Concrete Jungle - Japan

[prepschoolkid]

@GothicWiccan13 The point was that all this construction is unneeded and ultimately bad for the country..

[Timx4]

Asian people like to show face.. that's the problem. It can be a good or bad mentality

[kj762aa]

The 8 people that disliked this work Japanese construction.

[kishaba1980]

8 hours of sleep is great!

[harr7959]

Seriously. This series really doesnt do well to show Japanese society or culture. There are broader cultural reasons for the temporary employment they talk about. Journeyman has a really bad way of supporting a narrative with hollow statements.

[mrjamesthegreatable]

japan is 3rd biggest in economy....!

[niclasjt]

@mrjamesthegreatable This was made in 2001.

[martin4u2]

@mrjamesthegreatable When the documentary was made Japan was the 2nd largest economy, In 2010 was surpassed by China, leaving Japan the third place...

[Scurvous]

@GothicWiccan13 You do realize the difference between "the public" and "public works", right?

[romancandlefight]

bridge to hawaii

[JasonDamisch]

Babylon always fails

[dewert2]

brilliant.. i love how they sum up Japan's decay in 2000. the country is slowly reforming and getting back into shape again now

[harr7959]

Journeyman pictures, like usual, has completely exaggerated the facts to support their narrative. If you want to know the reality of Japanese society, study Japanese sociology. Do not trust this junk.

[lemonrind]

So, you shouldn't build bridges because it will put ferries out of business?

So, they shouldn't have built the Pyramids?

Of course Japan lays many more times more concrete per square foot than other countries. Japan's population density is 10 times higher than the U.S.; 100 times higher than Canada's.

This documentary makes no sense.

[angus506]

its funny bums look the same everywhere, second biggest city and only 15000 homeless actually isnt that bad

[linuxrules04]

This series of videos is clearly aimed at damaging the image of Japan by investigative journalism or whatever you want to call it. I was born and raised on both sides of the Atlantic and I can clearly say we could all learn a lot from the Japanese. They have the best manners, food, cars, girls, robots, temples, gardens, language... you get the idea. There is a reason why they need to keep us gaijins out. They started to fail when they started to be like the West.

[Mencalisssti]

@linuxrules04 stop being so self hating. We aren't ''white devil gaijins'' like you seem to beleive. On another note, do you really think isolating themselves from the west is the thing they should do? We are talking about an island here, they sell products to the outside world with the materials bought from the outside. I guess we should all stop buying Japanesse cars, video games, cameras and whatever else they export. I bet that will fix their economic problems.Just think about what you wrote

[HamzaNM]

to me Japan is the Best functioning and developed country in the World

im American

but in this series u see how they manipulate people

go look at all the homeless and jobless people in USA and UK

and stop being jealous of Japan

[Bellybeard]

At least the Japanese people is not being outbrerd by Mislim, Arabic and African immigrants like the Europeans are today...

[2fy1]

This is one of a series of videos about Japan that seem to directly criticize the country, it's politics and economy. Makes me wonder to what extent this is true...

[martinwajda]

How about some subtitles!

[Chuloloc]

Interesting. 

[bbsmyname]

there are no subtitles how the fuck are we suppose to know what the people have to say not these stupid twats.

[ikkoikki]

@bbsmyname You're assuming that no-one here can speak Japanese. It would be nice if they were subtitled, but into English only?

[liamfeb27]

this is why japan voted to new government...

[WOHLF1]

I'm getting extra credit in my a class to watch THIS........awesome.

[SpikeRazzor]

Its is pretty frightening how the construction industry is killing there own countries own natural beauty.

[iTeaze888]

watch Pom poko to get a better picture, i know its a Anime but still..

[sarubboy]

man i lived in osaka for afew years i saw sad ass gaijin that got bumped from nova that was sad but osaka rules! and OCAT BBOYS RULE!

[lostinxlation]

Bureaucracy has been so fucked up issue of Japan for a really long time.

The bureaucrats retire from their government positions and then get hired by companies that they used to oversee while they were in the office. Government can't stop offering the public works to these companies because those in charge at the government are looking forward to getting hired by these companies upon their retirement. Unless they BAN "Amakudari", wasting money on white elephants will never stop.

[TENNSUMITSUMA]

i seriously doubt that japan has more dept than the US. the US keeps sayin its only 11 trilli in the hole but if you use real data that hasnt been sugar coated to look good for the public its more like 65 trillion. and considering that most of the money owed to the asian countries (especially china) ....yeah japans dept is nothing compared to the US

[klipsch21]

look at the date, this was back in 2001 when the us economy was fairly stable, no doubt its gotten much worse though

[TENNSUMITSUMA]

still nothing compared to the US

[iTeaze888]

Stable? it was rocky ever since the 70's, you've been lending money from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, now you lend money from China and Japan..

Sorry but US debt is beyond calculation..

Im not trying to make you angry or anything but the US debt is highest in the world..

200 Billion for defense budget, that a lot of tax money no American has.

Europe is seccond so im in the same mess!!

Sorry!

[BitchesCallMeTFree]

@iTeaze888 Yeah, the US has major trouble with our debt, but the United Kingdom has exceeded our debt. Their debt per capita there is now higher. The US's debt is higher in numbers, because our economy is much larger.

[TENNSUMITSUMA]

i dont get what he means by 'japanese girls are weak at the knees'

[woodoo87]

Koizumi was somewhat considered as a handsome man in Japan it obviously helped during his elections and when he worked as PM. He was usually compared to Richard Gere :)

Probably he was considered atractive by young girls as by older women as well.

[ChairZomg]

means that they find the prime minister attractive.

[hiroguam]

Also luv ABC's use of subtitles.

[iTeaze888]

Oh the see-through ones? very nice idd!

[hiroguam]

How about exposing some of Australia's dirty little secrets? For once?

[SonicYouthXXX]

well, livng in a country whit shitty infrastructure, I ca say that having massive debt but good roads and stuff is waaayyyy better then not having both.

[joojacob]

That's nonsense. Investment in infrastructure is only justified if that investment can be recouped through increased productivity.

Being in dept means having to pay interest. Paying interest means a lower standard of living. A low standard of living means not being able to afford the gas to put in your car to drive on your nice roads.

[inconvenient12345]

pure stupidity

[cocoabeenut]

Poor Japan.

[kage574]

thats cool how the gov of nagano moved his office

[thev01]

English Subtitles please.

It will be pretty much appreciated.

[halidefox]

Lol subtitles - Journeyman Pictures don't roll that way.

[skarty93]

fuckin americans

[Balatr0]

yeah

[nozscrap]

GDP of Yokohama city is 12 trillion yen.

GDP of Osaka city is 20 trillion yen.

Osaka megalopolis is greater than Greater LosAngels.

[blingblingzers]

'Amakudari'

[zigsauer]

This are needed Keynesian measures !!!

[yusukeshinyama]

Another one-sided documentary. There's nothing wrong to control the shores and mountains to prevent massive erosion caused by constant rainfall. In fact, Japan's forests have never been "natural". They are actively controlled and maintained for centuries by humans, and lots of efforts of conservation are going on. The percentage of Japan's forest area is actually increasing (unlike other developed nations).

BTW, Japan's second biggest city is Yokohama, not Osaka. Please go check the facts first.

[bresophil]

that is correct. but probably they were talking about osaka being the second biggest metropolitain area. with yokohama belonging to greater tokyo (or however it is called) megalopolis.

[ghostriderblack89]

yokohama are togheter with tokyo its you who need to check the facts (^.^)

[ikkoikki]

@yusukeshinyama The problem is that projects were created simply to create products and keep the flow of capital moving between government and favoured contractors. I conducted my post-grad work on infrastructure planning in Tohoku. It is shocking how lowland rivers had banks ripped out and concreted, with no evidence of any serious erosion, simply to meet economic not environmental ends. The US has the Military-Industrial Complex, Japan has the public project drain.

[nutchan0731]

@ikkoikki I think you dont know this?

watch?v=ujSIDrRa2xs

[ikkoikki]

@nutchan0731 Sorry, can you redo the link?

[onimotoko]

no subs?

[sybrix]

I just want to say I appreciate these worldly videos in English, but please provide subtitles so we can actually completely comprehend the message in the video.

[kusakabemanai]

journeymanpictures's videos are heavily biased, which do not represent japan rightly. So please be careful.

[AngeloDeOrvaa]

I am pretty sure all of those people working on public works...you know, getting paid...benefit as well.

You might think that the politicians realize that if public works stop or drop suddenly you'd see alot of people out of work.

[Tareq88]

This is the flipside of any ambitious firm, such as a construction company: no one tells you how far you can go or what risks you can't take.

[kieronj]

Lets not forget that Japan is still the second richest country in the world and excellent creator of car and electronic technology

[dreamEternal]

lets not forget that, the auto industry is falling, and it's car companies need financial help,

It's been in recession for 5 years or so in the 1990's, and is in another recession, since last year.

Also statistically, i believe japan's debt is about 170% of it's GDp, at $1.4trillion, also has the highest suicide rates in the world,

Still, personally, culturally, not financially, i think its a great country,

[kieronj]

Japan is amazing. Best people ever!

[fiddeekberg]

Are you fucking kidding? Stupid anime fan boy. How about watching some other documentaries about Japan? 1million young Japanese are so afraid of their competitive and grim society that they refuse to leave their own apartments. Kids are being forced to go the school without wearing shirts and bullying is accepted and encouraged by the adults. Japan sucks in so many aspects. Ohhh they are fucking racists too, and as a foreigner you will never be 100% accepted as a part of their society.

[kieronj]

screw u, u idiot. ive lived there and they r amazing

[dableutyef]

until the next generation takes over

[onimotoko]

burn in hell!

[dableutyef]

I was replying to the first guy >.>

[onimotoko]

so was I

[mattorama]

Between the firebombing of Tokyo (which killed more than either nuclear weapon) and the bombs dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima, I think Japan has "burned in hell" enough, don't you? :)

[kusakabemanai]

"Kids are being forced to go the school without wearing shi"?? They are not forced. Parents want them to be stronger against diseases. This series of documentary is very bad and does not represent our country rightly.

[blingblingzers]

It is just a cultural clash, a lot of things that asian countries do western countries cannot accept (not only the Asian countries but elsewhere as well), so u get ideas from the west thinking that the kids were forced not to wear a shirt. It is becoz the west cannot accept the fact that a child is not wearing a shirt, becoz in the west that idea is very strange to them, hence stating the fact that the children r been forced. Its just a cultural clash.

[dan892k7]

Not really, because they could demonstrate the Japanese reasoning for it. I do get a distinct feeling of bias while watching journeyman, but I don't understand why... what is their agenda? It doesn't take a lot to intrigue a westerner in another culture, so instead of this video saying "it's weird", they should say "they do this because they believe...". Some of us might still think it's weird, but at least we can make up our own mind that way.

Dan

[rikisaltacorp]

@kusakabemanai I believe you are right my friend. TV always will show what people want to see. for example, many americans (also from other countries) actually think that mexicans ride donkeys. and we have no cars. i swear to my mothers grave a have never been even close to a donkey. in fact i've seen like 2 in my life. But i mean i know that there are people who ride donkeys, and what this shows do is to film those particular persons and say everyone is like that.

[jin54363]

@kusakabemanai

yes, journeymanpictures talks about japan without understanding about it and spreads false information

[dendara100]

@kusakabemanai yeah! i read that 30% of japanese are suffereing from hayfever, why? because they are seriously too clean.

[agent8604]

yeah whats with no subtitles?

[laoil]

Japan will not die! Their ancestors survived a living hell from the Atomic bomb. Japan will rise from it's ashes and become strong again. BANZAI!

[fiddeekberg]

Japan's time is over. The bureaucrats have taken over and they don't care about anything or anyone except for their own wealth.

[ambertch]

that's an overly simplistic and uneducated view, isn't it?

[alexanderdag8]

tell me what the guy at 01:07 said nazi zhou1992

[Energyium]

japanese work so much that are running out of work to do

they should goto places like afghanistan

where there is a lot of building to do

[zhou1992]

Journeyman pictures obviously are subtitle nazis

[Bocbo]

english subtitles for the japanese please.