🇯🇵 Japan: 👍 Achievements and 👎 Failures over the last Decade - VisualPolitik EN
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On 28 August 2020, Shinzo Abe, the longest-serving Prime Minister and one of the most powerful in Japan's entire democratic period, announced his early resignation. It’s the end of an era.
During his time, Shinzo Abe has led a huge economic and political transformation in the country. Unfortunately, his results have been undone by the coronavirus.
However, his greatest disappointment and political failure have been the failure to get Japan to abandon the basic policy of pacifism that the constitution establishes. Nor has he succeeded in preparing the country to face the growing threat posed by countries like North Korea or China.
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Dude, there is no such thing as “unbiased”. Everyone has an opinion no matter how hard they act like it can be suppressed. Own your bias but present the facts. Y=Mx+b even if you think algebra is useless.
Joe Biden talked that "we wrote the Japanese constitution so they(Japan) could not own a nuclear weapon" in a cheering speech to Hillary Clinton on August 15, 2016 in Scranton, eastern Pennsylvania. This means that he understands that it was the United States that created the constitution that would not allow Japan to have an army.
The Democratic Party of the United States must do its utmost to protect Japan against attacks from North Korea.
yello bird
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US urges allies to spend 2% of GDP on defense, citing China threat
asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/US-urges-allies-to-spend-2-of-GDP-on-defense-citing-China-threat
hello, 115islands Compass
Are you a Joe Biden supporter?
His remarks made a strong impression on the Japanese. He made an easy statement.
If the Democratic Party wins in the next election, this article will be meaningless.
However, many people in Japan expect Trump to win, and I think so too.
The United States has told NATO members to raise defense spending. Trump had especially blamed Germany. But NATO hasn't reached the desired amount yet.
If Japan tries to significantly increase defense costs, not only China but South Korea will make a fuss. South Korea misunderstands that Japan is aiming for South Korea, so they are very opposed to Japan's military expansion. If that happens, South Korea may be on the Chinese side.
I hope that Japan will increase military spending to obtain the excellent technology and defense capabilities of the United States, and human resources education that have meaningful defense cooperation for Japan.
However, it has been opposed so far by elderly born after the war and educated by the American GHQ. There are many elderly in Japan.
imagine you are a sumo wrestler and some random guy puts up a video with your face and "the great failure of japan?"
LMAO
Poor sumo guy 😂
Ahahah
Lol😂😂
then your mum calling u up and saying as i said your mum is always right
Youth that never worked in their lives: "I would love to live in Japan".
Me, that knows the burden of long work hours: "I would hate to work in Japan"
I used to work for a large Japanese company. No way I would go back. I rather be a productive worker than be an overworked samurai
@Jay T long working hours are NOT equal productivity. There are Sooo many Japanese workers who pretend to work. Things which could be done within 8 hours, folks tend to extend for 15 hours. Absolutely nonsense 😡
@Jay T Are you happy with this?
Oleg Smirnov because they spend half the time reading manga and posting on social media so they don’t have to do it at home
When a Japanese client calls to retrieve an invoice via email or fax, the follow up call is within 10 minutes requesting the status of request. Meanwhile I didn't even get to doing that and using the washroom. After that experience the next time they need something they insist on staying on phone while you complete the task.
Shinzo Abe : Waits to become the longest serving PM in Japanese history.
4 days later
Shinzo Abe - Alright Imma head out.
The Usa ended japan with the plaza agreement and its sanctions towards japanese conglomerates
Appreciate the channel, but have to thumbs down this video for it's unfortunate gross oversimplification of the issues. You cite the fact a vast majority of Japanese support upholding Article 9 of their constitution, but expend zero effort exploring why, nor the realistic implications. What you describe as a "failure" could also be described as the majority of Japanese successfully upholding a strategic principle of peace and prosperity. While countries invest hundreds of billions in military globally, we fortunately see the reality of contemporary warfare not required to actively use the massive arsenals of nuclear weapons & other deterrents. That a country like Japan has been able to see it's success in part by reallocating what would have been spent on "deterrent military" instead in direct public goods like healthcare and education has been a boon to its society. Yes, arguments can obviously be made against this, but the big picture is complicated and many factors need to be considered. To over simplify the current situation as "failure" while completely ignoring why ~70% of Japanese continue to support the approach is below the quality I typically expect from this channel. Hope any follow-up videos on the topic can make up for some of the superficial coverage in this initial report.
Quite the turnaround on your military, but especially on your view towards aggressiveness, then the one you had in WWII! Man, your military personnel back then were appalling! !
It is a failure military speaking.
There are two major ways to achieve peace: Through strong defense or through deterrence.
He scrapped the missile defense system. If this trend continues japan may soon be left without capable defense systems to defend itself against threats.
His attempt at achieving peace the aggressive way can't go through because of the constitution.
So now militarily speaking the country is left with an inability to achieve peace through deterrence because of the constitution. And the country may soon be left with an inability to achieve peace through a strong defense system if the current trend continues. Both options of achieving peace look grim and possibly unachievable.
What else can you call this but a failure? Honest question, I want you to explain this to me.
Interesting take.
@@splizzex Appreciate the thoughtful reply. In effort to answer your question: Japan's military allies (including the US) are committed to counterstrike any offending country as part of protecting any member of the alliance. This was Japan's primary military deterrent that has been effective for the last several decades: If you don't want to bring the wrath of the US military and European allies, don't attack Japan (or Guam, or any ally or territory). This means of deterrent was sufficiently effective decades ago following WWII when Japan had zero effective defense of its own, and one could argue it's similarly effective today.
With respect to missile defense systems specifically (according to publicly available information): these systems are largely considered inadequate anyway, even the US's systems covering its own territory. The current measures to bypass missile defense (e.g. an attack by Russia with hundreds of legit nuclear warheads and thousands of indistinguishably similar non-nuclear warheads) are generally considered able to overwhelm even the most advanced missile defense systems currently available. This is part of why nuclear armed countries retain a stance resembling Mutually Assured Destruction (If you destroy us, we can't stop you, but can destroy you too).
Are there merits to having missile defense systems in Japan to increase the chances of being able to shoot down a 1-off or smaller arsenal from a country like North Korea? Sure. If you were North Korea, would you feel like you could get away with attacking a US ally without repercussion because the area you attacked didn't have a missile defense system? Probably not.
Unfortunately, the bigger picture situation goes way beyond Japan's missile defense capabilities, and is a lot more F'd up than it should be. If interested in learning more, I highly recommend the recent podcast "The Logic of Doomsday" where Sam Harris interviews William J. Perry (served as strategic nuclear systems operations under multiple former US presidents). It's available on CZcams or samharris.org episode 210.
I agree with Splizzex. You’re ignoring their neighborhood. There’s North Korea and China. China, who been steadily building up their military for decades. The Chinese still carry a very heavy grudge for the atrocities of WW2. And the CCP is more that happy to abuse those feelings. What’s more, the US government/military now considers China a greater threat than Russia. If Japan wants to continue to exist in the future, they need to re-think their approach to their military.
This video is dumb for many reasons. Mainly that he DID improve the economy, and it would have gotten even better after the Olympics. You can’t plan for a plague. Also, he’s not a dictator, he can’t go against the vast majority of people’s wish of remaining at peace. I’m surprised by the immigration though, from the comment sections of most videos on immigration, I figured Japan just didn’t want to take anybody
His purchases of the F-35B has dramatically increased Japan's power projection capability. So it wasn't a complete disappointment on the defense objective.
@Satryadhamma Putra It would be a large shift in the power dynamic. But I wouldn't say Japan was a "goner". Taiwan would be under the largest threat given china's political goals. But if the small countries of Asia are willing to put up a fight there are always limits to power projection. After all, the US is far more militarily power than both Afghanistan and Vietnam, but it failed to accomplish its long term political goals in both countries. If too many locals are willing to fight-to-the-death then it can become impossible to exert sizable external influence.
Which was the real reason for south korea green lighting the light carrier program. I bet south korea gets its light carrier operational before japan gets its two izumo conversions commissioned.
That's the problem with Keynesian economics: It seems to work in the short-term, but you have to deal with increased debt eventually.
Hail Hayek
@@pedromendozaaristegui5974 Rothbard.
Hail Hoppe
Meanwhile, Xi has no plans of retirement any time soon.
Ye, Winnie the Pooh will stay there for long
And I hope he stays in power until his death (or indefinitely if scientist can figure out anti aging).
In China, the politicians work like a private firm. If you show ability you stay and get promoted. If politicians are not performing or doing a good job, they are sacked. There is no "elect and regret" in that system. Meritocracy is best in any society. It brings results. This is how China moved way ahead of Japan and the rest of the world in the last 30 years.
@Ryūjin Grad And I'm glad it became communist, because the nationalists would've fucked it up real good. And I'm glad my country was a socialist state until 1991 (Socialist Republic of Macedonia under Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) and everyone was happy. Now in "democracy" everyone is depressed, lost their meaning of life, corruption, bribery, mafia and so on.
Making anime mainstream is a big achievement
Anime is only being watched illegally overseas.
There is no cultural value.
@@kronhj337k4 That would be the case in SE Asia. But most European and American weebs still watch anime legally.
@@zoey5104 Many Japanese are not interested in anime and are not making it for foreign countries.
Even if you are interested in Japan through anime, Japanese people will be in trouble.
@@kronhj337k4 I've always thought anime is the most successful example of spreading Japanese culture just like South Korea with K-pop. Even so, almost all anime these days even feature elements that even Japanese people find absurd and weird. But yeah most weebs didn't even realize that.
@@zoey5104 Both anime and K-POP are terrible.
It cannot be called culture at all.
Both are just mass entertainment that emerged in the cultural soils sanded by postwar American popular culture.
Talk about the Australia Japan deals! They give a better idea of when Japans confidence in the U.S’s ability/willingness to protect them started to waver!
nothings gonna happen, Japan has Goku and Allmight at their side ...
Jotaro, Mazinga, ecc. Plenty of those
The whole world needs gokus magic bombs
Goku originates from China lol
Kevin Tan journey to the west is Chinese and is the blueprint for dragon ball and the character Goku but the character is still Japanese origin by Akira Toriyama
They got One punch man too. Just one punch anything
The constant cuts are jarring. Can't they just read off the screen normally without cutting every two seconds?
You mean like an old fashioned talking head system? Might as well just do audio then.
Japan's failure all because of Plaza Accord as tripping point.
Yep
Now they're tired with china but failed cuz china is not their dog so that's why the US tried to block china from the whole world.
Plaza Accord is the main reason China is hyper skeptical about doing any agreement to appease the west.
You can think China is expansionist while the west isn't and.... Yeah... Technically true, but let's not ignore west was expansionist until they had factual control of the whole world
Yeah... China suppress minorities... But let's not pretend Americans didn't suppress the shit out of their natives and black until they accepted a white dominated America as unchallenged status quo.
So yeah, China does understand some bad things are happening, but don't see themselves as doing any worse than what western countries did during their ascend, therefore right or wrong, assume all the demonization to be sinophobia, and they might be right.
japan is still the second largest developed country by either ppp or gdp, surpassing a quarter's larger than germany.
@@congyuanjia848 They could have been the largest
Dude, there is no such thing as “unbiased”. Everyone has an opinion no matter how hard they act like it can be suppressed. Own your bias but present the facts. Y=Mx+b even if you think algebra is useless.
不正確な説明が多いね。
＞日本はAEGISシステムを40億ドルで導入したが、安倍首相は2020年に計画を中止した
イージスシステムではなく、イージス・アショア（陸上イージス）を中止した。専用艦によるイージスシステムに変更しようとしている。
＞安倍首相は攻撃の可能性がある場合は先制攻撃できるようにしたかった
先制攻撃ではなく、敵基地攻撃だ。
＞安倍は平和主義を変えるのにも失敗した
平和主義憲法を変えようとしたのではなく、9条第2項の非武装条項を変えようとしたのだ。9条は1項の侵略戦争放棄と、2項の非武装・無防備・（侵略されても）無抵抗条項の２つで構成されている。憲法制定直後、まさか第2項を厳格に解釈し、日本を非武装にはできないから、「解釈改憲」をして自衛隊を持ったのだ。自衛隊を持った時点で2項は死文化している。ならばその状態に（自衛隊が存在する状態に）9条を合わせ、第2項を削除し、そこに自衛隊の存在を明記しようということだ。第1項の戦争放棄条項はあくまでも守るのだ。「安倍首相は、平和主義を変えようとした」は事実誤認。訂正を。
China: Senkaku Island is mine!
Japan: no
China: Okinawa is mine!
Japan: NOOO!!
US: Thank you, China. Japanese military budget is mine!
Not really. Japan has their own military industrial complex, at most they buy licences to produce american weaponry in Japan under japanese conglomerates such as Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
The Senkaku I MIGHT understand, but those claims of Okinawa? That is just plain robbery
@@MrTony1995 Actually Okinawa was an independent kingdom pre WWII or sometimes earlier and was a tributary state to China, if you have actually been there, you'd notice that their castles face Beijing. But yea, China never really owned Okinawa.
I think Japan should continue to give Okinawa as a proof of its friendship with China, rather than Japan being stripped of money by the United States.
Japanese people living in Okinawa also love China.
The US military is all about rape, robbery, and violence.
Okinawa/ryukyu have historically relationship with China. Many ryukyuan have chinese ancestry.
It's just me or it's depressing that Japan is being pushed to reject its constitutional pacifism due to China and North Korea's growing hostilities and the rise of an extreme-nacionalist right.
Man, I'm living in my first year in this country while traveling and working, and the government included me in a $1000 help for everyone that resides in the country.
World is changing soooo fast!
Lightoflight absurtly so
Excelent video guys!!!
Don’t worry, the Japanese will change their mind on that article 9 real quick. All it takes is for one North Korean missile to hit ashore.
The Japanese don't want to go to war just because they were shot with missiles.
There are no Japanese fighting for Japan.
8:37 Low cases DID NOT mean japan is good at handled the virus. The reason cases in japan is low is because of low testing rate. according to worldometer, japan covid 19 test is only 1.8 million
it is very low compare to other developed country
I can accept the fact that simon is not comming back but can we agree on not using emojis in the title...? It feels like watching one of my sons fortnite video's... I don't like fortnite video's...
why isnt simon coming back? Where has he gone? :-(
@@anthonydwyer4 he is hosting other channels now.
Kek Ambassador cool which ones ?
@@anthonydwyer4 "biographics" and "mega-projects"
@@kekambassador4952 Thanks Bra
Also another reason foreigners may not want to work there, particularly on the executive side: make too much money and you'll be accused of embezzlement and other crimes, put into the japanese injustice system where you can be jailed without a lawyer for 21 days or more, denied speedy trial, etc
did not know the Japanese were very Marxist like that.
@
Less Marxist and more lets not have a foreigner make more than us natives thinking.
Hows life treating you in Lebanon these days Carlos?
@@pacifiststormtrooper8839
Better than Greg in japan 😋
They need to reinstitute samurai doctrine back into Japanese mainstream culture.
So suicide rate will go up even more. Great move
@@belladesa91
That’s such a stereotype.
Just a note: Ulcerative colitis may mean that you can be on pretty heavy immunosuppressive agents. Which means increased risk from COVID, especially in someone elderly. It might have been a factor in not wanting such an intensely public job.
What about the defence pact with Taiwan, Australia and India among others? Who the hell will mention that?
Yeah what are they talking about every western county would back Japan in a war
"A country very hostile to
immigration"
That's a nice way of saying xenophobic
*Looks at countries that have embraced mass migration
Yea, how irrational for the Japanese to not want that.
It's a polite way of saying they're not interested in importing the world's garbage.
@@hughjass1044 America did it and they became a world superpower
@@nerdlingeeksly5192 America is on its way to becoming a third world shithole because its doing it.
@@hughjass1044 what sort of BS are you reading, there may be political in fighting but our economy is still one of the best, our military is one of the best and we have so many military alliances with other powerful armies against china, and our intelligence agency is one of the best. what does china have that's objectively better than what America has
Video about Japan that uses Chinese music
"Shinzo abe is resigning"
...again. re-resigning. No backsies this time 😋
Has Simon Whistler left this channel?
Roe! I didn‘t expect Abe to resign so fast
He resigned due to health issues related mostly from ulcerative colitis. I had to help my grandmother when she dealt with this near the end of her life. It’s extremely painful to deal with it.
This makes miso happy
Mochi do about nothing.
@@19thcenturyman95 it's a joke
@@19thcenturyman95 it's a type of Japanese food
I’m natto verly happy about it.
they really have to rethink work even more than the in europe have to do, we have to rethink it as well but they have a lot more to think about there.
When we talk endlessly about the military and the economy it is a sad joke. Human beings don't really thrive when this is all there is to life. The real failures in Japan remain an inability to value human life, except to the extent it serves the machinery. So the birthrate drops, old people die alone and ridiculous notions like blood type justify cruelty and prejudice. I am not picking on Japan. These are exactly the problems China, Russia, England, the USA and all industrialized nations have. The real failure? We can't break the repetition cycle of work and death.
That's a fine point ma'am. While I have never worked in Japan, I do know many people who have complained about the very mechanical life in japan..which is worsened by the shame attached with working "less". The govt. is working on improving this issue. This will take a lot of time and some active effort is required by the next generation to turn things around.
The reason they aren't going for an increased military is because they are now going for a culture victory. How else do you explain the sudden rise in anime and weebdom?
Anime is only being watched illegally overseas
Anime isn't made for overseas, and most Japanese aren't interested in it.
New possible immigrants - only those that want to live the Japanese culture (or an otaku version thereof) will be allowed residency.
Japan should remove article 9 and make defence agreement with India like NATO against common enemy.
ok BJP bot
@@ajinkya_9349 India need more toilet bowls.
@@eternalelysium4944 Lmao 😂
what is "the State of Japan"?
or what is the state of "Japan"?
If Newsvoice is free, who is paying for the ad?
Advertisers pay for showing their ads.
Where is the bald guy?
He got fired for being honest.
@@levilima9925 He is not the first one in the media.
He quit
He has like 10 other jobs he has to do
He had a kid and probably couldn't do all these projects anymore. So he sticks to a couple
RIP Shinzo Abe. So weird watching this now.
Japan should work closely with coutri like India and do all it can it make itself and it's allies stronger economically and militarily.
I don't think North Korea realistically would attack Japan, unless they wanted to be decimated
Seriously? 4 record scratch stops in one video? That is so, so, annoying!
You should read "The Accidental Superpower", " The Absent Superpower" and "Disunited Nations" by Peter Zeihan.
He predicted this in 2014.
Why is not changing section 9 a failure, it is a section not only japan but every single country should put in their constitution, this world need no war. I am so proud of the Japanese people, thats why i love japan so much.
It would be wonderful if all countries were pacifists, but it not the case and Japan is making itself vulnerable against NK and China.
Beatriz Medeiros Noleto Firstly you assumed China and Korea will attack Japan because the media told you so, not for reality. Even if they do, the US will crash them like elephant stepping on ants.
They need to make economic zones in outside of Tokyo to spread its population and industry out, promote the birth of babies and make these immigrants a temporary thing.
China is far from combat ready as well if their conflicts with India are anything to go by. This video is awful.
I started using your advertiser you use, and yes although Newsvoice is really helpful and good in itself, the community on it is horrible. Just don’t look at the comments to spare yourself from a Qanon spam
I thought Abe reinterpreted the constitution in that if the US goes to war with China or North Korea, Japan would be able to assist.
Same
When the news is personal, it is biased.
All hail the sponsors😹
Sounds like what they did when the invaded korea and Manchuria, then invaded all of Asia. We will never forget.
1905-
•Korean people:
“Please merge us with Japan and civilize us!(X4more times)
•Japan:
"... You should civilize you by yourself and strengthen your country by yourself.
We will support you until that.”
“... can't you do it yet? “
“… Don't borrow such a large amount of money from the Soviet Union with your land as collateral.
If you can't return it, you'll lose your land!”
“...... Sigh, OK, Let’s merge."
1910-
Japan paid a huge debt of the Korean Empire instead.
Japan established infrastructures such as water and sewage, roads, schools, medical facilities / medical systems, and dams etc. by investing huge amounts of money.
Japan's balance was in the red on the Korean Peninsula for 35 years until the merge was ended.
At that time, the population of Korean became twice.
Manchurian people: "Japan, protect us from the bad Chinese warlords!" (X many many times)
Japan:”.......”
Kwantung Army(Japan Manchurian Security Force):
"It is necessary to maintain security in Manchuria to protect the Korean Peninsula!“
→ Manchurian Incident occurred
If these are considered invasion, what do you think China is doing now?
@@115islandscompass6 Weeb
According to the Tokyo Tribunal, Japan's war of aggression on China began with the Manchurian Incident.
This was because China was on the victorious side.
The Lytton Report has pointed out the illegal activities of the Kwantung Army, but it has not been pointed out as an aggression.
However, in the Tokyo Tribunal, the facts that were inconvenient for the victorious nation were ignored, and the Lytton Report was also silently killed.
In the first place, Manchuria was a remote area outside the Great Wall of China when viewed from the center of China, and it was a lawless area with little awareness as a territory.
・ Soviet troops stationed in Manchuria and intimidated the Korean Peninsula
・ The Soviet army that had moved south was conducting the Russo-Japanese War with the Japanese army in Manchuria.
The above also seems to have been deliberately ignored.
It was not taken into account that the people living in the South Manchuria Railway and its affiliates, which Japan acquired from Russia after the Russo-Japanese War, were always at risk of robbery of warlords in the anarchy of Manchuria.
It seems that these were to replace the "Kwantung Army's self-defense war" with "Japan's invasion of Manchuria."
The case of Liutiaohu, which is said to have been a self-made performance by the Kwantung Army, was not correct.
However, the assaults and looting of Manchus and Japanese in Manchuria before that were not correct because they were done by outlaws in the area.
Manchuria was built by the Qing’s last Emperor Puyi from the Manchu people after Japan wiped out the predators.
He testified at the Tokyo Tribunal that he was the puppet king of Japan.
But it was not true. The reason why he lied was that Manchuria was under Soviet control at the time.
It was true that Japan had a great military and economic influence over Manchuria, but it was also true that the Manchurian government controlled Manchuria.
If Manchuria is considered to have been a colony invaded by Japan, then Japan today is also considered to be a colony invaded by the United States.
This is a complete violation of the Potsdam Declaration by the United States.
Subscribed! Excellent video! Well done sir
Japan is awesome.
Where is Simon ?? We want Simon back...😁
I think he abondon this chanale for buissnes blaze 😂
Mr. Sins?
Josh Faulkner is about as likeable as week old pompous cat puke!
Weapons weapons everywhere, the world have never learned from history despite teaching it.
Don't be a naive fool. We pick a fight with our own parents, siblings, and spouse all the time. If we're that petty toward those we love, how could you expect we won't do worse to foreigners?
If you want peace, you must be prepared for a war.
@@ihl0700677525 At least the Japanese don't think war is the way to solve troubles.
It doesn't matter if it's occupied as long as it's a war.
It is precisely because they are prepared to do so that the Japanese have defended Article 9 of the Constitution and abandoned their right to war.
Please do not lick the Japanese preparedness.
@@kronhj337k4 I don't think so. For the 3rd wealthiest nation and one of the most technologically advanced nation on earth, Japan is way *too weak.*
Japan should be able to field a mighty navy rivalling that of US Pacific Fleet. Overall, Japan should field a military (i.e. conventional military) at least on par with that of Russia.
@@ihl0700677525 It is up to the Japanese to decide.
And almost all Japanese don't want war.
Japan is getting poorer and poorer as the US military in Japan sucks its economy, and the Japanese don't want to spend any more on military spending.
If China swallows Okinawa, it will not go any further geopolitically.
@@kronhj337k4 Ofc it's up to the Japanese to decide. I'm not Japanese, but in this platform I have freedom to say whatever I want about the state of Japan and its military.
Again I think Japan should repeal it's naive and outdated pacifist constitution and rebuild its military ASAP.
Huh...makes me wonder if those protests in Okinawa over the US base were Chinese influenced at all. I can see why the islanders wouldnt want a military base on their island but the chance of Chinese influence muddies the water quite a bit.
Japan was not a failure. It was just militarically strong enough. Any economic advancement needs to be proected and defended by military. It was once strong enough to challenge the US. Now it's time has gone. The Japanese has compromised. In a world that no country is allowed to challenge the US peacefully, the ceilling is easy to see. Japan is not planning to grow too fast and being seen as a threat by the US again (and today it couldn't anymore). As a Chinese nationalist, I would love to see Japanese build up their stong military. The value of couple of rocky island is far less comapred to the cooperation between us. The US should piss off.
@Satryadhamma Putra I think the young generation in China generally held similar view. Time has changed. Of course we still demand the Japanese government to recoganize the history, admit what it has done and issue an official apology to the Chinese, Korean and all who was invaded bruttely. We need to learn from the past and understand how extremism could damage our world. However, today we share a lot of common interests economically and politically. We want to build a wealthy and peaceful East Asia. We need to work together on the free trade agreement and North Korean problem. The North Korean problem is rather complex. It need to be resolved peacefully, otherwise would result in a large amount of North Korean refugees running around East Asia which will be terrible. This problem can only be solved if China, Korea and Japan work together. Any impatient Western interference will only cause trouble .
@Satryadhamma Putra And of course, some right-wing politicians in Japan have kind of kidnapped Japan's national interests and tied it to their own interests. Overly leaning to the US won't solve the problem for Japan, it only keeps those politicians at power. It will take time for the Japanese general public to realize that what they are doing is not worth it, or there may be a better alternative.
@Satryadhamma Putra I know it is going to be hard tho. The Japanese general public admire everything American. They look down at us Chinese. It is understandable Two hundred years ago we looked down upon them as well. It is like asking a teenager to stop chasing idol. But I am positive that one day they will understand.
@Satryadhamma Putra wait...with all due respect...what has China done to Japan...？
I think the Chinese policy on Japan is really not that aggressive regarding the history, even though the general public is kind of vocal. Even the Korean government has been more aggressive on the recod.
Yea, let''s hope for that.
Donald Trump: Hey Japan, gimme more money!!!
Japan: Konnichiwa! we don't want your Aegis system...we'd rather invest in Godzilla instead..
What you have shown about that Article 9 is already changed, if you compare it today 75 percent of article 9 of Japanese constitution is new, it was done in 2017.
Also according to poll done by Asahi 63 percent of people agree with rearming 29 percent are undecided and rest dont want it.
The Japanese don't want to be a gunball for America.
Not many Japanese are in favor of constitutional amendment.
Japan doesn't want to go to war again.
Most Japanese stance is that if you want to invade Japan, please like it.
@@kronhj337k4 Thats something a communist would say if you want to invade Japan Please like it
@@aioee877 It was the United States that made Japan a communist country in the first place.
Occupied Japan, slaughtered patriots, and placed communists in college, media, and politicians.
Japan has a high degree of communism and friendship.
You can't be hostile to China.
@@kronhj337k4 stop upvoting your own comment
@@aioee877 Stop fueling the war.
Such a kid-like thing should be done in the United States and China.
Japanese economy is a research and development economy. People are the main contributers for the economy. Population with high technical skills is necessary for Japan's growth.
it seems the Japanese still warking on the peaceful paths, they still trust and love the world, and believe in the USA and the UN, and their sovereign as a nation is still guaranteed by the world.
@@eduardbass839 I don't think that he is ignoring history. And what Japan has done in the past doesn't justify that Japan don't have the right to be a peaceful country now. Living in the resentment of heat happened in the past is the best way to never move on and progress to better relationships between countries.
Yes Japan must do a better job at teaching their own history but South Korea should also stop to point the finger. Every county in this world have a dark side where another country is resentful against them.
Poeple focus on the WW2 because it's recent history and there was video and records to show the atrocities, and some Poeple are still alive.
But what about older history?
Mongolia and China invaded South Korea and ruled it longer than Japan did. Yes it was a long time ago but if there was camera and video from that period maybe Koreans would be resentful against Chinese and Mongolians.
I don't try to justify atrocities committed by the imperial army in the WW2. What I'm trying to say is that people always only remember the atrocities that were committed recently against their countries or the ones that lasted for a very long time like slavery or that were insanely atrocious like the Shoah.
South Korea committed atrocities in Vietnam for example and i don't really hear Vietnamese people saying all the time that Koreans should apologize.
I know that some Korean officials go to Vietnam for some kind of ceremonial but I'm not sure.
Just to say that every country evolve and an aggressor 70-80 years ago ( Japan, Germany, Italy) can be a peaceful country nowadays.
China and North Korea on the other hand were victims in WW2 but now looks like the aggressors ready to go to war and pushing for changing the status quo, and being super agressive with their neighbors.
So you see the history always repeat and can be ironical depending on the time you live in.
@Eduard Bas I’ve seen you so many times in japan related video lol
The Japanese are the only people in the world who have become Christ while living.
@@kaizenspirit4917 I agree with Eduard.
Japan has a deeply ingrained sense of Nationalism that has been inherited since WW2.
You can't have a healthy view of the world while actively glorifying an army that committed unspeakable atrocities. Among Japanese, most pride themselves on their racial "purity" and "superiority" over other ethnicities and countries. There are very few positives about how Japan sees the world.
Greetings from Germany.
@@eduardbass839 yes i know that. That's why i said that they should acknowledge and teach their history dark sides in a proper way. But i don't see that coming anytime soon...
The entire abenomics can be summed up in one policy.... print more money
It might work in the short term before inflation depletes peoples savings, but no nation in history has ever printed its way to prosperity.
And now America and every other country has embarked on the same trajectory. The next decade will sure to be interesting times
search about the argentinian economic. you will be surprise that the country still exits xd
Simon L actually japan doesn’t print much money, they have had deflation in some recent years. They do try various stimulus programs however.
@@donbenjamin6459 Argentina still exist because despite their socialist politicians absolute idiot policies, their countrys natural resources were so great, it kept them alive for this long.
there used to be a saying at the turn of the 19th century to early 20th, "to be rich like an Argentinian". Then the progressives got into power and its one economic crises after another.
@@subzoronltd7779 ah yes, the so called "deflation" as measured by inflation statistics by central banks that conveniently left out measurement of all things that people need to consume in order to live.
if Japan had real deflation vs the imaginary deflation from Government bureaus, the people of japan would be a lot better off today
@@simonl4657 are you saying that Japan measures inflation differently to other countries?
Japan has not only the technology of tomorrow but also the demographic problems of tomorrow
Japan would be so rich if they did not bully Korea
Make subtitles for your videos please🙏
There is one good option for Japan. Since they can't arm themselves with decent deterrence capabilities, they could just divert all that money to R&D for developing better offensive and defensive weapons. Then sell them to friendly countries. This could keep the money flowing, and perfect their weapons production process.
And when they do get attacked by china or north Korea, they would finally get the public support needed to amend their laws to be able to arm themselves with the weapons they are already producing anyways.
@Airsoft Web Hosting lol. That does sound scary. But the world is a very different place now, and so is Japan (it is a strong democracy now). Even an undisputed super power like USA has a very tough time invading another country.
We don't have to worry about Japan being the troublemaker.
11:25 do you guys not do that much research? When I hear something so blatantly wrong from a channel I thought was a reliable source, I start questioning everything even harder now.
The Japanese public do not trust a Japanese military any more then the victims of the Japanese military. That should tell you something. Perhaps setting safeguards in place and some symbolic actions at the highest level (perhaps involving the remains of war criminals and some honest textbooks ) should occur before attempting to remilitarise. Screaming about potential threats just sounds like the usual military fund raising technique otherwise.
How dare you mention Spain related to coronavirus and not the UK or Belgium? Check the data
They're Brits, they never make any mistakes
@@belladesa91 not only that, but they are very good at propaganda
There are doubts though that the J20 is really 5th generation.
I think Japan has the right to defend themselves against threats from China and Nth Korea, article 9 is outdated...
he did burden japan with the largest debt of any developed country.
Talking about news' balance and moments later that intro, nice.
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Japan should throw away its past ties with Republic of Korea and start cooperating in order to deter together the current threat coming from Chinese and North Korean totalitarian regimes.
I think it's interesting how the Japanese oppose their own military defense.
Well they probably have a hard time seen the diffrence between an offenssive army and a deffending one. They only know their history with war and the army
@Airsoft Web Hosting yeah i mean your not wrong. but syria is not tired of it are they?
I counted 50 articles linked on the first page of NewsVoice.com politics section. Every single one of them was about the USA. I looked at a few other things. I saw that I'm in invited to read Fox News articles - gee, thanks. But I think that concludes my analysis as far as it needs to go. The idea is good. The execution... should happen soon.
SK shall drown in grudge, however long they wished. It is their right, to hate. But dont say we did nothing, It is not Japan problem to be responsible for such country that chooses to dwell in hate and effects relationship. Japan must do what is in Japan best interest.
Just fix your economy. China wont let any war happened there, they'll kick North Korea's teeth if that happens. War is a lose-lose for everyone. North Korea is also not warlike, they maybe communist but they do not want war also.
A North Korean missile hits a Random Japanese island ...
Japan invades the shit out of South Korea Because why the hell Not
Dear @visualpolitiks, What's your next horrible idea? First, the betrayal of Simon and now emojis?
I've not been here for a while....can you tell where's Simon?? And what happened here?
Japan is so advanced in the 60's to 90's but went off by 21st century and even beaten out by South Korea at Taiwan
Nope, japan hdi, sosial capital, ihdi, etc still one of best. Even better than korea
There is almost no area in which Japan is beaten by Taiwan,.
@@besokuas8431 South Korea higher GDP per capita than Japan by OECD rankings, Japan ranked 66th for freedom of press index, far below other developed nations
@@anonanon334 For koreaboos it is
@@anonanon334 for your information data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD?most_recent_value_desc=true
Ohh, bomber gaps, missile gaps, fighter gaps. Is John F Kennedy running for prime minister of Japan ?
I feel like I have to give this video a thumbs down for what I would see to be either over simplification of the video, or the lack of any prior research. That mainly in regards of the Article 9 and the military situation of Japan has been poorly written and downplays Japan's position and its local cultural perspective.
It's down to its people's mindset of pacifism and its already adequate military relative to its geographical features. Japan doesn't expect conventional warfare to knock on its door, but rather urban warfare, their latest developments and acquisitions mirror this.
GDP is a useless measure. What matters is if people are happy and well off
Japan has Kira. He will use his Death Note to execute all those people who are trying to harm Japan.
Seriously Japan, that is the worse country for work on the face of the earth.
*Venezuela or Zimbabwe*
@@DoReMi123acb I meant on comparable level, Japan is very highly developed. But I like to have a lot of space, Texas was great, but too much seating in the car. I live in Europe.
Its why you never trust some one to defend you
Japan is a naturally defensible island, its not under the same threat as like South Korea. Its biggest obstacle are the threat of missile attacks.
Does someone have the amazon link for the shirt bald guy is wearing?
Mothers and Retirees entering the workforce is usually a bad economic sign.
Bla bla bla, Japan is doing way better than the majority of western nations who have too much chaos.
Immigration is great it is new normal In always changing world. But don't take extreme religious people in your country. Boy oh boy those are the bad people on this planet right now. And ignore few asian and African countries because they have very extreme view on many stuff. I am asian by the way. Every body deserve a change yes but you also deserve good life. You don't want people running around and telling there race and religion is superior and want everything because they come from that background. We are all same. Japan is peaceful country. But many people are not.
Yes I think so. There are people from Africa that have had messed up leaves with very strong views on things but it doesn't fit in with Europeans thinking causing society to be more and more divided and that causes trouble
Asians as a whole are very racist though. I noticed you didn’t put any restrictions on European countries
@@noticemesenpai69 majority of world population go to there country....... I am simple man i don't blame the one who take most people in there countries
Tsering Phuntsok you don’t know history. Europe were first immigrants. They went everywhere, enslaved the populace
@@noticemesenpai69 ok i am asian European ruled ua for 100 of year's. But that doesn't mean people of different countries are fit to enter there country. You don't see asian living in past and complaining this is African things. You must be African.
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At 1:19 your are using the amazon on crack logo lol
The U.S. military costs a huge amount of money and the bills for these overseas operations cost a fortune.
I feel we should support Japan as an ally and Japan not buying the current missile defense system is not
a major issue.
On the other hand, Donald trump's job in part is to promote American products, be it missiles or hogs and corn.
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Abe may not have gotten everything done he wished to do but considering the times and the changing international
economic and political landscape, he seems to have done well.
The annualized GDP contraction does not describe actual contraction. It's a methodology fluke (US way of annualizing gdp changes needs to be recalculated for Europe), where a bad quarter (quarantine etc) gets multiplied, as if it were a year... Which won't be probably such a bad case. Or am I seeing something wrongly?
9:37 They did not yet amend it, but they reinterpreted it. Now Japan can use its forces outside of its borders.
In addition, it should be remembered that laws in politics are very flexible, therefore countries can easily go around them if they have to.
Thus in 2011, Japan opened its first overseas military base in Djibouti. They also were increasing military expenditure ever since 2012 and invested a huge amount of money into the air-defence in 2018.
I'm not even mentioning the experience that the Japanese had - they have been a strong naval power ever since uniting in the 1860s.
Who owns Newsvoice?