Why wasn't Japan colonized?

[@iwasjustfollowingorders8068]

And then a bunch of japanese moved to Brazil, learned Portuguese, adopted the culture...and that's my story

[@dmitrishostakovich1671]

Oh!!! I was a bit confused as to why the world's most prolific writer Ryoki Inoue was Brazillian

[@appleslover]

Why Brazil specifically?

[@CamberRockerCamber]

If the Japanese never moved to Brazil we wouldn't have BJJ.

[@ender8759]

@@appleslover Brazil needed imigration to ocupy the huge country and more labour force since slavery was abolished. Japan was overpopulated and in economic crisis. And Both countries were Empires at the time. The Brazilian emperor and the Japanese emperor made a deal. It has nothing to do with the Portuguese asian slave trade. That's why Brazil had the largest Japanese imigration in the word.

[@iwasjustfollowingorders8068]

@@ender8759 just a minor correction: Brazil at the time was already a Republic, not an empire. The immigration began at 1908

[@windykingdom6153]

Japan: *I’m a little bit of a colonizer myself*

[@MrLolguy93]

TENNO HEIKA BANZAI

[@akuganteng790]

You are gay

[@windykingdom6153]

@@akuganteng790 No u

[@akuganteng790]

@@windykingdom6153 u no u

[@beastdeas7250]

@@akuganteng790 u u no u

[@ender8759]

Fun fact: The Portuguese were the first westerners to have influence in Japan in the world and Brazil has the biggest Japanese population outside Japan in the world.

[@amehak1922]

Technically the Dutch were.

[@naze2659]

@@amehak1922 what?? are you fucking dumb? portugal reached it in 1540 dutch way after

[@davidbooth46ify]

Gay

[@AmanKumarPadhy]

Oh cmon, hes just genuinely posing a question man. The ops fact is honestly cool but i think the dutch were more influential?

[@Felgruf]

@@amehak1922 Both Portugal and Spain reached Japan first. Also, many Japanese Christians fled to the Spanish Philippines, during the early Edo period.

[@ChannelBerpindah]

Japan wasnt colonized because they rapidly and effectively modernized their nation and managed to be on par with the western powers. If you were talking about japan wasnt colonized because they themselves was a colonizer that statement was totally wrong and vague statement. Almost all non western countries which was doomed to colonization was also a colonizer themselves, Qing China, Burmese Empire, Sikh Empire, these were all colonizers themselves, but yet that didnt saved them from being colonized. Like i said, What saved Japan from western imperialism was the fact that they managed to modernized and proved as a civilized great power themselves and that made the western powers respected them.

[@j.j.b369]

You didn't watch the whole video, did you?

[@しぃ-q6g]

Exactly!

[@artydean9892]

Thats what he said but tgey also industrialised very late they could have been colonised it would have been costly

[@ChannelBerpindah]

@j.j.b369 yes I did, I just wanted to remove the idea of not being colonised because they themselves were also a colonial power

[@ChannelBerpindah]

@artydean9892 actually many Asian powers tried to modernise and industrialize early but were hindered by many obstacles. Mostly from Conservatives who didn't want their nation to follow western path. Japan managed to overcome this due to having a full blown civil war during bakumatsu. Its only civil war that gave full outcome on a nation decision.

[@mountainadventures7346]

Japan is the eastern version of Germany. They are perfectionists. They are engineers. They are inventors. They were behind European powers during the colonial age but they quickly adopted European military tactics and caught up. They went from Samurai on horseback to bombing Pearl Harbor within the span of a couple of centuries. Incredible!

[@Jesus_Zendejas]

They always intrigue me. During the Meiji they were so backwards and look like a country during the 1400s. Then by WWI they were still behind but progress so much since the Meiji but later progress way more after WW2.

[@molybdaen11]

And they had nearly as many countrys as germany :)

[@charles8769]

According to Americans they merely copied just like they accuse China of doing.

[@Littlemilkjug533]

Actually in just less than a century

[@socottra7206]

Actually Meiji Restoration is just copying what the West have done. The West took many years of research with failure, trial and error before entering industrial revolution, meanwhile Japan just followed them in every aspects in a right way.

[@joedellinger9437]

The Portuguese also gave the Japanese fried food! Tempura was born!

[@scintillam_dei]

Spain gave the world chocolate and potatoes as well as knowledge of the Pacific even the Japanese lacked. Only Mesoamérica had chocolate before, and only the Inca area had potatoes prior.

[@dittmannrudolfrohr2149]

@@scintillam_dei Cocaine.

[@scintillam_dei]

@@dittmannrudolfrohr2149 "Cocaine." No, I don't sell. I forgot about the coca plant. The Spanish Empire was against most vices (except idolatry of Mary), so it must have suppressed slavery to stinky plants. The British macro-evolutionists, however, and no qualms with drugging all of China with opium to exploit them. Spain was better than Britain. British tourists would say it still is.

[@Omerath9]

@@scintillam_dei Before the Portuguese arrived in Japan, the Japanese had a term for "3 worlds", since their knowledge of the world was confined to Japan, China and India. After the Portuguese arrived in Japan, they changed their term to "3000 worlds". Portugal also gave tomatoes, vindaloo and potatoes to India, horses to many regions of sub-saharan Africa, tempura to Japan, tea to England, sweet oranges to the middle East, and a lot more.

[@scintillam_dei]

@@Omerath9 Portugal gave potatoes thanks to Spain discovering them. During the Iberian Union, the Spanish Emperor had Goa and everything else Portuguese including Portugal itself. Portugal "discovered" Ethiopia, Arabia, India, China and Japan which ancients or Marco Polo already knew about. Spain had a lot more real discoveries.

[@monstermachine7092]

Banning Christianity was largely why Japan wasn't colonized imo.

[@fakename2336]

definitely. one of the main reasons the spanish and portuguese colonized so heavily was to spread their religion. japan was already a place with very few useful natural resources and very hard to get to, and now they couldnt spread their religion there. there wouldve been practically no benefit at all to continue colonizing other than just owning some extra land that had practically no use and would be a hotspot for rebellions against the portuguese. and this isnt even mentioning how powerful the japanese already were at this time.

[@jappiejojo777]

Ah, that’s why Ethiopia got colonized. Oh wait

[@Tigerex966]

Nope, they had modern weapons, and no resources to steal, and was a mountainous region, and the people could easily fight back with the same weapons the Europeans had, and they actually made their own weapons that were just as good.. They would face guns, and cannons, not against spears and arrows. Christianity had nothing to do with, being able to fight back on an equal footing scared would be conquerers, and no resources meant why, other than slaves, which japan was doing themselves, and they could get slaves much cheaper much closer, there simply was no incentive, and huge risk of being defeated, like France was in Haiti.

[@ProtoForte]

this has to be the dumbest comment i've read all day.

[@monstermachine7092]

@@Tigerex966 Hideyoshi Toyotomi realized that Christianity was a potential threat and before it could take root and sow division in the land that he unified largely without bloodshed; he saw it fit to ban it. Furthermore, he had Christians crucified to set a precedence, it worked..

[@gorotv5826]

This video overlooks the fact and cause that only Japan was able to modernize 100 years earlier than any other Asian country. The reason why Japan was able to develop into a strong country is because of the development of Japanese society, decentralization and the existence of the emperor in the Edo period. Edo, now Tokyo, was one of the largest cities in the world, the Japanese had the highest literacy rate in the world at the time, and the masses were responsible for commerce, industry, and high culture. At that time, under the loose control of the Tokugawa shogunate, local feudal lords competed in handicrafts and economics, and there were many excellent samurai throughout Japan. As a result, samurai warriors throughout Japan were able to use the Emperor as a centripetal force to defeat the Tokugawa Shogunate and immediately form a new government to carry out radical modernization reforms. In other words, the reason why Japan succeeded in modernization quickly was because it had a ruler called Emperor who could replace the old system, reformers called local samurai, and ordinary people who were excellent workers.

[@nasutsukumokami7688]

すばらしい洞察

[@le_meme_man8983]

The argument is pretty okay but Tokyo didn't become the largest city till the 50s, and Japan didn't have the highest literacy rate in the world either

[@寿司は人の金で食うもんだ]

日本人並みに日本のこと知ってるの凄いな。厳密には人によって意見が分かれるところもあるだろうけど。

[@thegreatestpitchermaddux4887]

GORO TV didn’t say Edo was the largest city, he said one of the largest. But you’re right that Japan was the highest literate society at the time. It was one of the highest, but not the best. Overall, I would also say Goro TV’s argument is fine.

[@ヤマトウズメ-r1o]

There has never been a sword so sharp in the world Samurai are brave and masters of swords, that there are such samurai all over Japan He was afraid and gave up controlling by force. He thought of dominating in the economy, but he was Japanese Self-taught mathematics techniques were already in Europe and America, at the Date clan in Satsuma and Ehime. I am self-taught to complete a steam engine ship.

[@honhon999]

In 16th century, Portuguese they sold some musket guns to Japanese, shortly after that Japanese started to copy and mass production, then Japan became heaviest fire armed region in the world.

[@sinnopal1]

true. Japan was too powerful to be colonized. Whitemen tried, but soon realized Japanese were in fact more powerful than than themselves. This is true for China and Korea.

[@antwerpant418]

But Japan couldn't beat the Korean fleet

[@sinnopal1]

@@antwerpant418 Yes. I know. But Belgium is a terrible country with horrendous human rights record. What they did in Congo is just terrorfying.

[@antwerpant418]

@@sinnopal1 Nein. Belgium is very good country with wonderful culture like waffle🧇 or Belgian fries🍟

[@leapround2848]

@@sinnopal1 The Jesuits got crucified for peddling their Kingdom of God for Jesus the Jewish priest.

[@kutannopapa]

As someone already pointed out, the story overlooks the importance of mining exports from Japan which dominated the world's silver and gold market in the era. The Mongolian invasion in the 13th century must be another interesting topic to be touched on. Well illustrated though.

[@namename6866]

That the whole point silver gold All countries and islands invaded by leaders dictators and followers Most are from royalty from different countries but are related and still is today that are greedy especially for silver gold and diamond gems coal what ever government churches politician popes banks they the same family one huge family controlling brainwashing manipulating people it a criminal origination been past on for centuries and people just don't get it Build a church give the people the bible turn your back on them they taken the land every country this what they do look at every wars and battles it the the same about resources religion and money a value of something corruption and greed Thing is British military would have used the Spanish military to colonized for gold and creating a false system to other nations for greed and power and slave for the system this what they do British Spanish military are the pirate's How many more country they are still trying to take over keep hearing north Korea

[@adintoader2401]

@@namename6866 i agree with you but you should try to learn a bit more english grammar as your writting is a bit hard to understand

[@bbraat]

@@RockBrentwood During the beginning of the video they added an asterisk to indicate that "foreign colonial power" only means "European power"! (Because only Europeans can be colonizers!)

[@marke9036]

*... because they are intended to colonize Europe before the forced Plaza Accord Japan was going to over take the US economically (by itself its GDP was the twice of the sum of Germany, UK and France Big three of the Europe) ...* *What kind of propaganda "knowledge" channel is this?*

[@capixolucius4452]

@@adintoader2401 Totally agree you. Someone's speech is terrible.

[@ericyujidurandal3094]

Japan and Portugal＝Countries where seafood is delicious.🐟🐙🦐

[@cyberman1305]

UK: AM I A JOKE TO YOU?????!!!!!

[@PhyrexJ]

@@cyberman1305 UK is a joke when it comes to food

[@alukuhito]

@@cyberman1305 Yes. British seafood? Other than fish and chips I can't picture any British seafood.

[@高木正弘-e9z]

people always says Japanese sushi. but we Japanese usually eat baked fish. not sushi.

[@danielfernandes5451]

@@cyberman1305 Yes UK, you are...

[@むかちゃん-y1n]

幸運も理由の一つかもしれませんが、日本がほんとうに強かったのは事実であり、この動画は日本を植民地に出来なかったことを悔しがって幸運のお陰だと言っています

[@BigBrain-ks8js]

Here comes the sun☀️

[@sorrymuge6935]

@@むかちゃん-y1n いや、この英語のコメントは日本を称賛してるコメントだと思いますよ 日出る国とかけて"Here comes the sun"

[@むかちゃん-y1n]

@@sorrymuge6935 なるへそ

[@Sayid-al-Furat]

Of course. Japan went to commit mass atrocities in Asia, it would've not happened if colonized.

[@むかちゃん-y1n]

@@Sayid-al-Furat逆です。確かに日本はそれを犯しました。しかしそれはヨーロッパの国々がアジアやアフリカを植民地にして残虐行為を日本以上に何百年も繰り返し行ってきたから、日本はその行為を見てアジアはアジアが支配して白人を追い出そうとしました。実際今アジアがヨーロッパに支配されずに残っていて独立したり対等に白人と話ができるのは元は日本のおかげだ。ヨーロッパの人の方が何百倍も非道な行為をしてきた。それは今もアフリカの経済が成長出来ない理由でもある。

[@Eldred15]

Japan is also insanely mountainous.

[@Eldred15]

@Jure Dolar Some good points. European powers could have also opted to land troops in the low lying plain areas like the Kanto region to set up bases of operations. It still would have been extremely difficult to conquer the whole country, but the flat coastal areas would be fair game.

[@nogisonoko5409]

@Jure Dolar Even with colonials powerful navy, in land they are almost at disadvantage compared to the Japanese forces which are numerically superior, equally armed, and have good amount of experienced Daimyo and commander since they fought like hell during Sengoku Jidai.

[@godkingemperor7685]

also they lived by the Bushido code which was better to die in battle to to flee and live in shame for your entire life.and if it wasn't for the atomic bombs japan would have never surrendered to the USA.

[@nogisonoko5409]

@@godkingemperor7685 No. They will surrender to US eventually, with or without atomic bombs.

[@RenjiXIII]

@@godkingemperor7685 The atomic bombs wouldn't have done much as what history books say. The Japanese hoped that they could force an armistice by making it as bloody as possible since the US wad only coming from one side. Unlikely that it would, but not impossible, but when the Soviets came in, turning it into a two way way from North and South, the chances dropped to zero. If anything, the atomic bombs seemed more like a perfect excuse to say "Hey we lost because of a miracle weapon", imagine the consequences to the state if they up an told the real truth, that be one hell of a revolt.

[@inazuma3gou]

Great analysis. Another reason is when the colonial forces have arrived Japan in the 1860s, Japan had studied how China had fallen to colonial forces and vowed not repeat China's mistake. The problem is, Japan had studied the tactics of colonial forces so well that they became one...

[@victornunes6047]

Nah,what Japan did was not the same thing as european colonialism. Not even close,at least not on the traditional way.

[@naniwakkohafu]

Yea I’m not sure why Mathew perry wasn’t mentioned

[@kobe51]

True

[@RA10H56]

@@victornunes6047 please to explain your position.

[@jeanmiyu6904]

There were only two choices to survived at the era of jungle law. One is to became a wolf, the other is to remain in status of a sheep. Look at the status of Asia, only JPN and Thailad have been keeping its independence as of 1910, the time when JPN annexed Korea.

[@drpepper3838]

Funfact: during japans Isolation of 200 years the Dutch republic was the only European nation that was allowed to trade with them, for the simple reason we didn't care about ideology and spreading our faith.

[@dr.finnegan3949]

Why you lost to the portuguese in Brazil? Why? :(

[@drpepper3838]

@@dr.finnegan3949 because we won in indonesia:)

[@Mexa2105]

U only care bout the money hell yeah

[@izharcohen4572]

@@drpepper3838 no you lose, even nederland is is now colonized by immigrants, that is great return

[@drpepper3838]

@@izharcohen4572 not really... 5% is Muslim and you call this a colonization lol?

[@betterworldtobe]

Japan had most guns in the world in those era. If European countries came to fight, it should have been very difficult. Also from Japanese point of view, to spread christianity before invasion was common strategy like they did in south America . Actually Christian house was used as base for slave trading from Japan. I am pretty proud that Japan refused to let christianity come in.And also love some food which came in from Portugal in those era.

[@Aly_._]

What kind of guns? And self invented?

[@user-mp7yz2qt2t]

Proud? They were all murdered by the shogun

[@megakoiking9680]

​@@Aly_._ ポルトガルから伝来した火縄銃を日本人が大量生産しました

[@Sayid-al-Furat]

And now the country is collapsing, being threatened by China, and dependent upon the West.

[@royale7620]

They didnt have any guns, stop making stuff up kid

[@theexam7394]

Let's not forget that the attempted invasions of the Mongols centuries prior was a lesson worth taking note of.

[@SeanKula]

Yep. "So the mongols came over ready for war and then they died in a tornado. But then they tried again and had a nice time fighting with the Japanese but then died in a tornado."

[@cutecat7172]

Kublai khan attacked japan but because of the weather he was not able to conquer

[@wolfsbane2.0]

Thank God ! Japan was an Island nation ethically it couldn't be invaded by Mongols because of the south China sea

[@pramudyaseven5671]

i learned about this from ghost of tsushima

[@Trenacetate43]

@Rudolf Hillard not so much for phillippines and indonesia lol.. who was conquered by western empires for centuries. Your technology & army power matter too...

[@gakurekichu]

豊臣秀吉がキリスト教を追放してなかったら植民地化してた可能性は十分にあるからなぁ。秀吉の功績はもっと知られて欲しいです。

[@Aly_._]

Heard Japan had a lot of guns and pretty powerful military during this period too.

[@Gigi-dv9uv]

鎖国してなかったらなぁ…

[@姶良-d3w]

そんな簡単に日本を植民地化できるわけなかろう どれだけの軍事力と経済力と人口を抱えていたと思っているんだ 秀吉とか関係ないわ

[@gakurekichu]

@@姶良-d3w バテレン追放例出してるし関係あるわ

[@姶良-d3w]

@@gakurekichu バテレン追放しようがしまいが日本を植民地化できる訳ねぇだろ 産業革命後の欧州ですら日本侵略ははなから諦めてるんだぞ 侵略しようとしたら逆に全滅させられるわ

[@rayleigh_ha]

After Portugal left Japan, Japan deepened its trade with the Netherlands. Because Dutch did NOT bring Christianity to Japan. After the end of the Sengoku (Warring States) period and the start of the Edo period (1603-1867), this relationship continued in detail. A few decades after the beginning of the Meiji Era, the "Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between Japan and the Netherlands" was concluded(1896), but this treaty was unequal. However, at the end of the Meiji Era (1912), this treaty was revised and Japan received MFN treatment from the Netherlands. As a side note, in 2016, based on this century-old treaty, Japanese can work in the Netherlands without a work permit. When I heard this news, I was very surprised to see a treaty that I had learned about in history class.😂

[@GlitchPredator]

So this works one way?

[@NET-mo7yp]

@@GlitchPredator Work visa privileges for Japanese nationals have also been reviewed and, as of January 1, 2017, Japanese nationals also need a work permit.

[@CrissCrossCA]

If only japanese would learn a bit about WW2 instead of just learning about all of their history before that.

[@長門-o1s]

@@CrissCrossCA lol I am Japanese and I have learned ww2 in Japanese history class in my high school 😂.Dont say bullshit.

[@CrissCrossCA]

@@長門-o1s Ive seen a street interview in Japan where 95% of the people didnt recognize the swastika flag (the flag of the 3rd reich), which is honestly shocking to me and lets me question that education. Also many japanese dont know or deny that they commited war crimes in WW2 (eg terrible human experiments in china) and that they were the one-sided aggressor in WW2 alongside germany.

[@konosaki]

There were compounding factors. First, Japan was too far removed from the West. Secondly, Japan was in a long period of warfare, and there were many guns, swords and armed groups out of necessity. They were meant for the Japanese to fight each other, but they were enough to make the few Westerners who came by boat from far away give up colonisation. Thirdly, spices were not harvested in Japan. Gold and silver were mined, but were sourced more closely to the West. Another fact that is never mentioned in most videos and books was the slave trade by the Westerners. They used the Christian Church as a cover to sell poor Japanese children and women to their colonies in South East Asia. (*There is no intention to condemn those countries or religions today.) In any case, the Japanese of the time viewed Westerners with scepticism. Later, Japan entered the Edo period, civil wars ended and weapons were reduced, but the situation in neighbouring China, for example, was closely monitored and external vigilance was maintained. In the Meiji era (1868-1912), the capital of Japan was officially moved from Kyoto to Tokyo. Some believe that the main reason for this was the intention to warn against Russia, which was approaching from the north-east.

[@oca8405]

テレ東大学にもおられてたまにコメントされてますね。かなり前から拝見させていただいておりますが、やはり理性的な方でしたね。

[@PatrickBatemanVietnamBush]

That's a pretty hefty claim. I can provide evidence of the japanese raping and sodomizing China and committing atrocities, but do you have any material that supports your own allegations? Who are "they"? You can't just say these things on the internet, kek.

[@チョコチップ-u4d]

有識者パネェ🙏

[@bobg5362]

For the same reason Imperial Japan felt it had to expand; Japan has very little in the way of natural resources.

[@takecham5155]

If Japan remained as it was, it would have been colonized in the not too distant future. They learned that the environment for maintaining peace in the Edo period had disappeared. There is no doubt that they were people with a base who could know, study, absorb and rapidly modernize the world situation so that it would not be colonized. After that, there is only one goal. "To become a country that is considered to be on par with Western countries and to eliminate the fear of being invaded by the West." They acted "for them" with all their might.

[@lucascoval828]

They chose to evolve and advance. Based.

[@gabriellamar2683]

Japan was never going to be colonized and was never at risk of being colonized. The European presence in Japan was tightly controlled by the Empire.

[@001suisen4]

There is no 100% chance of that happening. Because even the British Empire, the most powerful country in the world in the 19th century, was unable to win a war against one of Japan's feudal domains. The Choshu and Satsuma domains went to war with Britain and never paid any reparations.

[@001suisen4]

@ここに本名出るのやめろ 違うだろ。薩摩ががんとして支払わないから、イギリスが幕府から取り立てることしたんであって。

[@ksm273]

The Portuguese and the Spanish had plans to colonize Japan in the 15th century. But there were as many guns in Japan as the guns in all Europe combined. Many were imported, and many were also made in Japan by the Japanese themselves. Samurais were carrying the swords all the time. They saw no reason to yield to the foreigners. Simply, those Europeans had absolutely no chance to colonize Japan.

[@kcapt96]

If they wanted they could easily established some forts near the cost. It was simply not worth it...

[@cozecoze1]

Japanese firearms the highest quality :D As many as in all europe? LOL....well maybe not colonized but destroyed yes and easily.

[@ksm273]

@@kcapt96 　The West has colonized many places that had nothing but poverty. Japan had much more wealth. They, the greedy savages, would have if they could. They decided they could not outright take Japan militarily. They tried spreading Christianity (evangelism), that too did not work.

[@ksm273]

@@cozecoze1 "Japanese firearms the highest quality"? Who said that? Is that you who think so? "As many as in all Europe" -- That is what a European staying in Japan wrote. Historians have procured many such documents. No Japanese has been to Europe. They had no way of knowing anyway.

[@ksm273]

@@cozecoze1 The Japanese are not much into firearms anyway. Everyone knows Europeans make the best guns. The American white, the Europen transplants, also make good ones though, some say, not quite as good. That's the reputation.

[@mmatip123]

I’ve always respected how Japan adapts

[@theofficerfactory2625]

2 things. I have hear that Ja[pan at one point had more guns than all of Europe combined. Also, when we, the US, sort of forced Japan to open to the world, it was not out of colonization but of trade. We were looking for an Asian trading partner to compete with the European powers. Japan was not stupid. They saw what was happening to China with the British and the French and thus opened to us and then the world.

[@harukrentz435]

@Jure Dolar europe consists of many countries and theyre fighting with each other, why dont you compare Japan with one european country instead of whole continent? 😂

[@harukrentz435]

Youre right Kevin, Japanese at that time had the most muskets in the world they also had millions of trained soldiers. Lets not forget after one and half century of Sengoku Jidai which cost millions lives Japanese still had 500.000 soldiers to be send to invade Korea in span of 8 years.

[@papab34r]

@Jure Dolar I believe a slight mention of the OP's comment were made in the netflix documentary about the sendoku jidai, although I question the claim. I mean even if they had amassed an army of 500 000 of which some/most were equipt (160k according to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearms_of_Japan) with matchlocks then that's nothing when comparing to the population of an entire continent. Remember, firearms were not just used for wars, but used for hunting as well, therefore the number of firearms were not only limited to the military, thus stating that Japan had more guns then Europe, is not really possible to prove and at best would be very hard to substantiate.

[@albahenao3004]

@Jure Dolar hi

[@marsnz1002]

Wow. 0/2 factual info. Japan never had more guns than Europe. That's just absurd. Also the US forcing their way into Japan was the main driving force behind modernisation. Japan didn't want to have its domestic policy dictated to it by another power.

[@goawaynow555]

slave trade argument is the weaker of the arguments of why the Japanese curtailed European influence in Japan. I would say it had mostly to do with the Dutch showing up and the Portuguese asking the Dutch be expelled etc in a zealous manner because of the wars of religion in Europe that were occurring between Catholics and Protestants. The Oda nobunaga and other Daiymo had a hard time fighting and defeating the buddhist religious based faction armies of the Ikko-Ikki in the warring states era and were not looking for more religion based conflicts, thus expelling the Europeans from the vast majority of Japan (they had one or two ports still open, but contact at a minimum and no conversions) to keep the population with the Shinto and Buddhist religions versus bringing in an aggressive religion that risk starting up zealot armies to spring up again. Also, keep in mind the Tokugawa Shogunate also fought christian samurai in the Shimabara Rebellion (supported by portugeuse, and tokugawa supported by Dutch) reinforced this was the proper move to expell the foreigners and their influence.

[@arthurmosel808]

A far better explanation.

[@Icefrostmiguel]

As a Portuguese, I fully support your explanation. Yes our colozination pratices of slave trading did scare the Japanese, but the wars with the Ottoman, and the danger of Spain invasion by that time, and the religion fobia of Japan along with the Dutch competition were much more weightful than the slave issue.

[@leapround2848]

@@Icefrostmiguel I think its because the Japanese were more superior to Portuguese. Jesuits were crucified and drowned and these frightened the europeans.

[@Icefrostmiguel]

@@leapround2848 I do not think that is a matter of Japanese being superior. Its the fact that Portuguese were in war with many fronts. By 1550 Portugal had a colossal navy, with the most advanced ships and weapons. Botafogo was a ship with more than 200 cannons that destroyed the ottomans at the battle of Diu. Japan was not as profitable, and worth loosing the other battle fronts to allocate resources. Besides this the Ottomans suceeded im defeating Portuguese army, and slain the king and only heir of the throne (Sebastion). Then, spain Invaded. Now get the picture: Japan with few resources, and difficult to conquer, with the Portuguese fighting the Dutch, Ottoman empire, Spanish empire and after loosing to Spain being draft to fight the French and British. Portuguese resorted to culture assimilation, however japanese were warned by the Dutch and it didnt work. Did you really think Portuguese defended colonies in Iran and India against the ottoman empire with Jesuits? Its absurd. It was by firepower, slaughter and war.

[@gladiador7370]

@@leapround2848 Just worthless. Europeans had much more lands and gold in America, thats why Mayan, Inca and others got destroyed. If Japan had lots of Gold as the americans had, it would ended up being smashed for so many europeans at the same time. Good for Japan and their folks that it was not the case and the europeans were split and in war for so long

[@drainmonkeys385]

Japan was too strong and too well organized, and if they were invaded, I think they would have been a far more dangerous foe than anyone could know

[@jinji0205]

yes, that is why us nuked japan

[@nogisonoko5409]

@@jinji0205 no.

[@hc68913]

@@jinji0205 No it was just a insane experiment by the president with F name.

[@GeyerII]

@@hc68913 it was better for Japan this way The other option was The USA and USSR invading the main islands of Japan More people would have died plus Japan could have been divided like Germany And the Americans probably would remove the emperor for refusing to surrender a causing more unnecessary deaths

[@deadby15]

Even now, empires fail to beat unfriendly Terrain + Guerilla warfare. With its 70% forestation, mountainous terrain and complex coastline, Japan is a heaven for a Guerilla army.

[@dontmentionit1596]

I’m Japanese who’s from Nagasaki, the one of few open trade site during the isolation (no no Christianity) period. We do have a lot of influence from Dutch, Portugués, China in my town. The food and buildings are culturally unreal here. Pretty town with warm n chill people, worth visiting.

[@ヤマトウズメ-r1o]

There has never been a sword so sharp in the world Samurai are brave and masters of swords, that there are such samurai all over Japan He was afraid and gave up controlling by force. He thought of dominating in the economy, but he was Japanese Self-taught mathematics techniques were already in Europe and America, at the Date clan in Satsuma and Ehime. I am self-taught to complete a steam engine ship.

[@かまのすけ釜田]

長崎最高でした

[@fl21001]

でっかいちゃんぽん食ったけどマジで美味かった

[@折り紙の妖精]

私もいつか長崎行きたいなー

[@user-ih2qk7iq5m]

ちゃんぽん美味いっす最高っす

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

So the Mongols came over, ready for war, and *died in a tornado* But they tried again, and had a nice time fighting with the Japanese, but then *died in a tornado*

[@rubens2004]

I litterly see you everywere, even on a 4th of july live stream in disneyland

[@RogueSeraph]

Not a tornado, a typhoon...twice. Back then Japan was very hard to invade cause you could only do it by sea, even harder if you do it during typhoon season.

[@nubo3517]

@@RogueSeraph it's a reference to "history of japan" by bill wurtz, where he says those lines calling it a tornado rather than a typhoon (jokingly? but idk)

[@davidjacobs8558]

@@RogueSeraph Mongols didn't know anything about sub trophical climate, sea faring, monsoon season or typhoon. The ships that Mongol used were built by Koreans and Chinese. Koreans told Mongols to NOT invade Japan during the typhoon season, but Mongols didn't listen. because they thought they knew better, which they didn't.

[@jayflo714]

also, Japanese were good at fighting...

[@yifu100]

Japan have unique story in East Asia. Being isolated from mainland, which protect them from mainland, and avoided most of the big fights, not getting destroyed by nomadic tribes or absorbed by china. They maintained a good ancient han chinese cultural heritage. A lot of the old han and tang dynasty culture are lost or destroyed in china but still kept in Japan, I really envy them. China had gone through mongol and manchu rule, A lot of the old han chinese culture are gone.

[@ya4885-k2x]

DNA analysis shows that Han Chinese and Japanese are not close.

[@theskeptic2010]

@@ya4885-k2x Culturally maybe - you don't have to have similar DNA to adopt someone's culture,

[@ya4885-k2x]

@@theskeptic2010 What kind of Chinese culture is left in Japan now?

[@gtlover2011]

@@ya4885-k2x well perhaps Chinese characters? I see them still using nowadays. And lots of Chinese visit Nara for the Tang Dynasty style structures/temples because there basically not much Tang style structures left in China. And perhaps some food? Some music instruments?

[@hikari03steve]

@@ya4885-k2x pretty much everything from the tang dynasty?

[@wodi2403]

Here for TW: Shogun 2. Is impressive how a game make you love history just to get the complete immersion of it. Excellent narrative!! Thanks for this content

[@mbern4530]

Its important to remember that at the time of Portugal discovering Japan, the Japanese population was equal to all of Europe due to the plague having reduced European numbers. And the Portuguese introduced guns early which the Japanese quickly learned to make themselves. Combine that with their military structure and it would have been nearly impossible.

[@jjk5693]

That is sad

[@dylantyt6654]

Japan wasn't colonized because the Europeans weren't the blood thirsty savages they have been portrayed to be. Japan was already highly civilized and the places that the Europeans established colonies were vastly better off after their arrival. Unless your idea of peace and harmony is waring nomads that harvest on subdued human flesh as long as its their culture is a standard of morality in your eyes. The Europeans looked at the other races as a cursed people that needed to be replenished with 'Salt of the Earth' whish is what the Bible refers to as Christians. Read European History with a Biblical point of view and not a 20th century warner bros socialist dogmatic portrayal of Crony capitalism, and things should start to clear up for you. Btw Japan has some of the largest Gold reserves in the world, would have been a wonderful Far East India Company!

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Vitagen Yakult Funds

[@dxelson]

It's sad that japanese didn't get colonized by Europeans? 🤣

[@kamkam_99]

銃と取り違えてないか。

[@maartenbakker8311]

Japan made use of the new Dutch Republic (17th century) to force Portugal out of Japan when the Dutch also contested for its Indian colonies (nowadays Indonesia and bits of Malaysia). After that the Dutch were allowed one island of Japan to trade and make contact as the only foreign country at the time. Japan had the say on who was allowed to depart and arrive and when on the island. So the Dutch were the only European force who was able and allowed to trade with Japan in the 17th and 18th century. Until Americans tried to open up the Japanese market.

[@えふらん-v3k]

This is because the Dutch promised not to spread Christianity to Japan. The reason for this is that the purpose of the Dutch was not to spread Christianity, but to make money.

[@GarkKahn]

Imagine being punished for war crimes during ww2 and your sentence is "you're going to brazil"

[@1CE.]

Brazil back then was actually rather nice so it’s not that much of a punishment

[@akifumi-y4686]

ww2?? Japanese go to Brazil from 1908～1993.

[@roeazy]

That's not punishment. They were actually trying to colonize territories like the biritish did to Australia by sending their prisoners you have your peoole taking the land

[@roeazy]

@Renzo Alarcón lol thank you

[@GarkKahn]

There's something called "joke" you know?

[@nanajiji765]

When you write “Japan” in the title or make any video about Japan, you can get many views.

[@SC-jt3uf]

true

[@scintillam_dei]

Weeaboo army ready to bow to their idol Pervertland at every turn.

[@heirloomcategory5673]

It's not. Unless the title or the thumbnail is interesting.

[@danielftoha2139]

Seems like kimigayo song is really meaningful and fit with Japan right now. Japan is definitely long lasting country in thousands of years. LONG LIVE JAPAN! 🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵

[@えふらん-v3k]

I am Japanese. I am very happy to hear that. I don't know what country you live in, but knowing that there are people like you made me want to go. ありがとう！thank you!

[@danielftoha2139]

@@えふらん-v3k I'm from Indonesia and I really love a lot of things about Japan. The foods, culture, architecture history, they are all very interesting to me

[@farajaraf]

Saudi Arabia wasn't colonized because 1. It didn't really exist. 2. Without oil it had no value what's so ever, that's why the Turks didn't even bother with the region outside of Hejaz and Yemen.

[@abdelrhmanemira2480]

@Абдульзефир and Mohamed Ali did it very easy xD

[@ArabianZar]

Still doesn’t change the fact that mongol didn’t control central Arabia which was the birthplace of Saudi Arabia

[@abdelrhmanemira2480]

@Абдульзефир it was very easy for Ibrahem ibn MOHAMED Ali pasha he defeated Saudi forces without any problems

[@abdelrhmanemira2480]

@@ArabianZar only because of the Mamelukes and the Egyptian levant army

[@ArabianZar]

@@abdelrhmanemira2480 what about them ?

[@uenonatsue2086]

Korea was not a colonization. It was an annexation.

[@parmentier7457]

The only real trading partner was the Netherlands from 1634 to 1854. The Dutch were welcome because they did not impose the faith. The Netherlands imported many books about the new European technologies, science, astrology, medicine, world maps, etc. In exchange, the Netherlands received copper, porcelain and silver. The very first Japanese ambassador and entourage was welcomed in London and Paris. Then they went to Amsterdam. They felt so at home in the Netherlands because they recognised many things that the Dutch brought to Japan. What was also special was that the Japanese ambassador and his entourage spoke Dutch. Because all the books that the Japanese received from the Dutch were written in Dutch. The first Japanese ambassador stayed in the Netherlands for a month.

[@ここ日本語もいけるんやで]

Holland was the only foreign language for the Japanese people,so Japanese scholars had to translate documents written in Dutch into Japanese. "解体新書(kaitaishinsyo)" is surprisingly example.It is Medical books translated Dutch into Japanese.people who translated it can't understand Dutch,but they accomplished translation by themselves.It is said like cryptanalysis. Such this way,Japanese can use Dutch technology,and can happen Meiji ishin. from Japanese,with broken English:)

[@えふらん-v3k]

@@ここ日本語もいけるんやで Genpaku Sugita, who translated Kaitai Shinsho, is very much loved in Japan. in a joking way

[@부엉이셋째동생]

당시 한국과 일본 쓰시마 간의 무역량이 네덜란드의 10배 정도 였음 어디 까지나 서양에서 유일한 무역 파트너 였지 아시아 에서는 아니 었음

[@tk4826]

The high literacy rate was one of the biggest reasons Japan quickly adopted the European military. They were successfully modernized and became a coloniser from a Japanese point of view.

[@Gomes1989]

quick correction, the surname of Gaspar is Coelho not Coehlo. And it means Rabbit.

[@htoosaw9012]

When you try to colonize Japan but Japan colonizes you.

[@bryanmartinez6600]

There's actually a Korean Admiral who manages to prevent them from colonizing Korean Yi Sun Sin but losses were still brutal.

[@deadby15]

Isn't Japan colonizing the West culturally with Anime/Games?

[@ls200076]

@@deadby15 nani?!?!? UwU Ye, CULTURAL VICTORY

[@experience_point6233]

@@deadby15 Yes. Biggest movie last year, Demon Slayer: Mugen Train, biggest show last year, Attack on Titan. Biggest game, Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

[@dwainerdjon5559]

Dude, Japan is a USA colony

[@boulderbash19700209]

Portuguese sold so many muskets to Japan that at the end of Sengoku period, Japan was the most armed country in the world. Nobody dared to touch them at the time.

[@MNkno]

Many of the rifles in the Sengoku period were locally made. They had the metal-working skills from their sword-making technology, they cracked the keys to the process of making rifles, and manufactured muskets in addition to those they bought.

[@puljz8551]

cap

[@허윤형-v7b]

Actually, Nobody bothered to touch Japan at the time. East Asian geography was fixed, there wasn't much of a boundary dispute. Japan was separated by sea. China, Korea, and Manchuria were all blocked by mountainous regions so neither could easily invade each other. Also, the region overall was generally peaceful under the Ming hegemony. Also, Japanese firearms were unknown to Korea or China. That's what made the Japanese invasion of Korea in 1592 so effective. Considering that those two are the only neighbors that can actually "touch" Japan, we can conclude that nobody was intimidated because of the superior Japanese firearms.

[@boulderbash19700209]

@@허윤형-v7b I mean, the Europeans where the guns were came from also dare not touch Japan. Portuguese already mauled kingdoms from Cape Good Hope thru Malacca. Spain already bludgeon kingdoms in the Philippines to submission. Turkey had vassals at Indonesia. England, Dutch, and France would came within a few years. Those Europeans had the habit of bullying the locals.

[@quirijnv6793]

@@boulderbash19700209 Mostly for spices yeah, and even then limited to either smaller islands or coastal settlements for trade. None of these played a significant enough role for the colonial powers to invest such large amounts of money and effort in an operation that would never break even. Portugal warred viciously with the Ottomans, a formidable opponent as well, over trade on the Indian west coast, because those settlements were worth a lot. It shows that if enough economic incentive was there, one of them probably would have eventually attacked Japan.

[@Hail-vq9mk]

simple answer: Samurai was so strong

[@redwankhan3375]

It’s the first time i have seen a civil war being beneficial for a country

[@HarrowKrodarius]

Fun fact, Actually the dutch had the most influence over Japan. As the dutch eventually were the only nation from 1639 until 1853 that were allowed to trade in Japan. the dutch also provided Japan's first ever Steam-powered warship the, Kankō Maru. And eventually Dutch Studies also known as Rangaku was replaced with Western Studies after the Americans forced the opening of the country to foreign trade besides the dutch in 1854.

[@habibi9497]

Dutch🇳🇱 and Japan🇯🇵 be good friends forever!

[@普通の人-k6f]

中国もですよ

[@habibi9497]

He says it was not only Dutch but also China, at that time Qing dynasty, which is true.

[@maulanasabrian2909]

@@habibi9497 good friend? When the Dutch still controlled Indonesia, Japan came and defeated the Dutch in Indonesia, then Japan not only colonized Indonesia but also mainland Southeast Asia.

[@habibi9497]

@@maulanasabrian2909 I do apologise for what our ancestors have done in the past. I am not asking you to forget.

[@MrCucaisme]

Fun fact: The Japanese word tempura comes from Portuguese "tempero" which means seasoning.

[@antideus9389]

The food itself is Portuguese.

[@blutherhood3893]

Fun fact: the word Deki and Sama and other words in Japanese has an Arabic origin.

[@michelemarmelo3699]

@@blutherhood3893 makes sense portugal and spain were arabic muslim for 700 years before the reconquista alot of spanish and portuguese words have arabic origin and similarities

[@michelemarmelo3699]

yup and thank you as well - arigatou comes from obrigado

[@kar4279]

@@michelemarmelo3699 The word "arigatou" originally comes from "arigatashi(有り難し)", which means something rare. That's a common misconception and has nothing to do with obrigado. By the way, the word tempura is said to be derived from the Portuguese word temporas, which means ember days. Catholics observed prayer and fasting on ember days held during the four seasons, and during these days they forbade eating meat, instead eating vegetables and fish coated in flour and fried.

[@trueedm6115]

The way this ancient history documentary explains complex topics is truly remarkable.

[@ItssEthan00]

2:20 . Imagine this. Sailing towards a land you have little knowledge about. The inability to speak their language. For most if not all, the first time they have ever seen a Japenese person. Discovering a brand new culture and way of life. Different architecture and religion. All of which has evolved with minor knowledge of its existence. How amazing it would have been to experience such an amazing event.

[@AlexanderDunetz]

What Ethan says about ethnic and cultural evolution and diversification is both humbling and awesome. We animals are such trivial victims of geological features : mountain ranges , deserts , tundra ..... and the astronomical importation of water from comets.

[@elaminmochichi7767]

There will be the same feeling when you travel lightspeed in the galaxy but not this lifetime.

[@gropatapouf5998]

This was interesting, could you make a follow up with the relation Dutch-Japan?

[@三好条子]

出島かな

[@fransvandermerwe1794]

You forgot about the Dutch trade influence in Japan

[@wernercaspary7159]

Did you know Germany 🇩🇪 has a twin ? Its called Japan 🇯🇵. Very similar in order, discipline, clean, mentality, industry, highways, trains, schedules (don't be late), perfectionists to the max, a bit egocentric, good beer 🍺 but our food is different we like sausages and they love seafood. I almost forgot we have 4 World Cups 🏆🏆🏆🏆 and Japan none but they will get there. Cheers 🥂 to Japan 🇯🇵 our twin in the East. Greetings from Germany...🍺🖐

[@marscell6700]

YES MY THOUGHT VERY WELL

[@haveaniceday7974]

乾杯🍻

[@YUUUU99]

ドイツはとても良いところです‼︎

[@kaka5656kaka]

Yay, love you Germany from 🇯🇵

[@lukabojic3536]

Also ww2 related

[@ryanmedrina9411]

No one can take on Japan, even westerners... Even in these old times. It has a long highly cultured history that no one can take away. They're so powerful that Allies be allied to take them on. But I'm glad they're changed now, and they are now on our side.

[@RT-qm1tx]

Silver production at the Iwami silver mine was one of the largest in the world in the 16th and 17th centuries.

[@gladiador7370]

Yeah but gold and giant productive lands were the real deal... and the spaniards didn't even had ships enough to transport so much gold as the portuguese didn't even had people enough to produces and transport their productions in Brazil. So, luckyly, Japan was worthless for the europeans.

[@mikesands4681]

The Persian people were conquered by Alexander the Great in ancient history and by Arabian forces in 8th century CE

[@大漁古院]

コメ欄で日本人がどれだけ論理的に事実を述べても、コメ欄では""世界の差別的な視点による歴史観""の方が勢い凄いね…明らかにおかしな主張が散見される。 まるで「アイヌの国」があったかのような歴史観だったり、戦争捕虜を奴隷と変換して語ってたり(本当によくある"日本だけ基準や定義が違う"やつ)、欧州による大規模な植民地支配はまるで無かったことのように「とにかく日本だけが悪い」という結論ありきの差別的な歴史観… 果ては日本人の民族性に原因を見いだす人たちの多いこと(これこそナチと思考が同じ) 日本のアニメ由来のアイコン使いながら日本差別コメントする赤い国の人たち、さらには日本語使える日本からのアカウント(何人かは不明)まで差別的な捏造歴史で茶化す。 救いとしては研究者かと思うほど詳しい海外ニキもちらほら見られることかな…かなり調べてくれてて、日本人よりも知識があり、しっかり事実を示してかなり公平に見てくれているのは、本当にとてもありがたい

[@嗚呼うう]

同意します。

[@chsyrp2437]

totally agree

[@morisoba2550]

それは彼らが「白人種だけが先進文明を持っており、その他の人種は西欧文明から学ぶことでしか先進国になれない」という観念から離れることができないからです。　　なので、彼らは日本自体が先進文明を保有していた事を認めることが出来ない。 ところが、欧州の中世時代までの時代は、実はオリエントやアジアの方が優れていた部分が多いのです。　実際に、西欧はオリエントや古代ギリシャ、古代ローマをコピーして西欧文明を築き、さらにアメリカは西欧をコピーして覇権国にのし上がりました。 面白いのは、日本はポルトガルの鉄砲をコピーしたから、日本や明治維新で欧米の制度や技術をコピーしたから、という議論をする人たちがいますが、では何故、多くの途上国は欧米をコピーしきれていないのでしょうか。

[@太郎たなか-f3f]

​@@morisoba2550 マチュピチュとかマヤ文明とかの宇宙人説ってそういう観点もあるんですよね。白人以外に高度文明を成せる人種が存在するはずかないっていう慢心。

[@Sayid-al-Furat]

​@@morisoba2550 Except, what? Rome and Greece are both Europe and Western civilization. Almost all modern Western society comes from Rome and Greece, who are not at all the Orient. Therefore, the West doesn't copy the Orient, unless you count the fact that Egypt inspired much of Greece. The West developed its own culture and civilization, and we did not necessarily need Asia or the Orient to do so, just like you didn't necessarily need us to do so.

[@sifis172]

nice, and down to the ground analysis. not a mention of samurai, ninja, katana, fantasy stuff. thanks for this

[@ahemjunior]

Well i guess harakiri and kamikaze in fantasy stuff to you.. just because your stupid people don't have it doesn't mean it doesn't exist..

[@REEEPROGRAM]

There will be an Alternate universe where japan was colonized, and I'm scared what will happen

[@metal87power]

In our universe Japan was already "colonized" by U.S.A. Both economically and military.

[@WebertNelson]

Japanese speaking with British accent 😳

[@8pizzaasornothing860]

@@WebertNelson Boe jiden

[@shohan5772]

at least learning Japanese language would be easier. hiragana, katakana and of course specially kanji would be replaced by latin alphabet or cyrillic one(in case colonized by the russians)

[@jankthunder4012]

Oh no there's no imperial japan and the second world war is shortened by about 2 years oh dear

[@hectorberlioz1449]

When the portuguese were kicked out of Japan ,the Japanese preferred to start trading with the Dutch. They were offered an island called Deshima south of Nagasaki. The Dutch were the only people who were accepted by the Japanese. This is not mentioned at all....

[@RafitoOoO]

Nagasaki was a portuguese city so what

[@hectorberlioz1449]

@@RafitoOoO Lissabon was Japanese so what....

[@RafitoOoO]

@@hectorberlioz1449 lmao

[@carlosturris9935]

Wait I remember watching a video of the history of Japan and it said they only traded with the dutch Guess Dutch are just cooler

[@carlosturris9935]

@@justacommonman5935 I guess I mean honestly that’s what the other Europeans should have done instead of spreading the faith that would most likely never be spread especially since it’s across the world they should have focused on profits

[@phonsefagan3754]

It's like a mirror image of the British Isles on the other side of the continent. Enough separation from rivals, by sea, that it was always possible to see the invaders coming and prepare an ambush. Large enough population for a decent size army/navy. Production never too far from a port, makes trade of goods and ideas occur quite naturally. Japan also began (relatively early) a concerted (and state supported) pursuit of scientific research and development - in the 1860s. I was expecting an explanation of why it was not part of China. Perhaps for similar reasons mentioned above.

[@yunsuuu]

China had a different system of managing its neighbouring countries, colonization was not particularly in their interest. China is a huge country on its own and i expect there was enough going on within the country. Also being a island did help (for example the origins of the term kamikaze)

[@andreitaker3527]

Because Ancient China would get big then 3 generayions later a civil war happens and now there are 3 or more kingdom in china

[@lzh4950]

I think China did still have significant influence on Japan earlier in history (in the 1st millennium) e.g. Japanese's _kanji_ script is largely similar to Traditional Chinese, though some words are used & pronounced differently

[@sandrinonesta4390]

I am only at the beginning, but it already seems a great video! Congrats!

[@ronanrawk2113]

It’s simple, he had giant mecha suits

[@johnnyflores5954]

The kings and general channel has a better episode of how the Japanese resisted European expansion, and stopped the spread of Christianity, With the help of the English and the Dutch. Check it out.

[@onebigsnowball]

Not the english they werent even allowed to come close

[@greghelton4668]

The Japanese studied the the Western conquest of Asia. They understood the rivalry and history of the European powers and created policies to make them compete with each other. Combined with the lack of economic reasons and the brutal suppression of those Japanese warlords who aligned themselves with the Europeans, the Japanese were able to become colonizers themselves.

[@user-pn3im5sm7k]

200IQ play by Japan

[@RipJagger]

Palau, Taiwan, and Korea weren't colonies of Japan, but the annexed territories, much like Texas and California for the US. Yeah, you can say "but Japanese send colonies of settlers to those territories", but the biggest difference between colonization and annexation is that the same laws were applied equally to locals and newer settlers, by locals protected with basic human rights under the same Constitutions. Everywhere else, in South East Asia, even a part of China, Japan had freed them from western colonial powers and set up their own government with their own leaders.

[@SC-jt3uf]

true

[@seoul_9584]

일본제국은 한국인을 억압하고 학살했다. 조선총독부의 존재를 무시하지 마라. 명목상 합병이지 사실상 강제점령이었다.

[@ieeyu40]

Koreans received the same constitutional application and treatment as the Japanese? Japan did not liberate Joseon from the West, but rather plundered and took all its rights, forcibly detained and threatened the king who killed the country's queen and sought help from China and Russia to escape from Japan and eventually colonized it Korea's history of having an independent state of half a thousand years was forcibly destroyed by them, and all Koreans were forced to change their names to Japanese style to exterminate pure culture and letters, and to praise the Japanese king every day while singing the national anthem We had no human rights at all If you study a little bit about the March 1st peace demonstration in Korea, you can see it They demonstrated peacefully, not at all violent, simply hoping for Korea's independence, but a huge number of people were shot at the scene and subsequently executed as torture by the Japanese police Because of this, March 1 is the biggest anniversary in Korea

[@werren894]

insane, no, as indonesian that is not true we stuck as failed country because there is no decolonisation and japan help the leader of the communist partisan, soekarno.

[@withy755]

@@werren894 It must have failed because there are Indonesians like you.

[@PaulPaid]

??...Ethiopia is on that list of never colonized countries? Didn't Mussolini send the Ethiopian emperor into exile when Italy invaded the country during WWII? That pretty much counts as colonization.

[@CutieZalbu]

For how long though? It wasn’t even that long. He was back….. & immediately got back his kingdom.

[@phoenixshadow6633]

To put this insanely simply, colonization is a long-term action designed for some kind of exploitation like extracting resources or mass migration while occupations are a short-term action usually because of a war. Occupation tends to be more military action rather than civilian/industrial action.

[@NovaSoldier]

@@phoenixshadow6633 which is what happened in ethiopia when italy took over, not only that "ethiopia" proper was split between 6 colonies and ruled throught a colonial goverment

[@PaulPaid]

@@CutieZalbu Although there is no minimum length of time a country has to be successfully invaded for it to count as colonization (LOL@victor hoang..😂😂), The Ethiopian Emperor was in exile for 5 years. I'd hardly call that "immediately".

[@PaulPaid]

@@NovaSoldier Thank you.

[@mumtam9134]

I respect that you play Kimogayo ,Japan's national song at the ending. Thank you. Arigatou. We have Shinto with 8 millions gods in every single being..... even we say that 7gods exist in a grain of rice...so we respect and thank to food which are given..

[@HabuTaizan]

The Japanese culture accept all kind of god, so why thousands of gods from Shinto, Buddhism, Hindus, Alah, to Geovah, Jesus also respected as one of the God. They are friends!

[@zubairali1619]

@@HabuTaizan still to many gods can't remember all of them so there is only one God Allah

[@zubairali1619]

@@tempest3927 the one and only true God whom we pray and believe in ....we don't believe in multiple God concept we believe in oneness of God,everlasting and never ending ....because if there would have been multiple gods so there would have been multiple problems one god wanted to make sun rise at night one in the morning ,one would have wanted summer to come in a year twice and other would have wanted summer to not to come once in a year ....simple is that there is only one boss in the company so there is also only one god whom we call Allah the creator of whole universe

[@tusaka5886]

Kimigayo

[@jmstlouis1]

You missed two attempts of invasion from Mongolia in 13th century which Japan defeated Mongolian both time.

[@rickycoverrubias6176]

The ocean beat the mongols

[@1stprize177]

Japan defeated Mongolia twice. This is the fact.

[@rickycoverrubias6176]

@@1stprize177 it wasn't japan. It was the ocean

[@arthurmosel808]

Actually maps of Japan from the beginning of the 1700s show all of Sakhalin and the island all the way to the Kamchatka Peninsula as well as locations on the coast of Siberia. Most of these were gradually lost during the next 150+ years. By 1875, it had lost all of those except the last half of Sakhalin and a few nearby islands with the Russians pushing toward those islands and Hokkaido; so a treaty was made ceding the last half of Sakhalin to protect those islands and Hokkaido. This video also ignores that Spain actually ruled Portugal during part of the period, and the very real concern was the Catholic Church. An embassy left Japan in the late 1500s and went around Spanish South America and saw what happened in Peru to the Incans. After they returned, the Japanese increased their opposition to Roman Catholicism (notice them continued to have limited ties with the Protestant Dutch). This ultimately led to outlawing contact with those nations following the Catholic Church. Initially, they also continued trade with England, who cut ties because it wasn't profitable and the Civil War in England; when they tried to restart it following the Stuart Restoration; however, due to the King's wife being Roman Catholic, they were banned. Is video left out a great deal of detail and fact that would have made it more accurate and infinitely more complex. There is a Japanese word "aite" (sp? Not working with my notes), it means both companion and opponent. This is like the history of Japan and the West, complex and not simple.

[@Akumabrah]

You know what’s weird? I used to HATE history in high school. But now I find myself curious and clicking on ever history video that gets out in my recommended

[@Erik_Ice_Fang]

A lot of school history is just repeating major events and ignoring the causes and consequences.

[@Akumabrah]

@@Erik_Ice_Fang my high school actually focused a lot on cause and effect. And the effect it has today. I think i didn’t have interest at the time cause they would use really old documentaries/textbooks and reading from a textbook is never fun.

[@Guardias]

Hideyoshi ' Stop buying the slaves we're selling you!'

[@Wlerin7]

If Japan had truly remained "untouched by colonialism", they wouldn't have become colonizers. The history of their interactions with Western powers, as well as observing what happened to other nations who failed to stand up to them, is what drove many of the Japanese Empire's actions.

[@lookglacial6325]

変な風邪をうつされてな。

[@KH-of2rb]

You make it sound as if the colonial policies of Western nations are great.

[@docaz9453]

this far from true japanese empire have always tried to expand into Korean peninsula and take on the Chinese dynasties they veiw great Ming as the ideal kingdom of heaven veiwed the fall of ming and tang dynasties as end of Chinese civilization and valled Machu people barbarians destroyed civilization , that why they tried many times to invade Korean even before japanese know or come into contact with Europeans

[@HappyGM-R]

@@docaz9453 Japan only invaded Korea twice, under the Toyotomi shogunate, and the reason was not to conquer Korea but to drag attention from Japan to Korea for the Daimyos who opposed Hideyoshi. Hideyoshi ordered the Korean invasion to be headed by Daimyo and Ronins who didn’t follow his orders, so he could redirect their attention from himself to Korea, weakening their power by making their soldiers die in Korea while Hideyoshi can secretly establish control in their home territory. So no, Hideyoshi didn’t invade Korea to actually conquer Korea. Stop spreading misinformation

[@gloverfox9135]

@@HappyGM-Rand the second time?

[@poblachhad]

Personally, I'm amazed that Japan has had an Emperor from ancient times to the present😮

[@Gigi-dv9uv]

今後も続くかどうかわからないけどね……

[@woyaiy81]

I heard the Japanese imperial family is the longest-running royal family in the world.

[@abhisheksumanAS]

Interesting Fact : Portuguese came to Japan from India with some converted Indians misleading the Japanese that Xtianity was the new culture & deity in India & used the past influence of India to convert a lot of Japanese in the trading regions to Xtianity. Same was used by British & French for sending their missionaries & accompanying converted Indians to the China saying they have learnt this new ways from the Western Heaven, the name for India!

[@lucasborja3797]

As a Portuguese that has been writing about Japanese subjects (baseball), Iwish Portugal and Japan had a more active relationship today :/

[@MW_Asura]

We really should strengthen the ties between the countries even more

[@yith0123]

The Japanese language still has many words imported from Portuguese. Tempura (seafood fritters), Tabako (tobacco, from tabaco in Portuguese). We still press "botan" (buttons, from botão in Portuguese) on screens.

[@na-lm1pk]

Are you sure this is not an American influence?

[@yith0123]

@@na-lm1pk No. Because historic documents show that those words were there long before Americans had come to Japan. Modern U.S. ships came to Japan in 1850s whereas these words are proven to have existed in 1700s.

[@michelemarmelo3699]

@@na-lm1pk no not at all and these words all predate america coming to japan lol its known Japanese adopted Portuguese words and these as well as arigatou coming from obrigado and other examples all come from trade and relationship between japan and portugal

[@kar4279]

@@michelemarmelo3699 The word "arigatou" originally comes from "arigatashi(有り難し)", which means something rare. That's a common misconception and has nothing to do with obrigado. By the way, the word tempura is said to be derived from the Portuguese word temporas, which means ember days. Catholics observed prayer and fasting on ember days held during the four seasons, and during these days they forbade eating meat, instead eating vegetables and fish coated in flour and fried.

[@josesilva4171]

Portugal started/created the global world we live in today. They were the most technological advance country in the world back then (1450-1580). They knew how to navigate and had ships that could withstand any sea for a long time. They also had the best german engineers living in Lisbon that allowed for the ships to be formidably equipped with the best guns. There was simply no match to the Portuguese back then. Each ship returning from Asia (spice trade) brought a cargo averaging 2billion/USD today’s money. They also had the monopoly of the lucrative China Japan trade. Portugal had a very small population, many times smaller than their neighbours (Spain, France, England..). They did not think about colonies or to be colonisers until much latter. The portuguese were pro mixing unlike other European nations and it was that African, Malay, Chinese, indian, mainland portugal mix (the true portuguese are literally represented by everyone ) that made Portugal, a very tiny country and with a very small population, a powerful global world trading nation. Their downfall was religion and in the name of this waged wars and made numerous shameful atrocities. They simply stopped islam spreading all Africa and Asia..... Also, cannot ignore the slave trade, the most shameful episode of mankind, for which the portuguese had the largest share. We have to live with that dark side of our history too and not just mention the global world legacy.

[@corpse5175]

no

[@amazigh8776]

Worldwode trade started way before That.

[@josesilva4171]

​@@amazigh8776 No, it started with the opening of the sea routes led by the Portuguese in the late 1400s/early 1500s. Through the Portuguese the world became interconnected. You could trade with Japan, directly with India and China, with any part of Africa and the Americas.....

[@amazigh8776]

@@josesilva4171 the iberian nations used the routs used by the moors just like the new world routes

[@josesilva4171]

@@amazigh8776 Portugal discovered new sea routes that made the world interconnect for the first time. The Moors had a good presence in the indian Ocean but you cannot compare the scale of this with what was achieved by the Portuguese.

[@MLWitteman]

It’s a shame that the VOC and the Dutch Republic wasn’t mentioned. The Dutch took over most of the trade routes of the Portuguese. That’s also one of the reasons why Portugal never had the opportunity to colonize Japan. The was always mostly interested in trade, in contrast to the Portuguese.

[@salazarway]

Pirates my friend. No civilized country likes them. Portugal had more opportunity to Colonize Japan than Holand (or pirates, call it as you wish). More technology, population, money, etc.. They where just not interested on it and saw that it was not possible as it was mentioned in the video. There are many other videos about the pirates at Japan on YT tho!

[@tomriley5790]

@@salazarway not really it was Portugese atempts to spread catholicism and so "colonise" Japan that led to them being thrown out in preference to the Protestant Dutch who were very clear that they were "different" Cristians and had no interest in doing so.

[@ertyae]

I don't understand why Japan is discussed here in context of colonization. Japan could not be colonized since it had already strong rulership, large organized society etc. Perhaps the proper title of this video should be "why it was not conquered or influenced culturally"?

[@juanitomillan1374]

Even the mongol lead kublai khan,japanese resistant including samurai warriors was very strong

[@polistechno6736]

European matchlock gun was brought to Japan in 1543. Japanese disassembled it to copy and mass produced the same gun. 100 years later, the number of the gun reached more than 500,000, and Japan became the largest gun holder country in the world at that time. That is the main reason why European couldn’t colonies Japan.

[@山田次郎-e8i]

fact

[@cozecoze1]

@Khuaikhema Hnamte Yeah, OWN MUCH BETTER versions, not just a shitty copy.

[@jawahrnamen42]

Imagine a Japanese version of 55 days at Peking but it’s in Kyoto against samurai rebels

[@nozomusuzuki7916]

Actually, the reason why Japan was no colonized was it has a potential to become a nation state. Thailand, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, and Iran all have this potential in some degrees.

[@SQNY-CEO]

I think that Risk vs Return is also matter, but most important matter is Japanese terrain and armament. And this is only opinion by a Japanese, but Japanese colonize is solution to survive the international society at the time. As is self-evident, when Japan opened its doors to the world, the international situation was already such that it would become a colony if it did not compete for colonization.

[@sohamdeshpande6595]

Also the fact that Japan barely had any beneficial natural resources unlike the Americas, India, Africa, and south east Asia, was one of the main reasons why it was never colonised.

[@vetabeta9890]

It had lots of silver

[@Ikaros23]

What about Hong Kong ?. And talking about large distances is also wrong. India where taken by the English even it`s far away. The main reason is because the Japanese had at this point a sentraliced gowernment, with knowledge of how to make modern weapons. They also had the mindset of adapting to a fast changeing world. You see the same today, some people are adopting fast to new technology and cultural changes while others are having a foolish and entiteld mentality that the world owes them respect and power. for their real or imagined gloryus past

[@Ikaros23]

@Verum Similis My point was that Hong Kong don`t have resources. My other point was that the English took India even if it`s far away. My point is that the logic of the narrator is flawed. It`s obvious that the japanese had military and the capacity for industry. You don`t need natural resources to be a nation of power

[@GeorgeEstregan828]

Japan have anime

[@QWERTY-gp8fd]

@@Ikaros23 hong kong has resource. its a strategic port. what advantage the japan have for the colonizers? literally nothing.

[@ProfessorJayTee]

The interesting thing is that I sometimes teach at a school founded by some of the Jesuits who had come to Japan. Few of the students are actually christian.

[@ididntalwaysworkinspace9558]

Summary: Colonizer: sees pic of 👹🏯 Colonizer: Swipes left

[@iliveinsideyourhouse3943]

Lol

[@jharp49]

You forgot to mention the trade outpost of Dejima in Nagasaki, for the Netherlands.

[@juldor93]

that Japanese anthem at the end was a nice touch.

[@juniorfio1196]

Random People: How come Japan wasn't colonized? Japan: We took over the world through war and anime.

[@robotech987654321]

Rurouni Kenshin

[@AlexanderDunetz]

Japanoid kamikaze robots and Godzilla are forthcoming , along with carnivorous combustion engines by Toyota , Nissan , Mitsubishi , Honda , and Suzuki.

[@ididntalwaysworkinspace9558]

@@AlexanderDunetz Subaru will make the all wheel drive for the robots

[@AlexanderDunetz]

I recall distinctly (1980's) when Japan was regarded as the greatest threat to our (USA) fantastically misperceived global industrial hegemony. And then ....... Japan with it's globally preeminent workforce centered in Tokio prefecture decided to "Slow down and smell the flowers along the way to work." Now PRC is the monster utilizing "slave" labor to run all low and high tech competion off the global market . CONCEPT: Exploitation of human labor resources beats ass on natural resource exportation in this century. EXAMPLE : Once Brasil sells it's Petrobras fossil fuel and its forests for pennies ...... and it's beef export market implodes , Brasil after Haiti becomes the poorest per capital nation of the Western Hemisphere .

[@P71ScrewHead]

@@AlexanderDunetz USA/European hypocrite nations n corporations who lust over all other nation's natural resources (especially oil) want n wanted Mexico's oil n were getting close to owning it but their new president stopped that n so these lustful beasts hate him for that..lol

[@ricossuave9112]

The last Samurai , and then they adopted western military tactics and weapons and became industrial capitalist and competitive in design

[@birdk3421]

I am Japanese, but there are many mistakes. Please do not spread mistakes. If you know a language widely used in the world, you will know who the invaders were and who carried out the assimilation policy. Please do not talk about Japan as if it were a European country.

[@judenorbz500]

Well Qing, Joseon, and Ottoman failed to modernized and look what happened, Japan was just smart.

[@eriksantoso1741]

The japan very quickly adapt to western industrialization open society in late 19th century.Even after ww2,they can rise again.

[@梅天培]

All such kind of modernization require bloody revolution. Japanese revolution succeeded while Qing‘s failed.

[@かなさはかなさはさは]

The Japanese did not kill Tokugawa family members because they employed them as key government officials. Sun Tzu's Art of War.

[@junaidtarik9368]

you forgot Mughals were also the one who didn't modernize

[@yousaywhatnow2195]

Well the sheer size of the Japanese population in comparison to the European colonial nations in the early colonial era probably had something to do with it

[@kazutakanagashima6533]

I really surprised because I have never learned of slavery by Portuguese in Japan. Our history textbooks don’t mention about that. Thanks.

[@Kronos777Lusos]

Your text books also does not mention the Nanjing Massacre for all that it's worth, but that's ok, Portuguese text books does not mention travesties like Jewish pogroms (i.e. 1506 Easter Slaughter).

[@森裕紀-s3o]

@@Kronos777Lusos Sometimes minunderstandings are distibuted by some reason, however almost textbooks in Japan mention "Nanjing incident."

[@부엉이형-r8t]

일본의 전국시대 전투로 다른 지방 주민을 잡아 포르투갈에 노예로 팔았지 일본이 조선을 침략 했을때 최대 10만의 조선인을 잡아 포르투갈 스페인 동남아시아에 팔았다 너무 많은 조선인 포로를 팔아서 국제 노예 시세가 대폭락 했었음 총 한자루에 조선인 20명을 팔았다고함

[@lineIR0]

It's crazy how Portugal, being such a small country, had so much influence and power in the old world.

[@VenosEvans]

Nowadays it has zero power and influence, nobody even knows it exists.

[@johnpenguinthe3rd13]

Real reason: all invaders ran into THE GHOST OF TSUSHIMA!!! You do NOT simply defeat the Ghost of Tsushima!!!

[@paulom8804]

Will Portugal make an appearence in Ghost Tsushima 2?

[@Zardoz4441]

The Mongols tried to conquer Japan and they regretted it! The spirit of the samurai cannot be beaten. Japan is the Sparta of the East.

[@AnimalsArchives]

You're knowledge is screwed up. The Mongols attacked Japan just 2 times and both times got defeated due to cyclone. It's just Japan's luck and lack of resources that prevented it from getting invaded.

[@Zardoz4441]

@@AnimalsArchives Well, true, that "divine wind" helped, but the Mongols would have been defeated on the beaches of Japan anyway. No doubt in my mind about that.

[@scintillam_dei]

Spaniards beat samurais at Cagayán despite being ounumbered. The spirit of the samurai was beaten.

[@davio6702]

@@AnimalsArchives There are lots of historical texts that show the Mongoriam army was aggressively resisted by samurai and they always got back to their ships and the tornado was just one factor in giving up the invade.

[@山田次郎-e8i]

@@AnimalsArchives You lack knowledge. The Mongol Empire landed in Tsushima and Iki, slaughtering civilians and a small number of about 80 samurai. Then he landed in Kyushu, fought and destroyed the samurai, and tried to retreat on a ship. There, he was damaged by a typhoon and landed on a small island, where the samurai pursued and almost completely disappeared. It was not destroyed by the typhoon.

[@devastator342]

Portugal Caralho 🇵🇹✝️

[@BrunoCosta-lm4tz]

É nós, portuga

[@HabuTaizan]

Caralho pronounced: Tintin, in Japanese. Isn't it cool?

[@psychospin1]

@@HabuTaizan Really? That's fascinating because in Portugal is you say tintins (plural of tintim) it means testicles...

[@silver9774]

Why does it translate to Portugal fuck?-

[@hopi-travel1192]

Thank you Earth🙃 For putting Japan on the edge.