Well thier is a historic link between China and Korea though Japan ocupied Korea during the first Sino-Japanese war so, their is quite of things that I agree with you, but thier are things that I don't well Japan's history has a date back to the Ainu people and to date back the history linik of Korea they have the same time linkage of the Chinese dynasty the only diffretence is the food and culture quite of similar and sort of but when Japan made the first Sino-Japanese war is when it happend.
Very true all countries hide the dark past or don't want to talk about it like what happened to my people in the U.S. Mescalero Apache's but I have many friends some had apologized to me. And I said you did not do this or your family that is the past. I kind of laugh but I do feel bad for some friends they keep on feeling guilty. I tell them we just go forward and live and learn and be happy.
I remember an incident in a Korean grocery store in NYC where the elderly owner started to speak in Japanese with my mother who is Japanese about their shared past and they began reciting one of those school statements they were forced to say in preWWII Japan. He seemed so happy to share memories of his youth at last with someone from his own generation. Of course he was a proud Korean and hated the occupation but I think being unable to express his youth without offending his family was hard.
@bellesalvia It's an unhappy part of Korean history and shouldn't be forgotten. But I believe that younger generation shouldn't be punished for the sins of our fathers. But I do wish that Japan acknowledges and teach the people and the young generation what really happened instead of hiding the truth. Japanese history books write about what happened to Japan from the atomic bomb droppings but almost nothing of the things they did to Korea and other Asian countries they invaded.
@pskim731 I agree with you about the education ministry but then when I listen to how the government lies to the people about the Fukushima disaster I'm not surprised. In the end though, unless the average citizen takes the time to re-educate themselves and their children to think for themselves and stop being brainwashed by authority figures nothing will change. The hard truth is that admitting the truth doesn't earn forgiveness, its just cleaning out your own ancestral closet.
@bellesalvia I once asked a college educated Japanese woman what was she taught about the events that led up to Pearl Harbor and she told me all that was in the 3rd semester but the year end high school final only required studies up to the 2nd so she didn't know. Is that true? As a bilingual Japanese American I recently saw the jdorama "Japanese Americans" starring Kusanagi Tsuyoshi and was appalled and saddened that mis-formation is still being spoon fed to the masses.
@bellesalvia Sorry for the long post but on the topic of racism, I had to go to Japanese school on Saturdays and the kids thought I was half-black because I was American and dark - my father is from Kyushu so he was darker. A relative of mine, also from Kyushu married an African American she met at a US college. When she divorced, her parents told her to give-up her mixed race child to the husband and come home, she didn't. Have to admit, my mother is racist without knowing it.
@bellesalvia I think everyone is racist. I've faced racism back in the US and you are never used to it. My wife, a Japanese, didn't know about the Korean colonization by Japan until she was in university when one of her zainichi (Japanese-Korean) told her about what really happened. This is very common, unfortunately. I was told my a teacher here that in their history book at school there is just ONE page mentioning about Korea and that's it. It's really a shame.
This reminds me so much of my parents' childhood. Our native language is kurdish, but since we do not have a country our culture was not accepted, so they all were forced to learn arabic/turkish and it was forbidden to speak our native language in public. (of course this is just nan example of many similarities I've noticed) It's so sad that such a thing ever existed and may still exist in some kind of way.
Thank you for your video and for sharing all your experience. :)
Thanks for the upload. I am a white British male and I have lived in Japan for almost six years. Thus far, I can't say I have personally experienced any racism whatsoever. Undoubtedly, I have experienced cultural difficulties at times and Japanese people often have a very limited understanding of how to deal with non-Japanese but I have always managed to get around practically all these problems. Japan's a rewarding place to live.
@Sarusource Thanks for the comment. I agree with you about having getting used to the cultural differences. But I really love living here too. But I think I was able to adjust far much better and faster than most other foreigners because of my Korean background. But that's just purely my opinion.
I'm chinese myself and I was a bit concerned if I might be facing discimination at the workplace should I one day decide to go work there and settle down. From what I've read from around online forums, chinese foreigners aren't exactly held at very high esteem as there is an implicit public perception that chinese go to japan to commit crimes? Does this really hold true at the grassroot level? Would really appreciate your thoughts on this. Cheerios and happy new year to you. :)
@2121dreamerxyz Thanks for the comment. You will face some sort of discrimination wherever you go, whether you like it or not. But I've had to deal with more blatant racism in the US than here. And as for Chinese being perceived with low esteem, there might be some truth in that. And I think it has to do more with politics than being personal with the pretty recent Chinese fishing boat illegally fishing and ramming into the Japanese coastguard ship.
@2121dreamerxyz By the way, the reply above by pypstudio is me. I have 2 accounts. I just realized I was logged on with that account. Anyway, from what I can sense here I can't really say that there are obvious discrimination. In any country there are bigots who will say and do things to hurt someone from a different country. If you are serious about coming to Japan and work and live here, I can't say enough that you should learn to speak the Japanese language. They will respect you more.
@pskim731 Thanks! Another question if I may? I'm currently learning japanese now but a thought struck me once: even if I were to achieve japanese language proficiency one day, would there be reservations against my speaking their native language if it came with a foreign accent? I know like back home, I'm not very adept in my mother-tongue Mandarin and quite often my Mandarin-speaking friends would prefer that I not speak Mandarin because it sounds weird to them. Is it the same in Japan?
@2121dreamerxyz Not to my knowledge. Most Japanese are foreigner-friendly. Also it is a real plus if you are very fluent in English since Japan is trying to become more global with teaching English in their public education system more and more. I tried to lose as much of my accent as possible when I learned Japanese. Now Japanese people can't tell whether I'm a foreigner or not. It is possible to lose your accent. It just takes a lot of listening and practicing.
Hey pskim731, just wanted to thank you for this very informative video. I've never really lived in japan before other than having gone there once as a tourist. My experience as a tourist was pretty nice overall and I didn't get much discrimination even though I couldn't speak Japanese at all. However I was just curious to know if there was a difference in experience between being there as a tourist and being there as a fellow resident or colleague amongst native japanese...
Well i cant really agree with you since i experienced discrimination many times past 10 years. Your English is awesome and yes it is unfair that they wouldn't hire you because you are not Caucasian.
Very interesting video, I thought 16 minutes would be too long but I could just stop in for a couple of minutes because the topic interested me so much.. I ended watching the whole thing and glad you went into detail with your answers to the email.
"Did they ransack their bar and abused Greek women? Research before you leave dumb comments."
Banzai!!!! Yeah it's Debito san and other J-hating "Clowns" that are instigating Japanese Racism this and that when in fact it's their own damn fault for learning the Japanese language, customs, cultures but let alone MANNERS IN ANOTHER COUNTRY!!!
Thank you, thank you very much and let's STOMP "RACE CARD CLOWNS"!!!
Glad i found this channel :), really good videos you create Pskin731, Also you "English" is fantastic and so easy to understand.
Can't wait for more videos by you, Many places i see dont like Gaijin though (from what i've seen) Housing people don't want Gaijin some advertise "Gaijin Welcome" Because many people get turned down :(, but then at some Nightclubs being a "Foreigner" gets you in the club Cheaper than being Japanese :o, Do you think Gaijin's get any discrimination ?
@HiroKun10 Yes, "gaijins" do get discriminated. But that is only because of really bad experiences that the Japanese had with them, i.e. landlords rent out their apartments and when these foreigners are done with it they literally ransacked the place leaving bad damages to the property. As for some bars, these gaijins get drunk and gets out of control and hits on Japanese women, picking fights, and basically being violent drunks. Because of them other nice foreigners have to pay the price.
Shame a few spoil it for the rest of us :(, Not to worry i saw a video TokyoCooney did about racism in Japan towards black people over there, was a good watch :)
@pskim731 Those kind of out of control gaijins are a big embarressment to the majority of us. I think it often comes from young people that come here for just 1 year as an "experience" and dont care about anybdy or anything but trying to have a good time. People like myself that are here for the long haul hate seeing reports about this kind of behaviour, makes me cringe.. the old story of the minority spoiling it for the majority.
Hey no worries! I can easily distinguish "Clowns", "politically incorrect" foreigners similar to Debito san, other "rejects" coming to Japan acting like this and that VS. GENUINE PEOPLE WHO RESPECTS JAPANESE CULTURES AND CUSTOMS!!
LMAO To all these Clowns since they don't think I know I can speak, write, "school" all these Clowns in English! Banzai!!
I still think the whole 慰安婦 problem needs to be resolved. And to the extent that Japan is a democracy the people cannot simply blame the government. I really hope this can do something about this.
Your quarter British man. haha, I never really saw it in you. Although I do admit I somehow felt I could understand you more than some other people on Youtube. Maby thats why. *shrug*
Great vid - I enjoyed this. Hirokochannel sent me, by the way ;)
It's funny, we are zainichi-brothers! I will also be in my 12th year in Japan here next month :) We must have arrived here at the same time.
I appreciate your time and thoughtfulness on this vid. Unfortunately, this topic is often a target for trolls, which is why so many people have an unbalanced perspective. It was cool to hear your story.
@Hikosaemon Thanks for the comment. Not many people will understand what I feel if their country, people, family members weren't directly involved. Unfortunately, my parents and grandparents' generations are still alive and the unfortunate historical events still haunts them, like for the Jews during WW2.
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kindersurprise8 2 weeks ago
Well thier is a historic link between China and Korea though Japan ocupied Korea during the first Sino-Japanese war so, their is quite of things that I agree with you, but thier are things that I don't well Japan's history has a date back to the Ainu people and to date back the history linik of Korea they have the same time linkage of the Chinese dynasty the only diffretence is the food and culture quite of similar and sort of but when Japan made the first Sino-Japanese war is when it happend.
Universalman002 2 weeks ago
Very true all countries hide the dark past or don't want to talk about it like what happened to my people in the U.S. Mescalero Apache's but I have many friends some had apologized to me. And I said you did not do this or your family that is the past. I kind of laugh but I do feel bad for some friends they keep on feeling guilty. I tell them we just go forward and live and learn and be happy.
romanobritish 2 weeks ago
I remember an incident in a Korean grocery store in NYC where the elderly owner started to speak in Japanese with my mother who is Japanese about their shared past and they began reciting one of those school statements they were forced to say in preWWII Japan. He seemed so happy to share memories of his youth at last with someone from his own generation. Of course he was a proud Korean and hated the occupation but I think being unable to express his youth without offending his family was hard.
bellesalvia 3 weeks ago
@bellesalvia It's an unhappy part of Korean history and shouldn't be forgotten. But I believe that younger generation shouldn't be punished for the sins of our fathers. But I do wish that Japan acknowledges and teach the people and the young generation what really happened instead of hiding the truth. Japanese history books write about what happened to Japan from the atomic bomb droppings but almost nothing of the things they did to Korea and other Asian countries they invaded.
pskim731 3 weeks ago 2
@pskim731 I agree with you about the education ministry but then when I listen to how the government lies to the people about the Fukushima disaster I'm not surprised. In the end though, unless the average citizen takes the time to re-educate themselves and their children to think for themselves and stop being brainwashed by authority figures nothing will change. The hard truth is that admitting the truth doesn't earn forgiveness, its just cleaning out your own ancestral closet.
bellesalvia 3 weeks ago
@bellesalvia I once asked a college educated Japanese woman what was she taught about the events that led up to Pearl Harbor and she told me all that was in the 3rd semester but the year end high school final only required studies up to the 2nd so she didn't know. Is that true? As a bilingual Japanese American I recently saw the jdorama "Japanese Americans" starring Kusanagi Tsuyoshi and was appalled and saddened that mis-formation is still being spoon fed to the masses.
bellesalvia 3 weeks ago
@bellesalvia Sorry for the long post but on the topic of racism, I had to go to Japanese school on Saturdays and the kids thought I was half-black because I was American and dark - my father is from Kyushu so he was darker. A relative of mine, also from Kyushu married an African American she met at a US college. When she divorced, her parents told her to give-up her mixed race child to the husband and come home, she didn't. Have to admit, my mother is racist without knowing it.
bellesalvia 3 weeks ago
@bellesalvia I think everyone is racist. I've faced racism back in the US and you are never used to it. My wife, a Japanese, didn't know about the Korean colonization by Japan until she was in university when one of her zainichi (Japanese-Korean) told her about what really happened. This is very common, unfortunately. I was told my a teacher here that in their history book at school there is just ONE page mentioning about Korea and that's it. It's really a shame.
pskim731 3 weeks ago
@pskim731
I really need to find a history book and talk about this.
Gimmeaflakeman 2 weeks ago
@Gimmeaflakeman Hey Victor. Thanks for watching. Also I didn't upload any videos recently or upped a video titled "vlog".
pskim731 2 weeks ago
interesting
Fhenry 3 weeks ago
This reminds me so much of my parents' childhood. Our native language is kurdish, but since we do not have a country our culture was not accepted, so they all were forced to learn arabic/turkish and it was forbidden to speak our native language in public. (of course this is just nan example of many similarities I've noticed) It's so sad that such a thing ever existed and may still exist in some kind of way.
Thank you for your video and for sharing all your experience. :)
NotANoob27x7 3 weeks ago
@NotANoob27x7 Thanks for watching and for your comment.
pskim731 3 weeks ago
i´m impressed!
a smart, reasonable and open minded person on youtube...
nice!
hatsudai69 3 months ago
@hatsudai69 Thanks for watching and commenting.
pskim731 3 months ago
I find this very fascinating. Thank you.
seidetsukai 7 months ago
interesting
AnimeFanPan 9 months ago
Thanks for the upload. I am a white British male and I have lived in Japan for almost six years. Thus far, I can't say I have personally experienced any racism whatsoever. Undoubtedly, I have experienced cultural difficulties at times and Japanese people often have a very limited understanding of how to deal with non-Japanese but I have always managed to get around practically all these problems. Japan's a rewarding place to live.
Sarusource 1 year ago
@Sarusource Thanks for the comment. I agree with you about having getting used to the cultural differences. But I really love living here too. But I think I was able to adjust far much better and faster than most other foreigners because of my Korean background. But that's just purely my opinion.
pskim731 1 year ago
I'm chinese myself and I was a bit concerned if I might be facing discimination at the workplace should I one day decide to go work there and settle down. From what I've read from around online forums, chinese foreigners aren't exactly held at very high esteem as there is an implicit public perception that chinese go to japan to commit crimes? Does this really hold true at the grassroot level? Would really appreciate your thoughts on this. Cheerios and happy new year to you. :)
2121dreamerxyz 1 year ago
@2121dreamerxyz Thanks for the comment. You will face some sort of discrimination wherever you go, whether you like it or not. But I've had to deal with more blatant racism in the US than here. And as for Chinese being perceived with low esteem, there might be some truth in that. And I think it has to do more with politics than being personal with the pretty recent Chinese fishing boat illegally fishing and ramming into the Japanese coastguard ship.
pypstudio 1 year ago
@2121dreamerxyz By the way, the reply above by pypstudio is me. I have 2 accounts. I just realized I was logged on with that account. Anyway, from what I can sense here I can't really say that there are obvious discrimination. In any country there are bigots who will say and do things to hurt someone from a different country. If you are serious about coming to Japan and work and live here, I can't say enough that you should learn to speak the Japanese language. They will respect you more.
pskim731 1 year ago
@pskim731 Thanks! Another question if I may? I'm currently learning japanese now but a thought struck me once: even if I were to achieve japanese language proficiency one day, would there be reservations against my speaking their native language if it came with a foreign accent? I know like back home, I'm not very adept in my mother-tongue Mandarin and quite often my Mandarin-speaking friends would prefer that I not speak Mandarin because it sounds weird to them. Is it the same in Japan?
2121dreamerxyz 1 year ago
@2121dreamerxyz Not to my knowledge. Most Japanese are foreigner-friendly. Also it is a real plus if you are very fluent in English since Japan is trying to become more global with teaching English in their public education system more and more. I tried to lose as much of my accent as possible when I learned Japanese. Now Japanese people can't tell whether I'm a foreigner or not. It is possible to lose your accent. It just takes a lot of listening and practicing.
pskim731 1 year ago
@pskim731 Okay man. Hey thanks a lot for your time man. Appreciate it. Take care and have a brilliant week ahead. :)
P.S. May I know which city in Japan you're living in? Just curious. :P
2121dreamerxyz 1 year ago
@2121dreamerxyz I live in Ise, Mie prefecture. It's where the famous grand Ise-Inner Shrine is.
pskim731 1 year ago
Hey pskim731, just wanted to thank you for this very informative video. I've never really lived in japan before other than having gone there once as a tourist. My experience as a tourist was pretty nice overall and I didn't get much discrimination even though I couldn't speak Japanese at all. However I was just curious to know if there was a difference in experience between being there as a tourist and being there as a fellow resident or colleague amongst native japanese...
2121dreamerxyz 1 year ago
Well i cant really agree with you since i experienced discrimination many times past 10 years. Your English is awesome and yes it is unfair that they wouldn't hire you because you are not Caucasian.
Hongjoo5 1 year ago
japanese society is very foreigner unfriendly. a bit inhospitable at times
richardhaw 1 year ago
This video was very informative, and very entertaining.
riosleon13 1 year ago
Very interesting video, I thought 16 minutes would be too long but I could just stop in for a couple of minutes because the topic interested me so much.. I ended watching the whole thing and glad you went into detail with your answers to the email.
Ozzi4Japan 1 year ago
@Firestormify Did they ransack their bar and abused Greek women? Research before you leave dumb comments.
pskim731 1 year ago
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"Did they ransack their bar and abused Greek women? Research before you leave dumb comments."
Banzai!!!! Yeah it's Debito san and other J-hating "Clowns" that are instigating Japanese Racism this and that when in fact it's their own damn fault for learning the Japanese language, customs, cultures but let alone MANNERS IN ANOTHER COUNTRY!!!
Thank you, thank you very much and let's STOMP "RACE CARD CLOWNS"!!!
novajoke 1 year ago
I definitely agree with you man. I feel ya. Very informative video, I liked it.
KokoroBeach 2 years ago
Glad i found this channel :), really good videos you create Pskin731, Also you "English" is fantastic and so easy to understand.
Can't wait for more videos by you, Many places i see dont like Gaijin though (from what i've seen) Housing people don't want Gaijin some advertise "Gaijin Welcome" Because many people get turned down :(, but then at some Nightclubs being a "Foreigner" gets you in the club Cheaper than being Japanese :o, Do you think Gaijin's get any discrimination ?
HiroKun10 2 years ago
@HiroKun10 Yes, "gaijins" do get discriminated. But that is only because of really bad experiences that the Japanese had with them, i.e. landlords rent out their apartments and when these foreigners are done with it they literally ransacked the place leaving bad damages to the property. As for some bars, these gaijins get drunk and gets out of control and hits on Japanese women, picking fights, and basically being violent drunks. Because of them other nice foreigners have to pay the price.
pskim731 2 years ago 2
Shame a few spoil it for the rest of us :(, Not to worry i saw a video TokyoCooney did about racism in Japan towards black people over there, was a good watch :)
HiroKun10 2 years ago
@pskim731 Those kind of out of control gaijins are a big embarressment to the majority of us. I think it often comes from young people that come here for just 1 year as an "experience" and dont care about anybdy or anything but trying to have a good time. People like myself that are here for the long haul hate seeing reports about this kind of behaviour, makes me cringe.. the old story of the minority spoiling it for the majority.
Ozzi4Japan 1 year ago
@Ozzi4Japan
Hey no worries! I can easily distinguish "Clowns", "politically incorrect" foreigners similar to Debito san, other "rejects" coming to Japan acting like this and that VS. GENUINE PEOPLE WHO RESPECTS JAPANESE CULTURES AND CUSTOMS!!
LMAO To all these Clowns since they don't think I know I can speak, write, "school" all these Clowns in English! Banzai!!
novajoke 1 year ago
Awesome video. Very interesting!!
shiro182 2 years ago
I still think the whole 慰安婦 problem needs to be resolved. And to the extent that Japan is a democracy the people cannot simply blame the government. I really hope this can do something about this.
CrappyCartoons 2 years ago
so wait... your wife japanese?
totaldramaqueen108 2 years ago
@totaldramaqueen108 um.....yes...?
pskim731 2 years ago
ok ^^ just checking if I got it right :)
totaldramaqueen108 2 years ago
I'm glad no one has discriminated against you :D lets hope no one ever does.... I have been discriminated before because I was part Korean.... D;
AntoneX6 2 years ago
@AntoneX6 Oh, I'm sorry that happened to you. If you don't mind me asking, what part of what are you, other than being part Korean?
pskim731 2 years ago
quarter korean quarter british half japanese....
AntoneX6 2 years ago
Your quarter British man. haha, I never really saw it in you. Although I do admit I somehow felt I could understand you more than some other people on Youtube. Maby thats why. *shrug*
Omegalux 2 years ago
I'm more down to Earth lol
AntoneX6 2 years ago
Great vid - I enjoyed this. Hirokochannel sent me, by the way ;)
It's funny, we are zainichi-brothers! I will also be in my 12th year in Japan here next month :) We must have arrived here at the same time.
I appreciate your time and thoughtfulness on this vid. Unfortunately, this topic is often a target for trolls, which is why so many people have an unbalanced perspective. It was cool to hear your story.
Peace
Hikosaemon 2 years ago
@Hikosaemon Thanks for the comment. Not many people will understand what I feel if their country, people, family members weren't directly involved. Unfortunately, my parents and grandparents' generations are still alive and the unfortunate historical events still haunts them, like for the Jews during WW2.
pskim731 2 years ago
Glad you came across his channel!
HIROKOCHANNEL 2 years ago
@HIROKOCHANNEL Thanks Hiroko for the channelling!
pskim731 2 years ago
You know, you were right about my video being a target for trolls. But my mouse seems to find the "remove, block user" automatically.
pskim731 2 years ago
@pskim731
I would like to say BIG thanks for your video in regards to historical perspective as well as current perspective!
novajoke 1 year ago