるのかもねはは

[@rudranilghosh2187]

I am Indian. I respect Japan.

[@rudranilghosh2187]

@@お節介じい We have to fight the Communism.

[@user-bf5jh6rx6o]

スパイとか密輸とかするのに必要なんじゃない？

[@st.constantinus8140]

학교에 김씨 일가 사진 걸려있는거 역겹네! 북한이 그렇게 좋으면 북한으로 돌아가라 일본에서 안정되고 부유한 생활을 즐기면서 가난한 북한을 찬양하는게 정말 이해가 안되고 혐오스럽다

[@bizzybapcrodie]

​@𝐊𝐢𝐦 𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐔𝐧 Bro think he funny 😹😹

[@arlene8938]

Throw them back to north korea!!!

[@ほぐ-q9h]

その通りです

[@lacity8701]

Exactly!間違いない☝️

[@davidjacobs8558]

더욱 웃기는건, 대다수의 재일교포들이, 2차대전때 일본으로 강제로 끌려간 사람들과 그들의 후손들이 아니라는 사실. 일본에 강제로 끌려가 막노동하던 조선인들은, 해방 직후 죄다 한국으로 돌아왔고, 또 일제시대 일본에 돈벌러 자발적으로 들어간 조선인들도 많았는데, 이들은 일본에 머물고 싶어했는데도 일본이 강제로 쫒차내던 시절이었씀. 대표적인 예가 이명박 가족. 그러면 재일들은 뭐냐고? 그들 대다수는 해방이후, 일본이 경제가 부흥하니까, 돈벌려고 밀항 밀입국한 사람들. 특히 제주도 출신이 많았고, 김정은 애미가 그 대표적 케이스. 이렇게 제주도에서 사라진 사람들이 또 4.3 사건때 학살당해서 없어졌다고 우기고 있고. 일본에서는 자기들이 해방이전에 일본에 끌려왔다고 거짓말로 우기고 있고. 완전 복마전임. 제주도 에서 4.3 사건이 발생한것도, 제주도에 빨갱이들이 많았기 때문이고, 그들이 일본에가서도 빨갱이짓 하고 조총련에 가입하고, 북송사업때 적극적으로 북조선으로 넘어간거지.

[@jakekim2104]

일본의 안정되고 안락한 생활은 즐기고 싶은데 북한의 사상을 찬양하는 모순 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 그리고 설령 한민족에 대한 염원이 있다면 남한으로 망명하거나 하면 될 일….정 북한을 따르고 싶으면 북한 가서 살아야 하지 않나?? 이것도 아니고 저것도 아니고 일본 입장에선 싫어하는게 너무나 당연함

[@davidjacobs8558]

더욱 웃기는건, 대다수의 재일교포들이, 2차대전때 일본으로 강제로 끌려간 사람들과 그들의 후손들이 아니라는 사실. 일본에 강제로 끌려가 막노동하던 조선인들은, 해방 직후 죄다 한국으로 돌아왔고, 또 일제시대 일본에 돈벌러 자발적으로 들어간 조선인들도 많았는데, 이들은 일본에 머물고 싶어했는데도 일본이 강제로 쫒차내던 시절이었씀. 대표적인 예가 이명박 가족. 그러면 재일들은 뭐냐고? 그들 대다수는 해방이후, 일본이 경제가 부흥하니까, 돈벌려고 밀항 밀입국한 사람들. 특히 제주도 출신이 많았고, 김정은 애미가 그 대표적 케이스. 이렇게 제주도에서 사라진 사람들이 또 4.3 사건때 학살당해서 없어졌다고 우기고 있고. 일본에서는 자기들이 해방이전에 일본에 끌려왔다고 거짓말로 우기고 있고. 완전 복마전임. 제주도 에서 4.3 사건이 발생한것도, 제주도에 빨갱이들이 많았기 때문이고, 그들이 일본에가서도 빨갱이짓 하고 조총련에 가입하고, 북송사업때 적극적으로 북조선으로 넘어간거지.

[@AHNKUK]

사이비 종교인들이죠. 이것은 사상과 국적의 문제가 아닙니다. 그들에게 주체사상과 선군정치, 김씨 왕조는 종교이고 신앙의 영역인 것입니다.

[@staninjapan07]

I worked in one of these schools about 21 years ago, for just a couple of months. The thing I remember more than anything is the amount of cigarettes the teachers smoked in the staff room and the amount of shouting they did at the kids. Strangely, they didn't even seem to be shouting out of anger. It was as though it was just the way they communicated. They were friendly enough with me, and the kids were friendly, if somewhat reticent to speak, but that was likely due to the kids having too little confidence in their English (and my having only beginner's Japanese at the time). Don't often think about that time nowadays, but this was a nice reminder.

[@azurecliff8709]

The Japanese earnestly desire that all Koreans in Japan return to the Korean peninsula.

[@staninjapan07]

All Koreans? All North Koreans? I have no reason to believe that the former is true, though the latter may be. @@azurecliff8709

[@tomjohnson5191]

Irony is they probably don’t want to live in N Korea.

[@lindas4380]

I'm a Korean-American and heavily agree with the top comment here. Conforming to the country you live in and aligning yourself to the cultural standards there are what's key to being accepted. If these North Koreans here want to be accepted and get funding, why don't they try to open their boundaries to the Japanese? I'm sure Japanese people would be much less hostile if these North Koreans would move away from what is a flawed regime. You can't demand something from the government that you consider an enemy, or demand things from a society you refuse to involve yourself in.

[@minecrafter7343]

You're missing the context that these people are survivors of a genocide by the Japanese Empire during WW2 and unlike Germany, there was no widespread recognition in Japan of the crimes perpetrated against Koreans. Furthermore, Japanese continued to regard Koreans even after the war as outsiders who were not and never would be welcome in Japan. This did not start to change until the 1980s when South Korea changed from a nationalist dictatorship to a more open country and Japan began doing business with them.

[@FransceneJK98]

Exactly. They should go move to NK then if they love it so much.

[@kevinluh5086]

@@minecrafter7343 It's the Korean government's responsibility to take care of Koreans. People need to grow up.

[@User_37821]

I respect Germany not backstabbing j****

[@MUZUKUN-YT]

@@kevinluh5086 You have to note that North Korea does business with various countries, but ever since the sanctions, the businesses outside of their country has gotten weaker. I honestly don't see any problem with things like this. If that's the case, you might as well say goodbye to freedom of information. Practically, it's good that Japan is keeping these schools up, as it's our only source for information on North Korea as misinformation about North Korea is no doubtly everywhere.

[@coconut3248]

옛날 조선학교 관계자가 일본인 납치에 관여하거나 조선학교 전 교장이 각성제 밀수에 관여한 사건이 있었습니다. 지금 일본 바다에 미사일 발사하는 북한을 찬양하는 학교가 일본에 있는 의미를 이해할 수 없다.

[@Robespierre-lI]

I'm very surprised that Japan hasn't done more to control this community.. It seems dangerous to national security and very uncharacteristic to Japanese culture (where uniformity is a strong value.). I have two guesses why Joseon school and this commujities'ties to Pyongyang are allowed to continue: - Japanese national shame about imperial Japan's atrocities in Korea makes it politically difficult to even talk about this community. As you know, this habit of avoiding the shame of the Japanese past is a VERY string part of their culture. They would rather show the world how modern and peaceful they are instead. - it's also possible that this community is kept as a resource for indirect communications to North Korea, including espionage. Getting just one good spy out of the Joseon school every few years could be worthwhile. I am sure you know how crucial spies have been to get information about what's happening inside North Korea.

[@juanandreas97]

in the past , japan ciolonize korea and need atonement

[@davidjacobs8558]

더욱 웃기는건, 대다수의 재일교포들이, 2차대전때 일본으로 강제로 끌려간 사람들과 그들의 후손들이 아니라는 사실. 일본에 강제로 끌려가 막노동하던 조선인들은, 해방 직후 죄다 한국으로 돌아왔고, 또 일제시대 일본에 돈벌러 자발적으로 들어간 조선인들도 많았는데, 이들은 일본에 머물고 싶어했는데도 일본이 강제로 쫒차내던 시절이었씀. 대표적인 예가 이명박 가족. 그러면 재일들은 뭐냐고? 그들 대다수는 해방이후, 일본이 경제가 부흥하니까, 돈벌려고 밀항 밀입국한 사람들. 특히 제주도 출신이 많았고, 김정은 애미가 그 대표적 케이스. 이렇게 제주도에서 사라진 사람들이 또 4.3 사건때 학살당해서 없어졌다고 우기고 있고. 일본에서는 자기들이 해방이전에 일본에 끌려왔다고 거짓말로 우기고 있고. 완전 복마전임. 제주도 에서 4.3 사건이 발생한것도, 제주도에 빨갱이들이 많았기 때문이고, 그들이 일본에가서도 빨갱이짓 하고 조총련에 가입하고, 북송사업때 적극적으로 북조선으로 넘어간거지.

[@Roadent1241]

Why were they kidnapping Japanese though? Just random people?

[@トド-f7i]

@@Roadent1241日本人から日本語を学んでスパイ育成をしていました。日本人以外にもイタリア人や韓国人も拉致をされました。

[@パンダリーベン]

在日を完全な外国人とは思わないし、人柄的に何か違うとも思わんけど、日本を否定したり日本に対して反体制的な教育をするのにお金を出してくれというのは、少なくとも民主主義国家では難しい

[@みこがた]

でもそのおかげで日本人は彼等の様な存在があると学べる。今みたいに表で晒し続けるために放置してるんだと思うよ。

[@Dolimp_]

@nileshmishra6518日本が帝国時代に行っているとされた数々の問題は、未だ情報が曖昧なもの、真偽が不明なものが多く、中立的な立場で物事を教える必要のある学校教育においてはあまり掘り下げることができないというのが現状だと思います。

[@Dolimp_]

@nileshmishra6518 ドイツと日本は当時置かれていた状況が違いますから、その後の道が異なるのは当然です。ドイツは世界の中心であったヨーロッパで戦火を拡大させ、日本はそこから離れた植民地、発展途上国が多くを占めるアジアで戦火を拡大させました。ドイツはユダヤ人という“欧州人”を大量に殺害したため、第二次世界大戦の戦勝国の中心は西欧諸国、ソ連で、当時はまだ人種差別的な考えもあったでしょうから、アジア人を殺したとされる日本よりも厳しく裁かれ、その後も厳しい責任を追及されるはずです。もしアジアの中国や韓国がその当時の列強のような存在、世界の中心であったら、今、日本はドイツのような思想教育がなされていると思いますが、日本は西欧的な国であるアメリカに占領され、教育もGHQにより統制されていたために、そのような教育がされず、尚且つ日本は超保守的な国民性、国家ですから、現在まで変化もしないわけです。戦争犯罪について私はある程度真実だと思っており、申し訳なく思っていますが、日本の対中、対韓感情は良いとは言えないため、それらに欺瞞が含まれていると感じてしまうのも現状です。

[@あまがみ-u1t]

@falcon_224Wikipediaをあまり信じないほうがいいですよ。

[@cman8995]

@falcon_224 Are they really in "denial" when they are allowing and paying for North Korean school that are teaching radical ideologies, and they can't really pull out from the deal, or tell them to not indoctrinate kids because it is a form of a reparation? That's way more than what America did in return for enslaving Africans, or British for colonizing other countries. Or is Japan still being labeled as "in denial" because they aren't paying reparations in the way that satisfies western ideology (even though they really aren't the victim).

[@misandmis23]

I'm not entirely certain if translating 朝鮮 (cho-sen) to "Korea" is accurate, as many people in Japan may interpret it as referring specifically to North Korea in this case. I don't see any issues with having Korean schools in Japan; however, it is problematic if these schools teach North Korean national ideology, which goes against Japan's fundamental principles. If these schools are seeking financial support from the Japanese government, it becomes even more important for them to adhere to local systems and laws, similar to American schools in Japan.

[@brokelaowaiinchina]

Yep. In Chinese 朝鲜 means North Korea too, and 韩国 South Korea.

[@felipechaves6100]

It is a tricky situation, but if they were teaching korean kids with Japanese textbooks, I’m sure they would gloss over all the war crimes japan committed in Korea and other countries. While their own books might have their own flavor of propaganda (as every country), being able to show these kids exactly why their ancestors were brought to japan is very important imo. If Japan doesn’t want to support korean schools, maybe think twice before launching a colonialism campaign full of war crimes 🤡

[@candicetran9620]

​@@felipechaves6100 I argee KOREAN SHOOL IS FOR KOREAN kids. So they can learn their cultures, their roots, their language. BUT SHOULD BE PLUS CLASS ONLY. CLASS ABOUT KOREAN LAGUAGE, CLASS OF KOREAN CULTURES & TRADIONAL DANCE!! But in daily they should HAVE TO LEARN BY JAPAN LANGUAGE. Because theyre born & raise in JAPAN AS THIRD & FOUR GENERATION ALREADY!! AND THEYRE SURE LIVING HERE, NOT GO BACK TO NORTH KOREA. Theyre holding JAPAN NATIONAL CARD. No one say they cant have KOREAN SCHOOL FOR KOREAN KIDS. But their should study & learn by Japan language because it NATION LANGUAGE. KOREAN CLASS SHOULD BE PLUS CLASS FOR STUDENT. Example, study by JAPAN LANGUAGE IN MORNING & Korean class in afternoon.

[@tamenobukuji7732]

@@felipechaves6100 韓国人は日本に対する残虐行為を、600年続けて来た事を忘れてるみたいですけど、なぜ日本事だけ覚えておかなければいけないんですか？ 日本が韓国人による残虐行為を教育し始めたら、日本と韓国の関係がどうなるかあなたは理解できてますか？

[@candicetran9620]

​@@felipechaves6100 Last, WHAT JAPAN DID TO KOREA IS BADLY WRONG & INHUMANITY. But this is the wars - who bigger, stronger who win. In the past - humans is still bargains & brutal & uncivilian. SOUTH KOREAN WAS LAP DOG OF US. Theyre send thoundsand soldiers help US KILL, RAPE, BURN MANY INNOCENT VIETNAM VILLAGERS & Farmers. IT BRUTAL JUST SAME WHAT JAPAN DID TO KOREAN. Now SOUTH KOREA STILL BLOODY HATEFUL JAPAN FOR WHAT JAPAN DID TO KOREAN. BASE ON THIS, SOUTH KOREA OWM VIETNAMESE PPL TOO, SO EVERY YEARS THEY SHOULD BOW DOWB APOLOGY?? THEY SHOULD TEACH THEIR OWN PPL HOW BAD & Cruetly their older generation did to others ppl too?? IM NOT SAY THIS TO BLAME SOUTH KOREA. I just explain, what did in the past is HISTORY & NO ONE CAN CHANGE IT. All we need to care is recent & now!! These ppl is NORTH KOREAN by blood & roots. They have right to learn their language & cultures. But they also need realize theyre livin in JAPAN - Not Norty korea.

[@Y-pk6ki]

As a Japanese, i feel l a little bit scared to see such a school really existing near our houses. They tend to complain about being abused or being faced with racism but for me we seem too generous… for those who really want to fit with our cultures, we can offer the same thing as we do to Japanese but if they don’t, there’s no need to support them isn’t it?

[@kevinluh5086]

Tokyo is being way too generous. These North Koreans can be a great danger to Japanese citizens. The North Korean government hates Japanese, and they will teach North Korean children to kill Japanese. SMH

[@NDE108]

You are right to feel the way that you do.

[@kamiiwave]

I'm not attacking, I'm just curious, I promise. stories like this made me give up from studying international relationships because I couldn't deal with the pain from empathy. I'm asking this as a gaijin who is trying to understand. how Japan could improve their quality of life and what they can do to make them being accepted by Japanese society? I was thinking a lot about, I'm sorry to say like that, the imperial who invaded Korea, and the horror made by those people from the past, and the interviewer saying they want a place to call home. how can both countries make peace? I've seen some South Korean opinions but I've never been answered by a Japanese. i would be really thankful if you could give me an insight about this issue.

[@Y-pk6ki]

@@kamiiwave thank u for replying. I’m not specialized in this area but that’s my answer to you. I’d be grateful if it’d be helpful for your future study. First of all, I wanna make it clear that those schools are for North Korea ppl in Japan not for South Korea ppl. And what they’ve been taught there was almost a part of propaganda which contradicts facts and history. Also what North Korea have been doing against us are really scary ofc unacceptable. Nonetheless we support those schools financially so we don’t like those schools and their attitudes. If they should choose ordinary schools and be educated as well as other Japanese to fit in our society, we’d be more open to accepting them as well as other immigrants.

[@meçicareca67]

​@@Y-pk6kiWhat does North Korea do for Korea? I live in Brazil on the other side of the world, I don't understand 

[@ClarenceTan92]

I think it's pretty ridiculous to ask for funding and not give in to their demands. Negotiation is a give and take thing. You can't be demanding everything and expecting the other party give in to your every demand. I think it is a good compromise to funding given if what they want is to teach extra "Korean" curricular on top of the regular curriculum of Japanese schools. Then they should be given all right to funding. However what they are asking for is funding for a curriculum not approved and they are unwilling to even bulge.

[@ManachanJapan]

THIS. They could just make extra classes about North Korea

[@kevinluh5086]

Tokyo really should deport all of them back to North Korea.

[@sixseven350]

I'm Japanese and I agree with your suggestion. If it is based on the Japanese curriculum, I have no complaints.

[@bertr6741]

if Japan would give in to their demands, they might praise the Kims for their success..

[@HK-nm4pk]

You don't get the gist of the problem here. If it was just the matter of teaching North Korean propaganda or not, I'd agree with you. However, Japan denies its colonial crimes and teaches a version of history that is 'convenient' for them. So when the Japanese government is demanding that the school conform to Japanese curriculum, it is basically saying that the school teach their version of history, the one that covers up how atrocious Japanese colonization was. That is not a possible compromisation to any Korean.

[@maisnamraju5142]

just curious as to why they don't want to move back to Korea if they are so emotionally attached to it ?

[@mynamesplatinum]

ikr! Japan isn't stopping Koreans from going back lol Japan is pretty comfortable though... I can tell

[@kalvon]

Same reason as to why you see a patriotic Turkish dude in Germany. Living in Germany is way better than if you live in Turkey itself. While still being proud of your ancestry. But in our case here, Korea was split into 2. This is the part where delusional comes into place. It's really hard to explain since I'm not really good at explaining but I'll explain as best as I can. There are so many ways that this can go, one that I can confidently say that I agree with is when you're proud of your ancestry. Sometimes you want to be a little bit different. Different than the others. Notice how these Koreans find the violation of human rights in north Korea "justified"? Like, in their eyes. While you're looking at the dark side of north Korea, why don't you look at the bright side of it? But the thing is with this pov, south korea is a successful country with their human rights being protected while still being ethnically pure Korean. Why don't they just choose to be this type of Korean, the hanguk? Most of the "Choson" in japan are delusional Koreans who think that North Korea deserves more than what they got. And of course, not all Koreans in Japan believe in North Korea agendas. It's only a minority.

[@mikiohirata9627]

I was born in post war outskirts of Tokyo in 1947. Yes I did witness some Korean people being discriminated around me as there were quite a bit of animosities between Japanese and Korean adults in the community where I lived. I felt very conflicted and confused in the situations like that since I had no problem mingling with their Korean children and my mother says anything disparaging or discriminating of Korean people. However It was obvious they were separated from ordinary Japanese community by where they'd set up their house /shacks. Inside the river dikes near the river where it could be flooded and washed away if there was a storm or flush flood not that it happened a lot but even 8 or so year old I could tell it was not an ideal place for a house hold. My dearest friend was 2 years older than me and he was very kind and helped me cope with bullies since I was small. A few years later he said his family is going back to (North ) Korea. He was 15 years old I was really crushed that my best friend whom I considered more of my brother than the real ones. But kids don't make the decisions so up he went with his family. Only later i found out they chose to go back to North since they had relative there. some years past and I started reading /hearing about what happened to returnees like my friend's family. How they are discriminated once they went back HOME that they are spies or spoilers of western corruptions etc. etc. I was crushed the second time thinking how terrible it must have been to my friend and his family after all that. Jump to now, I'm an expat living in the US and removed from today's situations of North Korean and Japanese relations as clearly as someone living in Japan. However After watching this documentary I'd like for Japanese government to send these Korean school students to live in home stay programs in North Korea even for 2-3 wks to see reality is different from rose color tinted North Korean government propaganda situations. I'm certain that the citizens there for the most part are wonderful kind hearted people as long as they could get hold of the essentials and food. Then we should ask them what they really think when they come back to safe haven of Japan. Brain washing can be done anywhere very easily as long as this double standard schooling systems are allowed to continue. That's the peril of democratic governments that touts freedom of ideas/expressions and associations. It's a double edge sward politically.

[@dustycarrier4413]

The issue is that anyone sent to Korea as part of a "homestay" program is neither guaranteed to return, nor guaranteed to get a picture of reality.

[@deidradahl2802]

The sanctions have everything to do with North Korea's suffering. The same with Cuba, and many other countries the USA has invaded. What would happen if Korea had united and remained as one country? It would be a very prosperous country just like Vietnam, a peaceful prosperous communist/ socialists country

[@faxmachine5306]

@@deidradahl2802 Why not ask the South Korean people whether they want to be reunited with the North? It's not guaranteed that a united korea under north korea would be prosperous.

[@the_real_glabnurb]

@@deidradahl2802 The sanctions were put in place because your peaceful NK started developing nukes. Before there weren't such sanctions. SK also tried to establish free-trading zones on the border but they were shut down by NK. Also remember that NK has dozens of concentration camps were ~150-200k political prisoners are being tortured, exploited, violated and killed, children of course included. Nobody but their socialist ideology is to blame for this. They took inspirations from their other socialist brethren like the SU and PRC.

[@deidradahl2802]

@@faxmachine5306 After the war, if there was no interference from all sides they would have been united and be as prosperous as Vietnam. Now it's too late, difference in culture etc., '''Too much water under the bridge''

[@SagaHiro_Fictitious_Railway]

15:39 I am Japanese and attended a Japanese public primary school, a private junior and senior high school and a national university. In my Japanese history class, I learnt that Koreans were massacred in the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. If she was told by her friends that there was no massacre, it was simply the illiteracy of her friends. In the past, there was an entrance exam question at a Japanese national university that could only be answered correctly if the student knew that Koreans were massacred in the Great Kanto Earthquake. My point is that most Japanese people do not deny the crimes committed by the Japanese in the past. Regarding the massacre of Koreans during the Great Kanto Earthquake, there are differences in the perception of the number of people massacred, but the fact that there was a massacre is accurate history and is written in the textbooks used in Japanese public schools. The Japanese Government has never tried to hide it. Rather, it actively teaches children, at least in Japanese public schools, that this event is a typical example of how, in times of sudden and extreme social turmoil such as earthquakes, false rumours that never happened are spread and, at worst, cause casualties.

[@spongeboimebobbb]

Theres a lot of other instances of Koreans being massacred by the Japs

[@SagaHiro_Fictitious_Railway]

@lisamo lala It is not so. My point is that most Japanese people do not deny the crimes committed by the Japanese in the past. Regarding the massacre of Koreans during the Great Kanto Earthquake, there are differences in the perception of the number of people massacred, but the fact that there was a massacre is accurate history and is written in the textbooks used in Japanese public schools. The Japanese Government has never tried to hide it. Rather, it actively teaches children, at least in Japanese public schools, that this event is a typical example of how, in times of sudden and extreme social turmoil such as earthquakes, false rumours that never happened are spread and, at worst, cause casualties.

[@scottwebb4722]

On to the Nanjing Massacre and the exploits of Unit 731 then…

[@n3gi_]

What about Nanjing? Are you guys taught about that or not?

[@JK-xf1dw]

日本の教科書見ずに日本の歴史教育が〜と批判してるの本当に滑稽 日本人は普通に中高通して関東大震災後の朝鮮人虐殺も南京大虐殺についても授業で教えられてるし、文字通り教科書見ればちゃんと書いてあるし

[@rayhem]

i dont think there's anything wrong with a korean school in japan. its important to connect to your heritage and non-japanese face great ostracism in japan. but NO school should teach blind nationalism for a country. to teach about a country but fail to criticize any aspect of it, means its nothing more than propoganda. japanese schools have a similar problem of repressing the horrors of its history. and my own country of the united states also promotes mindless patriotism, represses history, and encourages us to celebrate horrible historical figures from a young age. many americans and brits will look in horror at the kim family on the wall but not realize their own education glorified equally deplorable figures. i see this episode as a lesson that applies to all places in the world: we need to stop worshiping governments, politicians, and regimes. we need to talk about everything in a country's present and past, from beautiful culture to horrible genocide. we must give students the TRUTH and let them interpret that information for themselves. the world will be a better place when we raise critical thinkers instead of blind followers

[@gu9yenk]

Pictures of Kim Il Sung and his son hang in the classrooms of Korean schools, students are educated in North Korean ideology, and students are trained to worship them as gods. It could be called a spy training school, so to speak. While North Korea's evil deeds need not be mentioned here, what is unforgivable for the Japanese people is the kidnapping of ordinary citizens by North Korea. North Korean agents have kidnapped hundreds of Japanese citizens in Japan and brought them back to North Korea. The most egregious of these incidents was the kidnapping of Megumi Yokota. A 13-year-old girl was kidnapped by agents on her way home from school and taken to North Korea by boat. On September 17, 2002, Prime Minister Koizumi went to North Korea, where North Korea officially acknowledged that it had abducted her, and five abductees were recaptured, but many of them have yet to be returned. Megumi has not been able to return and her whereabouts remain unknown. Under these circumstances, it is not appropriate for the Japanese government to leave the Korean school as it is, and it is out of touch with the feelings of the Japanese people. Something should be done as soon as possible.

[@WasabiDreams]

i couldnt agree more with your comment

[@お節介じい]

​@@gu9yenkI agree with you.

[@gu9yenk]

@@WasabiDreams Its agents abduct Japanese nationals, ignore all UN resolutions, continue to develop nuclear weapons and missiles, threaten the world, hack into bank accounts to steal money, and continue to fire missiles into the waters near Japan. There is not a person in Japan who does not regard North Korea, an extremely dangerous entity for Japan's security, as an enemy.

[@itsrye8001]

agreed. "you be the seeker of your own truth".

[@善ちゃん-d7r]

拉致した国のトップが飾られている学校に補助金を出すわけないでしょ、、

[@СоветскийСоюз-щ1щ]

そりゃ出てけってなるわな。ふざけんな

[@Steveinthailand]

Japan kidnapped half a million North Koreans. Get out a proper history book that's not taught in Japanese schools.

[@Steveinthailand]

@nileshmishra6518 Absolutely. Japanese have been brainwashed more than any North Korean.

[@brokenfeatherman]

@nileshmishra6518 what is related to this comment? He is talking about the problem of "now". Don't change the subject.

[@こーう-o5j]

@nileshmishra6518What exactly do you mean by mistakes (please provide reliable evidence) and what would Japan have to do to satisfy you? Please tell me.

[@dtpbg25]

差別って便利な言葉だね！ 不都合なことがあればすべて差別で自分のことを省みたことがないからこんな他責的な大人になったんだよ

[@TheJinNK]

이제는 일본에서 김정은 김정일 우상화 교육을 하는 조총련 계열 학교를 폐쇄시켜야한다 북한의 간첩을 양성하는곳이다

[@ag7404]

と、レイシストが申しております

[@user-vk3ko3ud3l]

などと、他責的なことを言ってる自分ｗ

[@deo7320]

@@ag7404ミサイルを何度も日本に売ってることはなんとも思わない？ 日本人の命に関わることだけど？

[@jjjtonight]

@@deo7320 真のレイシストでサイコパスだから、そんなこと気にしませんよ。

[@upthedown1]

If you are asking for help from another country and will live in their country then follow their rules, learn the language and respect the culture or leave. Simple as that.

[@Kamikazekims]

are they not allowed to practice there own culture and believes ? if a Japanese moves to America would it be wrong for them to still speak Japanese and practice there culture among themselves while still following the laws of the land and respecting America. i mean how do you feel about Chinatowns or little Tokyos?? area's where people aren't follow there cultures or languages of the land there in but following there own in there community.

[@upthedown1]

@@Kamikazekims Most Asians have subcultures. They do not assimilate but instead go to a spot where they are all together and often don't bother to learn the language or be part of the culture of their adopted country. Why leave your country of origin to try to live the same way in another country?!

[@yuii9698]

@@Kamikazekims do other people follow actual American culture?? that like do they know Navajo?? Most of people or their ancestors in the US are from outside of the US. It's whole different situation here, Japan is where 99% of the population is native japanese.... And also we do have china or korean town too China town in yokohama is the biggest china town in asia..... They all works fine because they follow the rules, respect both culture just like the ones in the US. Those north korean In this video aren't the case.

[@tonysofla]

Sounds like DeSantis fascism.

[@LL-bk8us]

I’m a foreigner who live in Japan too. I don’t understand what that boy and his group wants more from Japan? You opened your own country’s school in the land of your previous enemy, it’s good enough that they allowed it, and they keep asking for more and even worse instead of thanking them for the opportunities but they flip the side as if they were still a victim. Sounds like a typical narcissist who plays victims or letting a homeless staying to your house, but instead of leaving they keep asking for more and finally took over your house. To be fair..if they complained a lot about how Japanese people and government are, why they don’t want go back to NK since they adore it so much and feeling much safer? It doesn’t make sense. To me they are totally living in denial

[@wallace6228]

because you know nothing about their history.

[@LL-bk8us]

@@wallace6228 just fyi..I’m not siding on any both side. Of course I know history. Based on what you could say I don’t know history? Do you know it too? Are you NK , communist, or has lots of unhealed wounds? The thing is many people have escaped from NK, then that boy has chance to go back to his beloved country, but he is in Japan instead and he and his people keep asking for more…N for me..as for Japanese people who protested in front of NK school isn’t right either, cz those kids didn’t do anything wrong with all incidents that adults did. However..No matter we go we need to follow the owner of that place, different house different rules, as simple as that. If we don’t like it we just go out. I’m pretty sure no body will hold any ungrateful guest leaving their house. We can’t have victimized mental all the time, otherwise we always have bitterness and that will lead to another violent event. We understand history, but we need to understand manner too. I’m telling all of this based on the fairness and common sense. Not siding with anyone, n as a matter of fact, I understand Japan has many unwritten rules and somehow prejudice and very conservative, and I’m not comfortable to live in Japan either, that is why I’m moving back to my country. However, I’m thankful for all the safety, kindness, chance that government and all people have given me. Be grateful, move on with peace and before we blame others, we all need to take a look our self first.

[@ellenl1985]

“It’s good enough that they allowed it”. Should the colonisers be considered graceful for allowing the colonised to continue their practicing culture?

[@eo0-g9j]

you are a privileged foreigner in japan, japanese people bully south koreans and filipino people alot, but if ur a white living in japan ur a god

[@kn2549]

Playing the victim is a business in the 21st century.

[@FrozenBusChannel]

It's ironic that the North Korean school is teaching about 酒池肉林 (as seen on the blackboard). It translates to "lakes of wine and forests of meat", some very extravagant thing an ancient Chinese emperor made when his people were probably starving. Does that remind us of some Kim... um...

[@あは-s6x]

ユンギさんは勘違いしているようですね。日本国内での立場を理解すべきです。朝鮮学校で教育を受けるということは、日本の教育を受けるということではありません。だから無償化されないのは当然のことであり、実現性の低いことです。北朝鮮の教育を受けたければ、その学校に在籍するのは自由ですが、それを日本に求めるのは違うと思います。北朝鮮を愛すのであれば、北朝鮮で教育を受けたらいいのではないでしょうか。何か理由があって北朝鮮には行けないんですよね。ご両親も望んで朝鮮学校に入れているというのに。私は大学で教育について学び、教育実習を経験し学校教員を目指しています。日本には教育を保障する公立学校があり、外国人の子どもたちも多く在籍しています。現在、その子どもたちにとって、自分自身のルーツを知ることが大切とされるので、一人一人の教育的ニーズに合わせた教育を受ける動きが広がっています。日本の公教育は無償化されて、アフタースクールとして朝鮮学校で民族教育を受ければいいのではないでしょうか。無償化は不可能ですが…。いくら訴えても無駄なことだと思います。

[@nickdwayne7117]

STRONGLY AGREE with you. I want to say it in front of glasses guy’s face

[@TheJinNK]

조총련계열 학교는 북한과 김정은 김정일 추종자들을 양성하는곳이기 때문에 일본에서 폐쇄시켜야 한다

[@oc-ek3mlpguft]

立場を理解すべきって、あなたは何様のつもりかな・・

[@推し鯉はぷらちな]

やかましいワレェ💢早く門を開けなさい

[@yuk1saito]

If they feel so good about going back to North Korea for a trip, and feel that bad living in Japan, they should just all go back to North Korea and live in the beautiful country that they love.

[@lovendor]

As an Eritrean, i understand them when they talk about their loyalty to their country. when they talk about how North Korea is just misunderstood, I am reminded of my own country, where many of the population in the larger cities think the same. Eritrea is similar in that you need travel visas to travel between cities, so mobility is limited, but you can freely see anything once the visa is granted, which is how I was disillusioned very quickly. I think their entire situation is sad and unfortunate. People underestimate how strong the need for belonging is.

[@ysf-d9i]

As a Chinese-Canadian who constantly sees all of the BS about China in western media, I am 100% confident NK, Russia etc are all severely misunderstood because all we have access to are biased info from parties who are motivated to demonize these countries for their own selfish gain.

[@mekko902]

I really appreciate your contribution. They've been told for so long that North Korea is where they belong, so when they go, they're looking so hard for proof that it is, and because they can't move freely or live there for a longer period of time, they aren't confronted with the harsher realities of the country.

[@yesplatinum7956]

They can appreciate the North Korean culture but don’t worship a dictator and don’t spread propaganda

[@kahnadah]

@lovendor But that's the point. These people were not born in Korea. They were born in Japan. They are Japanese people with an ancestry which is Korean. It's a huge difference.

[@ysf-d9i]

@@kahnadah being born on land in between arbitrarily drawn lines in the sand by people long dead doesn't make you identify with anything the majority of the other people on that land does.

[@Bohemian0522]

I'm very confused, if they love North Korea so much, why don't they just leave Japan and move back to their motherland? I'm neither Japanese nor Korean, so I think I'm unbiased on this topic. I can kind of understand why some of the Japanese people are against these schools, because they are teaching radical views, or even anti-Japanese propaganda to their students. North Korea is an enemy of the state, why should Japanese people tolerate such a school existing on their soil?

[@User948Z7Z-w7n]

I absolutely did not watch whole documentary but it is definitely possible for a person to have a fondly emotion onto something and yet also logically know it's not good in reality and willingly not to take into action

[@adamheuer8502]

Because it’s a cult and their North Korean relatives presumably benefit quite a lot from people sending money back

[@mr.dontforgive5546]

If they go back they will be put in prison

[@jjjtonight]

This is because the Japanese people and government are very concerned about being accused and labeled as a racist nation by the international community if they expel the North Korean group.

[@ymyr1]

I would propose a meeting with the elderly lady who eventually managed to escape North Korea with the youngsters who seem to support the North Korean ideology that much. Though the elderly lady or all of them might not want to take part in such a meeting. And yes, as several people have already pointed it out in the comment section, it was a bit strange for me to hear the young adults take the interview in fluent Japanese. Why not to speak in Korean? (like the female students of the school did) Also, if one is so much in awe of North Korea, one can go there to live permanently .. Visiting there temporarily in a pre-organized tour is quite a different matter. Anyway, the documentary is shedding light on a very complex issue with still very relevant and acute wounds.

[@kaminari6255]

I think they only hired a Japanese interpreter for this documentary, that’s why all the interviewers were encouraged to speak Japanese.

[@ymyr1]

@@kaminari6255 I see, could be. If yes, then it might not have been a very good strategy chosen by the director. They would have sounded more authentic in their own native tongue, especially since the young interviewees were singing praises of North Korea.

[@domodomo7160]

The girls’ Korean sucked anyway It’s not even Korean, it’s North Korean language They probably can’t speak Korean nor North Korean

[@uranus4511]

At the North Korean school, alumni and principals have guided the abductions, and they are still on mission arrangements. It is abnormal that there is an anti-Japanese agent training school in Japan that does not teach the history of the school.

[@アイスクリーム-v2u]

It's true

[@gogoletsgodarling]

This is fascinating to me because my father grew up near a Tokyo North Korean school in the 60s and had a bad impression of Koreans… but ended up marrying my mom, who is Korean. My Korean family is from the North but escaped to the South during the war.

[@Jonathan78655]

Cannot blame japan actually, they are so generous even allowed this school to operate

[@visibleowner]

Agreee

[@lauraro345]

They were not generous, search the history behind this. As result of the korean war koreans ended up scaping to Japan, the Japanese government discriminated Koreans badly, Koreans were barred from welfare benefits (health, housing, etc) since the early 50s Japan tried to send all Koreans back to their country and when the North Korean dictatorship stablished completely is when propaganda started being send to Japan, propaganda like these schools. Japan saw Koreans leaving to a living hell and never said a word, there are files that prove Japan knew how North Koreans really lived but they didn't care and just wanted them all out of Japan asap. These schools are still there for a reason, and it's not Japan "being nice"

[@r9740]

動画の趣旨と外れるけれど韓国語・朝鮮語をあとから学んだ人のように、イントネーションが日本語に準じているところが興味深い

[@ajiken123]

学校の韓国語の先生に在日の方が数名いましたが、かなりカタカナ発音でしたよ。イントネーションも関西弁でした。

[@user-im1lf9ss8k]

@@ajiken123韓国のアクセントにならないように、わざと日本風にしてたりしないのかな？

[@ajiken123]

@@user-im1lf9ss8k 朝鮮学校や日本の在日社会で子供の頃から日本式アクセントに染まってしまってるので、ちゃんとした韓国語の発音しようとしてもできないそうです

[@에이틴-y1w]

People from the Korean Peninsula, one of the areas separated from Japan in 1952, are called Koreans living in Japan. Under Japanese law, they are the same as foreigners from other countries and have no right to vote because they are foreigners and are not Japanese citizens. This is the same in countries other than Japan, and it complies with international law and Japanese law, so it is not discrimination. In addition, North Korea is not only a security threat to Japan, but schools for North Koreans living in Japan are not subject to the Japanese School Education Law, so it is only natural that they cannot receive educational assistance. Even if you are a foreigner living in Japan, children who attend regular public schools have the same rights as Japanese.

[@rainbenkennaz6173]

What part of they are citizens do you not understand? People cant live in country for five generations without being citizens

[@heian17]

​@@rainbenkennaz6173 Japan cannot kick them out, or they'll be accused as "discrimination against Korean" by both Korean governments, I think

[@kimcheezy3433]

LOL bro you don't understand what discrimination is.

[@kimcheezy3433]

@@heian17 As they should. They've been living there for generations, paying taxes, contributing to the economy etc. The only gripe the Japanese have against them is that their "not ethnic Japanese" Even tho most only speak Japanese now and go to Japanese school and marry Japanaese ppl.

[@makoy2689]

@@rainbenkennaz6173 They aren't citizens because, firstly being born in japan doesn't entitle you to citizenship, it's done by blood. Secondly, those zainichi koreans have been offered citizenship numerous times, but they always reject it - because they believe that it'll "erase their korean identity". This is why a special permanent residence status was created for them so they can remain in Japan indefinitely. It is so hard to argue in their favour as they already have their cake and eat it, and now they want funding from the japanese government? It is outrageous.

[@wintermelon1795]

Something that's important to note is that there's also a South Korean aligned group called Mindan 民団 which also operates its own schools, and are recognised as private schools by the government. The Chongryon ones are classified as "miscellaneous schools" probably due to their curriculum. From what I can tell the difference between these is the amount of subsidies granted by the government and private schools get more. (If I'm wrong please correct me). So I don't know if the government's actions reducing subsidies are ethnic discrimination, it has to do with the Chongryon schools having a pro-North Korean curriculum. Obviously, Zainichi Koreans get ethnically discrimiated in Japan but I don't think this is an example of that.

[@kimcheezy3433]

This is true but most people who watched the video are just reactionaries who think all Zainichi are affiliated with North Korea. When in fact most are indistinguishable from a Japanese person today.

[@QWER-wv5kn]

Right

[@QWER-wv5kn]

일본정부는 절대 바보가 아니다. 미국 딥스테이트들이 지시한것이다. 일본이 동북아에서 한반도(북한,남한)에 심리적으로 정신적으로 갈수 없게끔. 즉 혐오하게끔 만든다. 일본인으로서는 당연히 이것을 혐오할수밖에 없다. 그리고 한국정부도 똑같다. 한국 민주당의 반일조장운동. 모두 미국의 딥스테이트들의 계획. 그리고 한국과 일본의 고위급 임원들은 모두 이것을 잘 알고있고, 순응하고있다. 순수하고 순진한 한국국민들과 일본국민들만 모른다.

[@しゅうと-p6z]

金正恩への個人崇拝がアウト、カルト教団の学校とかも同じ理由で認められてない。学校関係者にスパイがいたりもしたし

[@Roadent1241]

I assume this would show both, a comparison of the mindsets would be intriguing.

[@Lilyandmoomin]

Racism in any country should be stopped people educated. The North Korean children born in Japan are wearing rose tinted glasses. If it’s so wonderful in North Korea why haven’t the moved there.

[@vert2552]

Its very cool to learn about part of japan i didnt know almost anything about. Once in Kyoto i met member of Yakuza in onsen and had plenty of talk. He wasn't first Yakzuza i met, but surely was the most amazing one. He actually told me alot about current (at the time, it was some years ago) state of Yakuza and all, but he also told me that his family is from Korea and they moved during Korean wars but he said he hated japan at first but then started to love it. It was really interesting and i wish i had a chance to ask him more about it

[@Atreidesセシリア]

wow living for 15 years in Japan never met yakuza, did he tell you he was yakuza? I'm very interested.

[@vert2552]

@@Atreidesセシリア i must say it was quite few years back so i dont remember exactly how the conversation went.. but when i went to outside baths, either he was there alone or i was first one and he came in soon after me but it was obvious just by looking at him he was yakuza. He had this yanki look to him and obviously tattoos from feet up to his neck. At first we didnt talk... rather obviously too :P, he may have said something to me and i have responded? (I dont remember if he assumed i speak japanese and we just went off or if once i responded he knew and then we got to talk) but we started talking, bit funny because we were talking about me being in japan and about yakuza and all, and then random japanese young guy came (i think he said he was 21? The second he entered, he saw the yakuza guy, he started walking out and yakuza guy told him that its find to stay, soon we had convo all 3. I kinda felt bad for the other guy because he asked him where he works and what he does and started comparing him to me. That despite my age im so far from home, speaking language and all, and that the other guy should work harder :P Thet he was super nice saying he is thankful that people like me are coming to Japan, actually learning the culture, being interested in it and protecting it too, sonething that more and more 'youngsters' dont care about. We talked about visa problems too Also he joked (i assume :P) that if i ever have any problem in japan to just come over and ask his family (yakuza) for help :D

[@JL-ui6gx]

More stories of people like Kawasaki Eiko need to be told, like What happened to them after they were deceived to North Korea and what took them to escape from there.

[@NDE108]

Agree! She's the one to be highlighted here. Not those idealistic and brainwashed kids who have no idea what North Korea is truly like.

[@s0urce.ow0]

Aiko Kawasaki is a real-non-embellished story of someone who escaped North Korea. We should all be listening to her instead of Yeonmi Park.

[@お節介じい]

가와사키쌍도 박연미씨도 제３국에 사는 Korean。가와사키쌍같은 경우에는 일본에 귀화하시고 북한 민주화를 위하여 힘쓰고 계십니다.

[@s0urce.ow0]

@@お節介じい Yeah, but Yeonmi Park is someone who tells many heavily embellished and easily disproven versions of her story with every appearance she makes. So the point of my statement is that she (Yeonmi Park) is untrustworthy and a bad representative of North Korean defectors.

[@jessramirez5721]

Why aren’t these students and teachers jumping at the chance to move to North Korea if it is so great? I don’t understand.

[@Roadent1241]

Probably because they KNOW you-know-what (it's all a big film set sort of system) but they're in denial.

[@ashutoshgupta9410]

So to sum up these north Koreans are living in Japan and complaining about the issues of the country and don't want to go back to thier own homeland because of poor living standards. What they don't get is if you are staying in a foreign country you have to live by thier customs.

[@limmyk4943]

and Ironically most of them came from the south

[@gamo888]

本題と全く関係ないけど、学校で先生が授業してる時の言葉が関西弁のイントネーションにしか聞こえんかった。 よく聞いたら日本語じゃなくてびっくりしたわ。 そんなとこまで関西訛り強くなるんか… あと右派のおっちゃんも輩みたいでなかなか怖かったけど、ユンギさん達の考えもある種怖い。 差別と思われたくないけど、祖国が北朝鮮であることに誇りを持って、北朝鮮の方が温かいというならそっちに住めば良いと思うわ。 日本で高校の無償化なんて訴えてないでさ。 無理して住みづらい日本に住むことなんてないのに。 めちゃくちゃ利己的やん。

[@Bite0fBread]

If North Korea is such a good place why didn't they just stay in it while they were there, They can just live there instead of insisting to have equal rights to a country they never acknowledge to be as their own. They are just making it harder for other Koreans(Mindan) in Japan. The Quality of School they enjoy in Japan, are most probably reserved and experience only by higher up(politically connected) families in north korea. I wonder why Japan allowed a North Korean school to exist.. Korean School which focuses on culture and language is fine, but an actual North Korean School that literally have a curriculum that is clearly have a goal of brain washing children to worship the North Korean KIM family. If these Koreans just wants to have somewhere to belong to, there is Mindan(South Korea) Association which 65% of Koreans in Japan are a part of.

[@wallace6228]

Cuba and North Korea are under U.S. sanctions, and there is no humanitarianism

[@211teitake]

The fact that they remain in Japan is the clear indicator that things are horrible in North Korea.

[@YmirAsta]

She even said I would love to visit but not live lmao

[@Roadent1241]

​@@YmirAsta Which funnily enough is also my view as a Brit on America, while my friends are there my hearing-aids I have to wear would be massively expensive nevermind trying to find housing there when I can't here, and that's with the govt here actively wanting us disabled dead right now so it seems.

[@YmirAsta]

@@Roadent1241 you make no sense you’re not even American lol she’s from nk living in Japan t preaching how nice nk is ahahaha

[@Roadent1241]

@@YmirAsta Yes and at least America actually had cool things compared to here, like Disney and Universal and other theme Parks. But their healthcare costs a fortune while ours is free, so while I want to be able to see my friends and go to parks more often, my 'aids would be expensive as I said, and things are now bad here as I said. The govt there doesn't want my lot dead. What doesn't make sense?

[@chosen_one1602]

Why don't they just go to N. Korea? It's only a 2 hour flight. What is really going on?

[@PentaRaus]

They know they're full of shit and don't have the balls to go.

[@dirtydirtsgt4751]

It's not like the japanese government wouldn't support that either I don't get it at all

[@PITU-f7f]

I think they should go and live in NK if they find it so perfect. I bet the Japanese government would not hold them by force as happens on the other country.

[@casioak1683]

Yep. I find it strange that they refuse to move into North Korea since 1950s. Compare it with ethnic Indian/Tamil descendants in Malaysia & Singapore where their loyalty is with their current country

[@sh723]

Unfortunately, Japan is a country that has no spy prevention law and is violated by a peace blur. As a Japanese, I feel sorry for him. I feel embarrassed that the Chongryon and Chosun Gakko, which were involved in the abduction of Japanese, remain in Japan, even though some of my Japanese colleagues were abducted and only some of them have returned.

[@Roadent1241]

But why are they kidnapping them? They have the internet. Just go on any old forum?

[@NN-eo7ve]

I'm Japanese. Therefore, it may be difficult to give a neutral opinion. I do not dislike North Koreans living in Japan. However, I still can't help but ask to them this question. "Why don't you go back to North Korea?" Oops, is this a “discriminatory expression”? If you actually ask them this simple question, you might get beaten up by someone. It's sad, but this is the current situation in Japan.

[@orion4522]

This was a very insightful video, I feel like I gained a lot of perspective from it as a biracial Japanese American. I think that community is a wonderful thing, and as someone who felt excluded as a child for being not “fully” a race that I can understand how these Korean students feel isolated. However, if they feel at home in North Korea, they should move there if they dislike being in Japan so much. I don’t support the racism that Japanese locals have inflicted on these Korean people with motives that lie in historical conflicts that the people on the streets today did not cause. Japan’s ignorance is an enraging thing but rather than turning that rage to a random person they should turn it to the people hiding truth that we all deserve to know. These North Korean students who idolize North Korea have merged their identity with beliefs and as stated before, as someone who has heritage from 2 countries that has a long (continuing) history of racism which leads to the violation of human rights on numerous levels, these North Korean people have to learn to accept who they are and the truth of their country. Being native to a country does not mean being ignorant about the issues that are happening within it, and disagreeing with a country’s government doesn’t make them any less Korean.

[@dogitosama]

The first tempered comment I see. Not much like, not extreme enough it seems. 🥲

[@MUZUKUN-YT]

I really liked this response. However, I don't feel that they don't want to go back because it's a good country to them, but I feel it's to show others how North Korea isn't as bad as the media wants it to be. These students, teacher and facilities are up against misinformation about North Korea and they are willing to correct them. The biggest problem I have with this video is the fact that each time these people speak up for North Korea, it seems like they're cutting up vital information on this country that is important to know about them.

[@rmf9567]

Japan and the United States are very close. North Korea in Japan, or an entirely different situation

[@deezeed2817]

The Japanese have learnt nothing from their military aggression and imperialism. These schools are a reminder of Japan's grave crimes against humanity and even on their own people which led to the tragic nuclear attacks, The Japanese regime should neve be allowed to forget.

[@じぇじぇ-m7s]

@@MUZUKUN-YTi kinda agree with you on how students and teachers are going against the misinformation but realistically, as a japanese person whenever i get a notification about how North Korea shot a missile towards japan i always get scared for my family’s life. When i lived in japan i was in class and i remember my teacher told us class that we will have “missile drill” basically a drill where if North Korea shot a missile to our city, us students have to go under the desk and hide. It’s not only one or two time thing, they shoot missile towards Japan almost every month. North Korea had kidnapped a lot of Japanese people and government are still trying to get them back to japan. Some of those people had gotten kidnapped for over 20 years ago and yet they haven’t got to come back to their home. As long as these things are going on, people in japan will not be able to trust North Koreans so easily, they don’t know maybe they are one of the tool that north Korean government are using to kidnap Japanese or something. I get that they don’t want to get discriminated but us Japanese are also scared. (I hope you get what I’m trying to say English is my second language so sometimes it sounds so bad 😂😭)

[@kingdaniel4756]

22:24 He didn't understand at all. You cannot blame Japan for being harsh against North Koreans because the tensions arises between these countries. If they can't stand the heat of Japanese people, then they must better depart from the Land of Japan. They can move to China or South Korea.

[@holeeshi9959]

I'm genuinely surprised at how tolerant of Japan to even allow for them to exist and even receive government subsidies from Japan, even U.S. with 1st amendment, would absolutely cut off all public funding and certifications for schools blatantly support an enemy regime. I wonder how does South Koreans live in Japan feel about this, no way they won't be protesting this. and half of those Zainichi are born in Japan from people who arrived from BEFORE Korea was divided, they can identify with either Korea if they wish, and if it were up to anyone who isn't being paid off by the North Korean government, it would be the South.

[@tsunax1400]

I think people are missing the point about the Chongryon. A lot of their attitude against Japan and towards North Korea stems from identity issues. It happens a lot when you're a minority, and especially one which is heavily discriminated against. The bitterness and hatred from being placed under colonial rule and shipped away from home only to be further discriminated isn't something that people just forget. They hold grudges, and those grudges are picked up by children who learn from their parents. Even if the parents don't directly tell them that Japanese are bad, they still learn from their attitude. And the problem is that the discrimination isn't something from the distant past, but something that a lot of the people in the video experienced. The art teacher seemed to be traumatised from the beating he took as a kid and wasn't able to resolve it, which led to his misplaced anger against the Japanese. The students were harassed by the far right guys, who were so extreme that one of them even tried going after the reporter. While Japan has every right to cut off funding and be mad at NK for firing missiles, when you already see them as the bad guy and the oppressor it's easy to mistake these actions as discriminatory and aggressive. Even when you see that NK is bad, you can't just agree with it because then what do you have left of your own identity? At that point the country you're in (supposedly) hates you and you have nowhere else to go, no ally. That's hard for people to accept. It sucks but unfortunately for their own mental health and self-esteem, they have no choice but to see NK as 'good' and Japan as 'bad'. The only way this can change is kindness. If the Japanese are nice to them and accepting of them, they can see that they have a place to belong in Japan and wouldn't need to use NK as a crutch anymore. The problem is when you have far right groups like the one in the video that turn them into victims and treat them like outsiders

[@PochiKSD]

Correct. This right-wing man is an actor prepared by the North Koreans to strengthen their identity. The scheme is called "Ese- Uyoku" (pseudo-right-wing) in Japan. They have two jobs. One is to intimidate N. Korean school students and help them strengthen their ethnic identity. The other is to make Japanese people think badly of conservative ideas by playing Japanese military songs loudly in the streets.

[@afroid3]

15:15 Using Google Transrate As someone who was educated in Japan as a Japanese, I would like to tell you that Japanese junior and senior high school world history textbooks teach that the Japanese committed an absurd massacre of Koreans during the Great Kanto Earthquake. Therefore, most Japanese recognize that this fact existed. The Japanese who say "there was no massacre of Koreans in the Great Kanto Earthquake" are probably far right.

[@kimweonill]

It's very weird that as a South Korean I get to see these stories of people living in Japan who use the same language and share the same history as me by not Korean broadcasting channels but English-speaking journalists.

[@masterkent1]

I remember there was a really old japanese video from the 80s where it delved into the suspiciousness of the chongryon when most of the controversies surrounding it was hazy and unconfirmed. People were uncomfortable with the school especially because of the kidnappings and illegal activities done by North korean spies and chongryon was also known as a haven for spies.

[@JD-fx9ly]

It's crazy, I'm not a full Japanese speaker (I'm learning, but nowhere near fluent) but I could hear their heavy Japanese accents as they spoke Korean

[@akaRyuka]

They're Japanese, Korean isn't they primary language. Zainichi Korean means originating from Korea before the split.

[@itsyejy]

If you are living in Japan, follow their rules. It doesn't matter what your identity is.

[@shogunpk]

they were brought to Japan against their will

[@dhanameetsnao]

Yes, everyone needs to follow the rules. Agreed.

[@foughtthelol]

Why bother when there is no consequence? North Koreans are not exactly known for their empathy.

[@Kamikazekims]

i agree for the most part. yes follow the rules and customs but these kids where born in japan. they're legally Japanese from my understanding don't they deserve the right to decide how they want there nation ruled and how they as people want to be treated ?

[@vortolex]

Assimilation is the tendency of oppression for the oppressed. Neither is undone unethical Values views.

[@ahmadsamir1031]

The interviewer never ask the golden question; will you ever move to korea?

[@1947_gout_key_d_lai]

I'm wondering if North Korea would allow a community of Japanese who warship Hideki Tojo to be in their country.

[@A_TP]

I had the same thought

[@Josh-bm4lh]

How are they equivalent. You japs separated their country. N. Korea kidnapped few japs? Yer smart so smarties.

[@MikuArts_1511]

his hairstyle isnt allowed in north korea lol

[@saltag]

13:00 Not just the Chongryeon. The Japanese government was actively supporting the Chongryeon in their efforts as a means to get rid of what they perceived to be an unwanted population now that the empire had collapsed. The Japanese government in fact was heavily involved in the negotiations with NK to make sure that NK took as many people as possible, even though they had an understanding of the situation in NK but chose to keep it to themselves. For those more interested please read Tessa Morris-Suzuki's brilliant "Exodus to North Korea: Shadows from Japan's Cold War."

[@kimcheezy3433]

Yes this!!! They "praised" North Korea at the time for its rapid development and humanitarianism in order to entice people to move there.

[@Unberable]

It's not like South Korea was doing any better at the time, they were also under a brutal dictatorship

[@electrofonickitty823]

My great aunt is South Korean and my great uncle is American and they see this as a sad story. I know my great aunt doesn't see herself as strictly Southern Korean and she believes there has to be a peaceful resolution, but she really didn't agree with the North Korea at all. Her children went to a Japanese school and she wants her children and grandchildren to learn Japanese, English and Korean.

[@kimcheezy3433]

Most Japanese Koreans go to Japanese schools and are not part of the pro north Korean group.

[@portiarose6914]

although i do not completely understand the intricacies and complexity of the history between korea and japan, i can kinda understand the koreans in japan who have convinced themselves that north korea is a nice place. being in a country where you know your not necessarily welcome and your discriminated against because of that can play a major role in how you view the world. it builds this love hate relationship where you wouldn’t consider the country you currently reside in as paradise and you would love to be where you think you belong but at the same time “home” is not really home either 🤷🏾‍♀️. i would love to look at this through a black and white lens but i just don’t think it’s that simple.

[@mynamesplatinum]

I think Koreans convincing themselves that Korea is a fine place makes sense-- North Korea is a different story though. People have apt exposure (through the internet and such) to educate themselves outside of environments like schools. Censorship is rather low in Japan, so I am positive that most people residing in Japan would have had the time and opportunity to take a look into North Korea as a place. Korean culture and Korean people shouldn't be dismissed, and Zainichi-Korean students should have a place to call home. (Places like Okubo, where there's a lot of Korean culture) However this form of school shown in the video here seems to be more about indoctrinating new generations. This in turn causes more discrimination down the line. As North Korea is a major enemy of the west, states like Japan and South Korea shouldn't be obligated to tolerate North Korean propaganda in their soil. Asking for donations is downright cynical ;-;

[@creativespark7371]

The first young man, Yungi, had views that aligned with N.Korea, he even visited N.Korea multiple times. He spoke highly of N.Korea and spouted propaganda of how survivors who escaped were just making a living by saying what capitalism wants to hear...but yet Yungi grew up in Japan and gets to freely leave N.Korea after each visit. Yungi isn't hunted down and punished by being thrown in a work camp or publicly executed. If N.Korea is so great and survivors aren't truthful, the why doesn't Yungi move to N.Korea for good instead of returning to Japan?

[@oriens70]

Very interesting report. The Korean woman says 'I felt relieved in Pyongyang but in Japan, we have been treated like foreigners'. So why did you come back to Japan and now enjoy Korean BBQ while your 'relieved' country's people are starving? Why do you think Japan has to give you the same eligibilities as Japanese nationalities when you treat Japan as your 'enemy'? Nonsense.

[@rulerthelion860]

It is because of a sense of identity. She identifies a great part of herself with North Korea but cannot go live there (only very special cases can). Since her only option is staying in Japan, she at least wants not to be racially attacked.

[@deadby15]

​@@rulerthelion860 She can always go live there if she wants to. Actually , around the late 1940s many Koreans did go back. (Sadly, most of them ended up being purged or regretted having to live in a society that allows 1/100 of political freedom compared with Postwar japan.)

[@CelticConservative]

Treating North Koreans with soft gloves isn't helping anybody. The propaganda is lies. Their so called great leaders are frauds, rapists and murderers

[@jeanmiyu6904]

They, descendants of Korean immigrants just show the human nature, """"being excessively spoiled, the person will be greed. """ After the war, Korean immigrants lost Japanese citizenship by San Francisco treaty, then JPN's gov provided special treatment to them. But their descendants still keep barking for getting further special ones with blaming JPN. Begging by miserable ppls won't end.

[@casioak1683]

​@@rulerthelion860 Point is, if you love the other country then live there. Look at ethnic Tamil who lived in Singapore yet he served in Singapore Armed Forces & patriotic to his country. Or ethnic Javanese in Suriname who, while retaining their culture & language, never sell out their Suriname nationalism to defend a country that is no longer theirs (Indonesia). "Never spit on the very same well which you drink from."

[@davidcook680]

The interviewer in this was so good. This was amazingly done.

[@annorabelle]

I was thinking the same! Even though he strongly disagreed with what they were saying, he stayed respectful and reported adequately.

[@godofchaoskhorne5043]

As a Turk born and raised in the Netherlands I can somewhat relate to feeling like a foreigner in the land you're born, feeling a constant ostracization and dealing with racism etc growing up. It actually makes you cling more to your heritage. What I find strange is that after all this time, with the modern internet and all the tensions between DPRK and Japan they'd still feel any kinship to the North over the South. That is the real surprise here. These people could be a bridge between South Korea and Japan instead they are indoctrinated into the ideology of the Kim's

[@culture88]

Do you think the feelings of "kinship" (as you put it) that those ethnic Koreans in Japan have with N. Korea, may have something to do with the fact that N. Korea and not S. Korea has provided funding so that they may enjoy a schooling environment/life without racial antagonism?

[@kahnadah]

@godofchaoskhorne5043 You're not a Turk. You were born in the Netherlands. You are Dutch. You have a Turkish ancestry, but you are not a Turk. That is where all of your problems arise from. If people could simply accept these facts the world would be a much better place. As long as we see ourselves as 'the other', we'll never truly fit in. And fitting in doesn't mean giving up traditions your parents cherish, it means blending them in with your homeland. The Netherlands.

[@godofchaoskhorne5043]

@@kahnadah wtf are you on about. I'm ethnically 100% Turk. It doesn't really matter where I'm born I'll always remain a Turk. I'm a Dutch Turk sure, but I'm not "not a Turk". Keep your ignorance to yourself Not to mention. Me being a Turk isn't the issue. The issue is people the people that think it's not ok for me to be a Turk. Or that believe you vant be both Dutch and also a Turk at the same time

[@tesssssss99]

This is you not assimilating to the netherlands and not feeling like a citizen even though you were born and raised in the netherlands. No wonder people dont like you. You feel turkish?! Fine - go move to turkey then. We europeans feel tired of guys like you. Either assimilate to the country you live in and be thankful or leave.

[@MrMsLisa]

I also thought about how no one mentioned South Korea, it would have been interesting to hear their thoughts about it.

[@suzuki3yuya]

This school only admits students who are Korean or have Korean roots. Although this school is located in Japan, it intentionally discriminates against non-Korean children and does not allow them to enroll. I do not understand why a private school, let alone a Japanese school, would seek subsidies from the Japanese government when it does not admit Japanese students.

[@mynamesplatinum]

Ayoooooooo You got a good point

[@aibloomi8196]

that’s crazyyyy

[@deadbydanuwu5692]

So does a Jewish school in London fall in the same category for discriminating against non-Jews, despite being in an officially Christian nation? According to many Jews themselves, Judaism is not a religion that simply anyone can convert to, and is based on the matrilineal bloodline.

[@suzuki3yuya]

@@deadbydanuwu5692 That is not the point I am trying to make. The issue is not about religion, but about how the tax money we pay is being used. Also, it seems to me that at least the Jewish school people are not acting in an ongoing hostile manner towards the British. The Korean schools in Japan, however, have pledged allegiance to Kim Jong-un and justify their provocations against Japan. Do you feel the need for such a school to train spies for an enemy nation? Please tell me.