 He's involved and why does it look like I'm there? Why are you in this photo, bro? I was there it seems like Japan is gonna need to make some major changes in their society for the future But the question is do you think they can and will they yeah? We're talking about three viral stories out of Japan today that sort of speak to Japan's need to change But will they the first one is about chaos breaking out in the Japanese Parliament over a new like asylum Refugee law the second video is about gender equality Japan wants to make sure that 30% of all high ranking executive positions at its Corporations are women and then number three Andrew We've actually got a viral incident on China Airlines, which is a Taiwanese Airlines Involving a Japanese Karen who's mad that nobody else can speak the Japanese language Okay Everybody so please hit that like button check out other episodes of the hot-pot boys as we talk about this Altogether, so please leave a comment down below as you watch the video David So for the first one Parliament, what are they arguing about? What are the parties involved and why does it look like I'm there? Why are you in this photo, bro? I was let us know in the comment section below Yeah, what were you doing a Japanese Parliament? Long story short Andrew There's a left wing a right wing party the right wing party ended up winning So there is there a repeal of a law that basically said that Asylum seekers could stay in Japan as long as they kept reapplying even if they failed to hit the Requirement to stay in Japan. So basically they got rid of this law now So while they're considering your asylum application, they're gonna go ahead and deport you now if they want But of course the more liberal leaning politicians were like dude They could face persecution they could be killed if we send them back to the country that they're seeking asylum from this turn Into a left-right, you know liberal conservative issue within the context of Japanese politics and this caused Andrew a Dogpile scuffle in Parliament in Japan something that you wouldn't think that you would see yeah I mean I've seen it in the Taiwanese Parliament a little bit and I obviously I've seen videos in India as well when politics get heated There is some physical fights wouldn't work in America I don't know because I'm pretty sure the Republicans would win because they would bring guns But yeah, I guess it'd be interesting. Yeah, and in South Korea. I have actually seen a judo throw in Parliament as well So it's not Unbelievable, but you would just think of out of the Asian countries. It probably be Japan would not be like this, right? I guess it's interesting that they don't they're like government in America Is not violent, but then it can get violent in Asia although the societies in Asia are less violent. It's interesting It's a very very nuanced complex Somebody said Japan has always been very homogeneous You're welcome to stay for a short period of time, but a permanent status is pretty much frowned upon if you're not Japanese And someone said yes, that's generally true You can be a long-term resident But you have to make a very very very serious effort to assimilate into the culture and contribute to the economy Which doesn't seem like an unreasonable expectation and then of course Andrew this led to other people being like yeah See they're doing things right in Japan You know We're getting all this riffraff in America draining us of our resources not following rules bringing our great land down the land of The samurai they want to uphold it. I guess my question for Americans which first of all I do think if you immigrate to America there is a healthy amount of assimilation that probably should happen and Contributing of course paying taxes having a job whatever whatever but but I guess what does it mean to assimilate to American culture? Because American culture at this point is so diverse obviously Japanese culture it being more homogenous I think we all kind of get an idea of what that is like Japan has been 98 to 99 percent Japanese for like the Pretty much all of recorded history right America is constantly changing That's why I do think it's difficult to make those comparisons Andrew But I do think the people who are making that comparison are probably realistically They're probably white Yeah, yeah, yeah, probably um somebody says a Japan system is so good. Then why is their population vanishing, huh? Why do they need immigration? Because every country at some point or another functionally needs immigration Nativists like it or not it doesn't matter It's simple math and simple societal building if you study history Yeah, especially because most advanced societies around the world right now have a declining birth rate Even Sweden as well as that, you know as great as that country is ran Everybody loves talking about Sweden and how about it sweet into Japan would be the two ones I guess more pointed out. I would say by everybody, but perhaps perhaps particularly the right side Yeah, the Western people love pointing out Japan and Swedish, but all of them are experiencing a birth rate decline I think Japan's is a little bit steeper than most places So that's why this thought of like, oh what changes are we gonna make? Oh, yeah? We need to make some changes somebody said the truth is that Japan Prioritizes its majority ethnicity and they would rather shrink in number live a little poorer each family But just remain Japanese that's interesting and I don't doubt that some people think like this, but I don't want to say most people think like this Somebody said well, look at this if China is trying to be the next superpower to take over the US How come refugees aren't flocking over there, huh? But they're all flocking to Japan in America still They that's a good one. That's a good day. Yeah, I mean, that's a good observation. Well, that's because China. Yeah, it doesn't seem It's not as appealing. Yeah, I will say this though not refugees But people who want to live like a more middle class to upper middle class life I do see them fleeing to like Shanghai. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, there are people going to China But obviously the rules are much stricter there. So it's a little bit less more than stricting this comment said refugees have done their homework They have learned that if they go to China, they will have to work very long hours and receive very low wages in return If they protest or say anything negative about Chinese culture, they will not be there for more than a week or less They will be kicked out immediately. Yo, you know, it's really interesting about a lot of like right-wing ideas is like I cannot tell whether they support the Japanese system the Chinese system or the American system And I'm just like which system is it because like odd ban system is better But I like to wait sometimes China does things to America's the best It is a little confusing. I'm trying to understand what you're saying moving on to the second article It is a proposal in the Japanese government that basically says 30% of executive positions should be women Obviously traditionally Jap Japan is considered a very patriarchal society Women weren't even really allowed to like work in the corporate work fairs and any sort of like significant positions I believe until the the 60s or the 70s and still Pretty much like if we were to segment jobs in a like low-middle high the high-tier is very few women in Japan, right? Occupy high-tier positions. Yeah, I mean, I think that this is Generally how things a lot of go in a lot of like, you know advanced societies late-stage capitalism, right? You bring the women up which is good. However, I will say I don't know if that plays against the birth rate as well So that might be another reason because it is true that statistics speaking the more career women There are the less likely they're gonna have a kid or the later. They're having well They're just splitting their focus. Yeah, just if that's how things are somebody said when Shinzo Abe took office a few years ago They had the same target and literally no progress was attained clearly There is a gap between what Japanese proposals and the government say and the actual follow through through and movement of society to actually change Dude, I think to help the declining birth rate in a lot of places You really have to make raising a child less burdensome and you have to be able to help families out and Help subsidize their rent so that they can live and Feel like that they can afford to even have a kid because otherwise a kid is it is very time-consuming and very costly But if you can help the cost at least then people just got to deal with the time right right So this brings us back to the concept of immigration to Japan possibly it could uplift the birth rates and stuff like that But that sort of leads us to this crazy roundabout incident that we have in the third place Andrew Let's run the clip to what long story short and China Airlines is a Taiwanese airline It's fine from Fukuoka Japan to Taipei. The lady is asking for a water in Japanese She's not being acknowledged because the stewardess is only speak Mandarin and English and she throws a fit This is not a Japanese Taiju. This is Japanese Karen This is a Japanese woman acting badly And I don't think you really see this behavior from Japanese people a lot generally the Stereotype is that Japanese people they will complain but they will do it like afterwards like at your face They do not want to show anything man And I think that that's why it went so viral because this is just not stereotypically what you would think I'm gonna lie. She was yelling like an American Karen. Yeah, so the way she sounded it was very I guess she Embodied the American spirit and this even comes ties back to our issue of Japan changing Andrew a lot of people in the comment section We're talking about though. Listen Japan doesn't rule Taiwan anymore guys because if you guys know what Japan actually used to Colonize Taiwan for like a number I believe 50 years and people in Taiwan of all the surrounding Asian countries They do probably have the highest proficiency in Japanese like in terms of just people naturally being exposed to it So you're saying that this lady deep down might think or might Think that Taiwan still should be part of Japan. So therefore she is demanding the stewardess is to speak Japanese Yeah, it seems unlikely that she would do that on a Korea air of lines flight from Fukuoka to Seoul They to demand that the Korean stewardess is would speak Japanese. I don't know these are just speculations from the comments Well, it looks like she might have had a little too much sake on the flight And this sort of led us down even this other hole where some people were said I'm Japanese And I feel like the only other Asians that could become Japanese to uplift the Japanese population Would be Taiwanese because they have already had so much influence from us over the years and the way their culture developed also as an island country They could become part of Japan. So this is a ultra-nationalistic So this ultra-prior Proudful Japanese nationalists is saying are the only immigrants that we would want are from Taiwan. Yes Nobody I don't know if they even want the immigrants from Taiwan. They just want Taiwan to become Japanese This is not the majority of people in Japan. I'm just reading right. This is just a comment. That's interesting perspective Anyways, David, I guess your takeaways, you know, we don't live in Japan. We haven't lived there We're not otakus. We're not we have relatives that grew up in Japan. Obviously You know, if you just study Asia Japan is a pretty significant player for good and for bad reasons in Asia to be honest So, um, yeah, basically, I think this major comment was just like yo listen man at the end of the day No, whether they issues things about changing Japanese society to like get more on with the trends or not changing society It's just frozen. Yeah, it's not gonna change either way. Yeah Yeah, I think Japan one of the main things that they're gonna deal with is I do think in a lot of older Japanese people There is a deep down superiority complex still at least of the people who are running Japan. Oh for sure Yeah, or yeah for sure. So I and maybe you can see why to play the devil's advocate You can see why they yeah, I get it But they're but their problems, I guess at least the way we view their problems They keep on stacking on top of each other. So now it seems like looking from the outside in we're like, yo Japan, why don't you make some changes like, you know, make some shifts and then they're like, uh, but We are like trying to you know, figure it out and balance it like well Do we want to stay superior? Do we mix in with people? Do we bring in a bunch of immigrants? How many immigrants are you gonna have to bring? Have to be right think about it We're talking about hundreds of thousands to even make a dent in their population And everything that I read because I did do some brief research for this on various platforms Most people's general opinion is they're just gonna live and die by yeah by pretty much being Japanese I think Japan is gonna continue shrink until they somehow can subsidize the families who are raising families and help them out Make it less burdensome inspire Young Japanese to want to start families that you do need to bring in some immigrants for sure and then Yeah, maybe in like 10 15 years it starts to look better But yeah, I think it's actually gonna shrink for the next like 10 years But let us know what you guys think in the comment section below like I said, you know, we're not Japan experts What do you think about everybody in the West always trying to draw these comparisons though being like yeah See we need to do what they're doing right now in Japan leaning into conservatism. Yeah, say Japan's so great They're their system so great and then there's like yeah, but Japan's shrinking Yeah, but their system so great I do think there's something to take away not from Japanese Japan's actual like policies and stuff because I think the Civilizations are just so different. You can argue America's only like 250 years old not 3500 years old or whatever Japan is and I would say this in 1990 Andrew America was 84% white in 2030 it'll be 55% white The biggest population growth will be Latino Latino will 10x from 2% in 1990 to 22% over 40 years So America is like gonna become like a partially Latin Latino country. Yeah I mean like it's already a Latino country, but it's gonna be like statistically Latino population. Yeah So that's what I'm saying where I'm like I could understand Theoretically from like white people's perspective because you could still remember the 90s Michael Jordan won his first championship in 1991 The internet didn't even come in a vogue until like 96 on a like a everyday consumer basis This shift is tremendous for Americans to accept if Japanese don't even want to accept like a 5% shift Americans are accepting a 25 30% shift So I guess you could argue that they're handling it well as they can or that they're not handling it well Oh, I don't know guys. You let us know in the comments down below what you think What is in store for Japan's future and can they make the changes when when will they make the changes? And what will those changes be and what can we take away from it because obviously America's becoming more diverse We got to figure out a way to all get along have respect for each other and not be divisive So let us know what you guys think are possible solutions in the comment section below keep it civil until next time We the hop-hop boys. We out. Peace