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  • THEY do not call themself HOMELESS.Society call's them that

  • If I wouLd be homeLess... then I'd rather stay in Japan :)

  • what tje point of making this video befor criticizing japan how bout criticize ur own country nahh u cant haha coz u guys got no freedom of speech

  • @fateunfamiliar what the fuck is that supposed to mean

  • japan now 3rd largest economy in the world

    japan is getting sinking

  • this seems incomplete 

  • @guyverunit1 .... thanks, Jap homeless are unqiue in snse of self disipline. virtaully o drug issue and none of them beg for anything. they still have lots of self respect.

    the concept of dignity village has been well implemented for 20yrs in japan

  • the tsunami victims also considered as new homelss, they are giving 1st priority to resettle. in general, this might reduce the total number of homeless. the tent village is signifcantly reduced in 2010 in tokyo.

    K.M.Lo

  • I bet homelessness has increased greatly since Fukushima

  • I'm Japanese.

    The media in Tokyo controls impressions of Tokyo, concealing the actual condition like this.

  • wow great video, while i was in japan i was interested in this topic, and how the homeless situation was very different than compared to Canada. I also interviewed some local japanese people on their opinions and was shocked that one out of the 10 people i talked to actually cared about the situation and was volunteering. The others thought of them as lofers or basically how negative views of homeless people are viewed here in north america

  • @queenshussars I envy your compassion, but I can't agree......In japan the homeless rarely involve themselves in drugs, and many of them even work....... The bums here, are high on drugs...some agressively pan-handle and attempt to intimidate......many are registered sex offenders....I really can't feel sorry for em.......I just hope one day, drugs will no longer infect peoples lives.

  • @queenshussars years ago, they were a different breed....nowadays a good number are degenerates....drugs, gambling, sex offenese.....just disgusting peopel with no self control and steal from you in a heartbeat...

  • I saw many homeless in japan anywhere

    blue paper house in park is typical japan's homeless house style

  • The 3rd largest economy in world actualy

  • Hi again from K.M.Lo, the director of this documentary, Now after the quake and Tsunami, Japan virtually has over 1 million homeless, they stay in temporary shelter, it;s not the same issue any more and I m sure the long term homeless can be the mentor to the newbie homeless, just like Mr.Kawaguchi mentoring me. Please do whatever to help them out.

    e.g.you may contact red cross around the world.

    K.M.Lo

  • it says 52 minutes

  • Even if he had had stocks, he is poor by now. Due to the catastrophy their value must have decreased dramatically.

  • stupid documentary speaker, stupid chinese, why dont they chose a english speaker. how much I hate it, they do it always when its about china....and this is japan, and still a chinese voice

  • @Plautus123

    Hi from K.M.Lo, thanks for your comment, i think my intention is simple, not showing being smart or stupid, but reflect the lives of few homeless in Japan. It's too bad that i was born in Hong Kong and i only know English and Chinese, and some Thai. If you re native speaker of other language, pls volunteer to do voice over, make more people understand this documentary.

    Best regards

    K.M.Lo

  • I just saw the 52 min version on the site and paid £1.20

    It was interesting and a full movie costs more, I also reckin Mr Kawaguichi doesnt have stock is lying about that

    I wonder what has happened to him

  • Do I really have to pay money to watch a documentary on homelessness online?

  • @halocekicksass It's to make you feel double good. They might produce a luxury edition to make you feel triple good about yourself, paying a premium to watch misery:)

  • yes...Japanese homeless people never beg someone.Because they are too gentle or shy to beg stranger.

    besides, Japanese ordinary people are so heartless that no one care about them at all even though they are passing near by them on the street. So,Most people who help homeless are foreign christians or left activists.

    I think Japanese goverment should save them immediately,because such a long economic depression is obviously goverment's fault.

  • @Waterfall714

    You re right, the governement actually have sufficient welfare system at 65 yrs old or above, but local welfare office usually demand a fixed address or the homeless must return to their origin registered region to get welfare. since the quake and tsunami , i think the previus homeless community becomes insignificant and the temporary refugees might have a better understand of their own ignorance to the homeless, once you become one of them , you know how they feel.

    K.M.Lo

  • @Waterfall714

    You re right, the governement actually have sufficient welfare system at 65 yrs old or above, but local welfare office usually demand a fixed address or the homeless must return to their origin registered region to get welfare. since the quake and tsunami , i think the previus homeless community becomes insignificant and the temporary refugees might have a better understand of their own ignorance to the homeless, once you become one of them , you know how they feel.

  • @Waterfall714 "japanese ordinary people" is generalized, and "heartless" is racist....please keep these negative views out of serious discussions please

  • Unlike America's homeless these people aren't a bunch of drug using cutthroats.

  • Chinese are happy to see Japan ended up like this~

  • @stephentsang2000 That is not true.

  • @stephentsang2000

    Karma's bitch.

  • @novajoke Japan deserves this plight cuz it's their Karma for doing so much sick shit to people of other nations~!!!

  • @stephentsang2000

    Thanks for your story..........

  • its funny how that old guy is like talking bullshit

  • Can someone send me a rip of the full version?

  • I can't pay for documentaries right now but if you open a tab for me I would

  • £100 for a subscription to watch this documentaries?? eek.

  • @repo1911

    please recommend to your local film festivals and TV stations.

    I m not into business, but I m sure this is perhaps the easiest way

    to distribute and let you watch it at your vincinity.

    thanks

    K.M.Lo ( director of Homeless in Japan)

  • its not like theyre charging much, jesus

  • charging money for digital media is like putting a price on the air we breathe

  • @xmikeox

    It's more like taking your business model, putting it in a time machine, and sending it back to 1995.

  • There are people like the last man featured in the video that have plenty money in stocks but refuse to cash them out they would rather sleep homeless than change that aspect of their life. They have spent their life building that portfolio and never considered that it is there for them to liquidate some day and use the money for their retirement. Financial hoarder many people are financial hoarders never spending any of their funds.

  • @cdltpx good explanation & good comment

  • @xmikeox Was an OTR Trucker met a man that had over $9million in his 401K. To a normal person working a blue collar job like that they would cash in and take the 20% hit sure you loose some millions but you are still a self made mutimilliionaire this was pre dot com bubble. Trucking is no easy life you are on the road seleeping in a truck town to town no one for you. It could be classified as legalized homelessness It was where I was homeless and was able to save $10K in less than a year.

  • @cdltpx it is just amazing that some people have so much and yet live a life with only the basics.

  • @xmikeox I am a person that realizes that we need so little to survive if we have health. When I watch what the masses are brainwashed into believing what they (want) need how people will kill themselves when their brain tells them that it would less painful to pass away than to exist without life as they know it. I am conducting an experiment I purchased a camper and solarpanels with it I am betting you could live wealthier than the majority of the pre cheap oil man has.

  • @cdltpx Currently I have a battery and a $150 solar panel setup tonight is the first time I run the system all night and last I checked the light was burning bright. This means for under $200 you coul have a system to produce small amounts of AC power via inverter use it to recharge your electric bike. The electric bike is next on the experiment a way to travel 12 miles a day round with the aid of an electric motor. A solar hybrid that requires little maintence and some pedal assist.

  • @cdltpx I want to find another power source for this bike to add range ideally an alcohol fired engine would do since we can produce our own alcohol for this using a biomass such as grass and over ripe fruit. That is much later down the line but I will probably add a small gas motor to the bike and use it to collect metal and go fishing with and my sources of income and food. Look into my favorites you will not be disapointed I have solutions to prevent or enhance homelessness if you are there.

  • @xmikeox Look in my favorites I have hundreds of ideas that can assist one that is rebuilding their life. I concentrate on SOLUTIONS that cut out the middle man. I for one have not had anyone cut my hair for almost 10yrs now I do it myself I can cut my own hair in less the time for a woman to put on makeup. I not only save $ on the cut but have saved hundreds of hours driving to sitting and waiting for a man to cut my hair and take my money. The latest saver methane productuin using cows&scraps

  • @xmikeox I rarely make a video but seem to have amassed over 500 subscribers this is the first time I have drawn any attention to that fact. My guess is they look in my favorites and know I have more time than the averge man being that I am disbled online any hour I choose. I am usually online every 4 hours since I cant sleep cause of the pain. What I do is I look for trends in our political financial system but mostly I feature solutions to stand alone. Efficiency is the key to Libertarian ways

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  • Propaganda has started.

  • i for one, will not be purchasing anything to view this video, and i doubt many others would either. if youre trying to spread a good message, dont charge people to see it.

  • Official Unemployment Japan: 5.4%

    Official* Unemployment America: 21.3%

    *How it was measured in 1980

    The Japanese engaged in trade that clearly was unfair to America and drove many Americans out of good jobs. I have no sympathy for the Japanese today. At least they still manufacture cars, electronics, and other paraphernalia. Unlike America which can't do jack shit.

    America's problems are 20x worse.

  • @laalfombra221 Yes, 20 times worse and HOMEGROWN. As it seems America has build its living standard by piling up obscene amounts of debt which it has to pay at some point.

    It is so ignorant of you to blame the Japanese for that. A tragedy remains a tragedy, be it in America or in Japan.

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  • @miles2057 Check out Future Shorts channel, they show the full film... much better.

  • pls post long new documentaries, we are poor here we cant afford paying.thanks

  • "I don't speak japanese" *says it in a stereotypical japanese accent* really? really? .....that's just hilarious...he lies a lot.

  • @MrNegativeMrPositive - hehe he thinks he speaks perfect english ? To me he sounds more chinese !

  • I agree with miles2057. The documentaries you carry on your website are fantastic. But is there away you can generate revenue by inserting ads. I would gladly sit through a few minutes of ads to watch these great docs.

  • He is so ashamed he cant even admit the truth. Very sad.

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  • Homeless in Japan? Awesome idea.

  • @CoupDeGrace888 ain't it. you never see them.

  • So much talent, so many skills and abilities...yet these guys are down at the bottom of society akin to drug addicts and alcoholics. So, so sad :(

  • that a damn shame we need a better system than capitalism.

  • japan is such a awesome place to visit...

  • ThisAmericanTragedy com

  • my ex wife is from japan and that country is damn sure better than USA.

  • wow awesome man i am gonna cry in my countri there are people that have homes money all and steal bagging cose it is easy for them to get money this way

    and this man refus to ask people for many for his pride what a world

  • @Klazyo japan have tremendous pride.Even in anything and whatever they do.I watched a gameshow once where this american was asked to sweep at a train station and she grumbled and didnt want to do it but the japanese did it and did it with pride and perfection like it was his house.When i went there, it was just amazing ive never seen such a bunch of great people.

  • look at the fkin description. you can see the full video on the website

  • this fucking economical era has 2 end.. it has taken longer what is have been expected

  • no fucking way, i always thought japan had no poor people.

  • @tybash lol there are poor people everywhere..but of courrse no one will want to show their poor on tv :)

  • @hazellina07

    Such a disgrace.

  • @tybash yah it is but we shoudlnt be so hard on them cos as i said its poor homeless people are everywhere...canada, states, africa, taiwan..etc...

  • @tybash Might want to check out the population figures vs the area, then it's no longer a surprise. People need to stick to fucking and spawning less if they know what's good for them.

  • @tybash No offense.

  • @tybash

    In a capitalist system, homeless, or more correctly the unemployed, are a necessity. I'm not against capitalism in any way, nor am I a communist or an anarchist. Surplus labor, or redundancy of labor makes labor a commodity that can be bought and sold like anything else, and although the economics are a little more complex than what I'm saying, unemployment keeps the cost of labor down.

  • この人バブルで相当、株損したんだな。

  • It's 52 mins if you purchase it.

  • @ILykToDoDuhDrifting maybe they should put it in brackets (if you purchase it)

  • bla bla bla, long live the mighty random propaganda machine. amen

  • Lame ass peoples propaganda. Way to exploit the homeless.

  • Vote for the Japanese Communist Party !

    JCP is only independent political party in Japan that fights for the interests of ordinary people. May the Japanese people triumph over the evils of capitalist greed, exploitation, and oppression.

    Say no to capitalist stagnation, failure, inequality, and misery !

    May the honorable workers of Japan unite! Victory to the working peoples of Japan, and all around the world ! Down with the neo-liberal capitalist order.

  • @ZhongguoQianjin Will the JCP open up immigration as well? lol

  • It's a real shame that we are now resorted to purchasing or renting these great documentaries, if we want to view them. What happened to all the good freely accessible documentaries here on Journeyman Pictures?This is why I subscribed. I am upset that this is the new trend with this channel. Isn't the revenue from the advertisements enough? I love documentaries but I'm in no position where I'm able to afford them,that is why I came here. I don't want to be driven away, I'm sure others agree.

  • @miles2057 Hah, I agree. I subbed this after watching several full-length videos on this channel.. I haven't really seen a complete one for a while now :/ Everything they upload is pay-to-watch now.

  • @Aupas seems like they might actually have a budget though. Not everything can be free.

  • @miles2057 The long documentaries were all old ones.

  • @miles2057 no its not, anyone involved in this knows this.its just an extra source of revenue and a marginal one at that.how do you think they pay the staff, travel expenses , filming , editing ,colour grading, research the subject at hand , write it .And a hosting it on youtube is not free for those large uploads.You guys want everything free but you would NEVER want to work for free.

  • @cannoir We don't expect everything for free. Many people subbed to Journeyman Pictures because the documentaries here were available for free & now slowly over time we're being charged to watch them.I'm from Australia & many of these documentaries are directly from Australian tv networks.Journeyman have taken ready made documentaries off of tv networks such as ABC and SBS& put them up on youtube as many other people do.So there aren't all the expenses involved as you've mentioned.

  • @miles2057 why not expect something for free ,whats wrong in it.the rich should give little to the poor .here we re in 3rd world we cant afford paying many ,others in the west should pay for us.

  • @igoulalene1 most of the people in the west arent rich either buddy...

  • @miles2057 there is probably 90% of the people that subscribed to journeyman agree with you miles2057

  • @miles2057 Yeah i know, they make ad revenue, view revenue, commenting revenue and they charge to see the whole clip. These men aren't really a documentary group, just money hungry faggots. They aren't even in Mexico to document real war, too scared JMP?

  • @miles2057 I support you. Cheers from Ecuador, S. America.

  • @Literario26 Cheers from an Ecuadorian in North America.

  • @miles2057 Absolutely.

  • @miles2057

    that was an advertising gimmick to attract lots of subcribers, then slowly the full-length docs are reduced but people still wanna watch them, so they buy it

  • good documentaries but I hate the deceptive titles, 52 minutes.

  • shity

  • Damn! And all Along I thought that Japan is 10 years advanced than USA in terms of technology & Innovation, but still there is no getting rid of this "Corporate Created Poverty"... If Japan has these poor people What more so On CHINA? lol...

  • how can you make a movie for a given issue when you do not even speak the language of the country? I've been living in Shnijyuku, Japan for 8 years and still would not dare to write about this complicated topic.

  • @kkm77bg

    eh, maybe it will inspire more knowledgeable people to make better documentaries? The first product is never the final product after all

  • wtf that bum in the end has stock in jal and ana then why the fuck is he moneyless he needs to diversify hes porfolio

  • @Diabl0Pabl0 If you go back and read what he says,you will see he has the stocks but not the means to reach where he has them,thought i asume making a call might give him some help byt we dont now how stuff works there.

  • The last will finish first. The greedy rich will know how the other side live.MA'AT HOTEP!!!!

  • mr miyagi is alive and well i see...

  • wow

  • its very sad and touching to see people reduced to this condition

  • Greed, of any sort, should be identified and treated like any other personally disorder. It follows the same destructive traits as substance abuse. It IS a social crime and a treatable DISEASE. Plain and simple.

  • it reflects the extreme situation among Japanese corporation and workers. They are generally required to obey the company's agenda all their lives or quit their job. But even after they quit, the situation in other company wouldn't be so different from the first place because it is surrounding phenomena the whole islands of Japan.

  • Vote for the Japanese Communist Party !

    JCP is only independent political party in Japan that fights for the interests of ordinary people. May the Japanese people triumph over the evils of capitalist greed, exploitation, and oppression.

    May the honorable workers and people of Japan, unite !

  • @ZhongguoQianjin communism does work, look a china is running a mix economy now. 3% of population is super wealthly - ego show a capitalist system

  • Miscalculated...shit...don't we all.

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  • Depressing...

  • @goonodeath - Amen.

  • 4:48 Dignity. period 

  • @jenjerx true.

    When I saw this I thought straight away that it was a matter of pride for him that he does not give in. I wouldnt be surprised that many of the homeless are the same and the charity groups are only serving a small number of them because of that national pride they hold as a people.

  • @eigokudemangaka i don't think that charity is limited to service certain number of homeless, they are people at the end who wont to survive.

  • Fuck captialism!

  • Pathetic 

  • First of all, Yokohama is not far from Tokyo. Maybe a 30 minute train ride for $8. Second, the guy seemed intoxicated and was probably making up stories. Yes there are homeless in Japan. There were homeless when I was there 1993-1996. Nothing nearly as bad as San Diego, CA though.

  • Yay capitalism!

  • @DavidofThe You shouldn't blaim capitalism because capitalism doesn't really exist anymore. There are a lot of secret trusts, cartels, and monopolies that are in collusion with the governments of the world. Banks, insurance, stocks and bonds, communications, television, etc.

  • @DeimosSaturn Trust me I'm well aware, but we get sold it as the beautiful purity of capitalism.... Really its more like a twisted form of mercantilism.

  • @DavidofThe no matter what system..... it's all similar.  God's system would be it.

  • This is so sad. The homeless in my town are all drug and alcohol users. I don't know if that is why they are homeless and jobless or whether they got homeless and jobless first and then became addicts and alcoholics. Either way it's sad. No one in the developed world should be living outdoors and eating hot food only twice a week.

  • 2:15 An erhu is not a Japanese instrument, I really hope this was solely intended for the Chinese guy talking, and not for all the footage of Japanese I'm looking at. This is tantamount to doing a documentary on homelessness in Ireland and playing Oompa music. Get it right journeyman...

  • I want to see the rest of this documentary too!

    It was sad to watch that old, grey-bearded man at the end. He was too proud to beg for money and he lives in a society that regards homelessness as too shameful to talk about. He has tons of stocks (are they worth anything now?) but he doesn't have the means to get to Yokohama to cash them. This shouldn't be a problem to rectify yet...it is.

  • @jademm Airlines stocks. Probably not enough to keep him out of the hole.

  • the first sentence needs to be updated :)

  • hey journeyman wheres the rest of the 47 min to this documentary!

  • @thatzombieplace I think you gotta go to their website and purchase the DVD if you wanna watch the rest.

  • They call themselves homeless?

    They ARE homeless!

  • @ConstantinIV lol, Asian Borat.

  • i think the guy at the end was just a random crazy man.

  • @Malangsufi

    How many poor and homeless people do you know who can speak two languages? Hint: Not very many. This man was clearly an part of the educated class. I'm shocked that he has been laid off and no one has bothered to hire this guy.

  • @NemonicLee :200 000 000 million yen yet homeless?

  • @Malangsufi

    I'm assuming that was all the money he lost investing in the two companies. I haven't seen the entire documentary; the context of this video is a bit vague. I guess they went under and left his job since he thought he had plenty of money invested to survive on.

  • @Malangsufi it s rare in Japan for someone to speak that well of an English, and especially at that age. I think there may be some truths about what he said - he surely is an educated man..

  • the drums in the background music are irritating /justsayin

  • So did the man reach Yokohama?

  • A hell of a lot less dangerous to live on the streets in Japanese than in America...such a beautiful country,such great diversities found no-wheres else,such supurb technology unmatched by any other country,all-in-all one of the very greatest countries in the world..hell America is'nt even in the list...boo hoo

  • @mactopolis And if Japan keeps on going with increasing poverty and no opportunities for the poor do you honestly believe there streets will stay safe? If you love it so much why don't you live there?

  • @GGLebo23

    Eat shit and die..monkey!!!!

  • The justification of having an elite capitalist class is that they provide jobs. Yet somehow it's your fault when you can't find one. Looks like a great documentary will have to watch all of it soon.

  • @MilanTbay

    You are right about that. The Elites have no heart or soul. They will throw you into the trash if they think they can make more money.

  • now i reallyyyy wanna see this :( i wish it would go on a bit longer

  • @jasminehks Me too - wish I could afford to pay for the videos! Ressesion eh?

  • The man at the end is very respectful and wise, I feel... I respect him much more than I would with many so-called men of high status of today. This man, he is truly a real man, and hasn't lost his dignity and self respect. I bow unto him.

  • They call themselves 'homeless'? wow thats so creative

  • @att1tud3 I think the point is the fact they ARE homeless in Japan is shocking - its not like a "gang" name or anything.

  • "although i'm chinese, i look japanese..." - that's according to who?

    and what does it actually mean?

  • @Shahzod8905 Asians know the difference.

  • @taubstumm I don't and I'm asian.

  • @Shahzod8905 means nothing don't put significance to it ..the documentary isant about him

  • @Shahzod8905 lol