What Japan’s ELDERS ENVY about Foreigners

[@shintuxedo7564]

I swear the elder people interviews are more fun than younger, because they can just say without worrying about hierachy. More like this please.

[@alexlai2536]

Good observation, I didn’t realise until you mentioned it. The younger ones tend to look to their friend when they speak.

[@yYggdtyy5433]

I agreed. Everyone seems relaxed

[@southcoastinventors6583]

More interviews with older people please they seem more lively than most of the younger people.

[@CA999]

I would have loved to hear what the older gentleman thought for another 30 to 60 minutes or more... You certainly feel that much potential in Japan has not been reached for things other take for granted.

[@sonofsarek]

I was really impressed with your interview skills with the older ladies. You interacted with them in a way that encouraged openness and honesty.

[@ketchfarcaster]

What an awesome episode! Really enjoyed this one. Cathy always impresses me with how good an interviewer she is. A bundle of positivity and energy. She always seems to get people to open up and speak about interesting things. Thanks for your work!

[@redbeard81]

Loved this video! I thought their envy of languages was really interesting and surprising.

[@kanamisprs4330]

Nice to hear the oldies opinions. Having been led to believe that Japanese elders are very conservative I was a little surprised to hear that they are actually more outward looking, which is nice to know. Good stuff. There is often a "grass is greener on the other side" vibe to these interviews, I think we are all guilty of that now and again. Interesting/fun video, more please.

[@thomas5585]

I love when you interview the elderly. They give no shits and say exactly what they feel.

[@lilyghassemzadeh]

I envy that Japan is so clean and orderly.

[@joshmos]

really enjoying these talks with elders of Japan. There is much to be gained from speaking with them and I hope you do it more. I also would like much longer episodes with more of a selection of people..some of these are just two different people or groups and only about 5-8 minutes...I feel your channel would benefit from longer pieces with a larger sample group. You are a very good an likeable interviewer, let's see more in depth!!!

[@ismoouu]

Please do more videos with elders, this was awesome. To be honest, haven't watched your videos for a while, because the younger generations do not have that interesting/new insights.

[@celestialasmr9624]

Ooh please more videos with elders, they seemed much more comfortable speaking to you than the younger generations do and made some really interesting points!

[@katrinawheatley81]

I like hearing the perspective of the mature crowd. The gentleman at the end talking about the ages of the leaders was surprising.

[@barryjnrsilverback4863]

By far the best content you've released

[@robertsadler1275]

Certainly the elders have interesting things to talk about I wonder what they are like in different locations round the country if they have same or similar views even the most isolated parts of japan!Great little video Moonie Cathy cat and Ninja Cat!😻😻

[@ylfe8061]

It was a great video. I'd love to see more interviews to elder people, and if possible, to hear how was Japan back in their time and what do they think about Japan in the present.

[@DavidCruickshank]

Your elder people interviews are so interesting, please do more!

[@KoRnBaKo]

Konichiwa from Dublin, Ireland. I'm planning on travelling to Japan for two weeks next summer. My first time there and I am very excited about it. :D It's a HUGE dream of mine. ^_^

[@animedgames8107]

Very interesting the language part, and the women looked very wise ! It's funny because in France, we also like to make fun of others when making mistakes trying to speak another language. I would say some people might try less hard because of it, and some others do not really care. But I think, this and the education system for English courses in Japan is the problem haha Oh, and something else : it's funny to see how the elders memorized the fact that Cathy is German and re-used this fact in their conversations, trying to make it more understandable for us, and showing that they are well listening to her and can re-use what you said 😮

[@anebira]

Always a pleasure to see this flashy fashion reporter hitting the mean streets of Sugamo ^^

[@bethanya99]

I love these elder interviews! They show their true personalities more instead of the "public persona"

[@v8beamer]

The woman (2:30) is on point, don’t want to appear out-of-step with the group. I’m Chinese and I didn’t learn to speak it because of constant criticism of my tone usage.

[@ProjectEnglishII]

I really enjoyed this interview. Seniors say what they mean and mean what they say.

[@SongWolf27]

I assume when he said Toledo for Canada, he meant Trudeau? LOL

[@Bluesparkwiz]

Themed products like those you've shown occasionally interest me.

[@AnimeWingsForever]

I enjoy these videos

[@shortstuba2006]

That vending machine makes me envy Japan! We have them in the US, but not to the level of coolness as Japan’s Lol.

[@いふ-c2u]

I felt the way of Cathy's laughing is really Japanese, decent way.

[@kroo07]

Enjoyed that, especially the beautiful ladies.

[@matasuki]

I fucking love this channel.

[@didjaseemyjams1582]

Yes!! Thank you for the elderly interview! As a young person, I'm interested to hear an older person's perspective. Also, something I envy about Japanese people is how they always talk so intellectually and include others, like how they kept mentioning Cathy's home country.

[@msbluejayway]

I like how the older people are more comfortable speaking about politics, I've noticed this in the video before this one as well.

[@PentragonCosplay]

So ... scrolling through the comment section I think we all agree that we want more elderly people interviewed on this channel :) Their opinions are so important and their wisdom needs to be preserved. They witnessed a lot of horrific things and lived through a time with great changes, so their view on things is always very interesting to me.

[@verreal]

I'm also embarrassed about making mistakes in a foreign language, but I try to hide it and just smile a bit. It's not that someone will say it's wrong. It's that they won't understand and I'll look foolish. However, it's a necessary part of learning. It takes time and practice.

[@sonicase]

😄 heh,... hmm do they have many conversational English teachers there?

[@jeeves9233]

More of this please!

[@viking21]

I really enjoy these older generation interviews. They speak their mind freely, compared to the youngers who seem like they're holding back a little😅 Also, there's nothing bad with accents, and pronouncing the t sound in 'water'. That's how the English say it afaik. Accents of whatever form is generally embraced among English language speakers😊

[@SongWolf27]

I miss Japanese vending machines. We hardly have them here in Canada. Most people go to stores, but stores of course have to be manned, so, they're not always available like the vending machines are.

[@kcr7860]

If you two continue like this, you will become practicing political scientists. Very interesting what you found out here. Personally, I also see a huge difference between reading scientific texts and speaking actively. Discrepancy between passive and active vocabulary (LOL).

[@PPGWAVE22]

この振る舞いはお世辞というか相手のいいところを言ってあげて相手との仲を良くする日本の慣習って感じがするね。それと僕を含め50代以上の日本人は欧米との関わり合いが少なかった世代なので子供の頃は欧米に少し憧れもあったし。

[@ekubo856]

Old people are more open especially about politic. While the younger people usually only talk about physical appearance

[@KimiChanJapan]

I feel like japanese people will say that they envy western features, but I feel it is the same for westerners and we really like japanese features. There are so many really beautiful Japanese women, they are all very slim, and they all look so young for much longer than most western women because they have different skin. They also naturally don't have BO. Lol.

[@blahblah2018]

3:40 so cute haha

[@ShadowSiren88]

Constitution from 1890?! Wow did not know that.

[@benedettobruno1669]

The Japanese elders seem to be less shy than the younger ones in airing their personal views. Those elder ladies all looked simply dressed but at the same time rather elegant. And that man!? He must be the tallest person in the whole of Japan!

[@esti_1gc]

more of this!!

[@bealuhan]

I love how the older generation mentions politics more. I know this is a cultural thing, and that younger people are not that interested in politics, but it is such a breath of fresh air to hear about what Japanese people think about Japanese politics, and hear an older person mention that the bureaucracy of it all is just hurting their progress. I love these interviews with older people!

[@monirotim5131]

They're so lovely and based.

[@efnissien]

Actually, does anyone know how they heat the cans of coffee? I presume it's something to do with the can itself (the can material is quite thick), is it stored in a heated box separate from the rest of the drinks (possibly using the heat from the refrigerator? It's been driving me nuts for about 3 years now! lol

[@Jamesgrantmichael]

@Ask Japanese Re: English subtitles The man at 5:00 was not talking about Toledo. He was talking about Justin Trudeau.

[@Nothing-vl3ip]

Its true, most of our politicians and president in the USA are older compared to other nations

[@wonderman7788]

Most of the Asian countries do have mandatory foreign language classes from elementary school till secondary school (mostly is English)..but the Western countries do not have *mandatory* foreign languages classes..here is the problem..

[@destroyerofdoom9087]

Greetings from Europe. Foreign language classes are mandatory here. So maybe, you are meaning just USA. And not all "Western countries"

[@rudnam]

interesting answers

[@mordecaibu8977]

If it is at all possible and not too much work - could you manually add Japanese subtitles as well? I am studying Japanese, and I have plenty of tools to be able to capture text and instantly find definitions of subtitles - this channel would be an absolute GOLDMINE (even moreso) for studying native speakers' Japanese if you added subtitles. It would be too much, i'm sure, to ask for you to go back to all your old videos as well and add them, but can you consider it moving forward? Thank you, love the content anyway :)

[@MiracleDiving]

”BTSこの間池袋にいた”　（笑）くそワロタ

[@npc_slime7772]

me gusto mucho escuchar las opciones de los ancianos ❤️

[@DonS90]

1:04 haha

[@elmopelle]

After watching a few of your videos, I have desided that HAI means Yes, not Hi!

[@stuart1693]

I have to say this and I think I can speak for some/most people. Use broken English if you're not sure. Most people will understand and can use broken English to respond back. The English language is very complex with weird sounds and it's fine if you can't be proper. At least for America, no one is proper when they speak.

[@greggaines3482]

Doing more interviews with the older generations (not the well known older people, but the regular everyday folks) may well show there are also false (generalized) assumptions about the older generations by the younger generations, as to how they think and think about the younger generations. Often I find the views of older generations to be quite unpredictable and often very surprising. More such interviews may well help bring down a bit of the unnecessary divides assumed to be between the age groups. Good work!

[@RonaldoSanchez-g1y]

I had an idea, I want one of these elders to go with me to an outing, is there a website for that? Hang out with baka gaijin for a day?

[@W4kT3k]

I was going to ask on one of your previous videos if you only approach young people, since I've been watching, you've only interacted with the young. I'm 51, and I want to go to Japan someday, but meeting anyone, whether becoming friends, or more than friends, it seems more likely with someone closer to my age. Not a complaint, just an observation 😁

[@shelbycat8234]

I've learned quite a bit of Japanese from watching anime with subtitles. Also if you're wanting to learn another language, there are apps that are free like DuoLingo. I'm using it to learn Spanish. Eventually I'll be using it for Japanese as well.

[@sleeperboi8701]

Yeah I'm also and incompetent loser who makes no money. I myself am a huge anime dweeb and have convinced myself that I learned any Japanese from cartoons. Yes yes, we are alike you and I. No you don't. You know nothing of Kanji, the grammar, or anything useful. You know baka. Stfu

[@shelbycat8234]

@@sleeperboi8701 I'm a grown adult. I'm going to guess from your unprovoked anger and hostility, and your compulsion to bully strangers on the internet, you're a Gen Z. 😏

[@sleeperboi8701]

@@shelbycat8234 Idc if you're a grown adult. You have no job, no money, can't speak another language nor play an instrument and I can. And I'm younger, yes, I'm 21. I'm gonna have more talent than you when I reach your age. 40. 40 and watch anime. I'm supposed to look up to you, you know, yet I don't.

[@shelbycat8234]

@@sleeperboi8701 You also attack anyone who mentions muscles, I'm going to assume that you are morbidly obese. Rather than trying to bully others, why don't you try bettering yourself so you don't feel so inadequate and insecure? No matter how talented or successful you are, if you have a garbage personality you're going to be a garbage human being. Do better.

[@TheAussief1]

What is considered tall? 6ft? 182cm?

[@Deadlift4chips]

The freedom I’m sure.

[@m.v.2097]

Something went terribly wrong with the english translation.

[@robcapuano1994]

Another elder willing to criticize Japanese politics! Maybe they don't care what people think anymore? I love it!

[@yo2trader539]

We do it all the time among friends and family in Japan. However, we keep it to ourselves at work or from people we don't really know. (There are some really crazy sympathizers of far-left communists to far-right nationalists to religious parties...so it's too dangerous to talk about politics to strangers or in public.)

[@dream_dealer]

Do you have any other question to ask? Seriously, you've asked this question so many times in the past few YEARS...

[@christill]

I wouldn’t hold up Macron as a great example just because he was younger. Or that young Austrian chancellor who did wrong. I would take more inspiration from people like Katrin Jakobsdottir in Iceland or Sanna Marin in Finland. He said the UK is working well? The UK is falling apart right now. It’s a total disaster.

[@domonkor7667]

Bts moving in ikebukuro. 😄😄

[@lizzie7929]

❤️🌸

[@Sight-Beyond-Sight]

The political talk was interesting. Unfortunately, people everywhere will only continue to get stepped on, no matter what country they live in.

[@alexandra1740]

Bts in ikebukuro 🤣

[@savannah7375]

Great interviews. lol toledo 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@jessicabrandt1478]

私の日本語は悪いいです。英語(subtitles) はどこですか?

[@YY-kp2gu]

日本人が英語が話せない理由があります。日本は、アメリカに戦争に負けました。アメリカは、日本人が英語を覚えまた報復をしてくると思い英語教育を禁止しました。だからアジアの中でも日本人だけが英語を話す事ができません。

[@yo2trader539]

誰も禁止なんかしてないよ。そもそも戦前に外国語を話せたのは上流階級や海外留学組のごく一部だけ。多くの日本人が外国語を話せないのは日常生活において話す必要性がなかったから。皇族・旧華族・財閥一族は外交・商談の必要性があったので、戦前から欧米への留学をしてた。それは現在も同じだけど。

[@WANDERER0070]

They like guys long noses !?? Nande ? Maybe they think something else is loong also LOL

[@akuuma1004]