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Who has to make the FIRST MOVE? Japanese girls and boys on dating in Japan - Duration: 14:56.
I will look into her eyes and tell her how I feel.
He will have to tell me his feelings first.
Then he says directly "I like you."
Hey guys it's Cathy Cat from the streets of Harajuku.
Today we are gonna go and ask Japanese people:
Who has to make the first move.
Who is confessing their feelings first, you or them?
We are gonna ask girls and guys what they think about that.
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And on that note let's go and Ask Japanese.
Could you read this?
Who has to make the first move?
It's about love and relationships.
Who makes the first move, you or them? Who has to say "I love you" first.
What do you prefer? You or them?
Vote YOU or HE/SHE
You voted YOU!
What are the boys gonna do?
I do it myself.
Boys do it themselves.
Same
You leave it to the man.
I am over here.
Why is it YOU?
Girls are the waiting type.
As a man, if I do the first move, she is more likely to say yes.
I want a girl to see me from my best side.
Best side, you mean you will do the first move in a cool manner? - Yes.
To be honest, I am neither.
I am good with both ways.
Why both ways? - I have no real preference here.
It depends on the situation.
There are times when I should say it first, and when it's better to wait.
So you vote more for the middle then.
When you are the one who confesses...
How do you prefer it to be done? Directly or on social networks?
Directly.
If you tell someone your feelings on SNS...
it's easier to get turned down.
If you tell a girl your feelings directly, she will be directly confronted with it.
I will look into her eyes and tell her how I feel. Directly.
Have you done it before? - I have.
How did it go?
I have done it three times, and as of now all times were successful.
In school, on the way back from club activities,
I called her over, made her wait for a bit and then...
it first didn't come out so quickly. It took me an hour to say it...
but then I told her and she received it well.
You say men HAVE to make the first move. Why?
Why... well...
I want him to tell me his feelings properly.
I can't do it myself.... at all.
If he doesn't make the first move, it's not gonna happen.
I can't do it myself ... also...
I am too embarrassed to say it.
You CAN'T? - I am so shy...
Even if I think I like someone...
but if I don't feel like my feelings are being reciprocated, nothing will happen.
If you think someone likes you, but you can't tell him you like him too... how do you give him hints?
I will tell him what music I like and such...
I will try and appeal with things that we both might have in common.
Things like that.
Trying to say in a roundabout way that I would like to hang out with him.
Like "Man I wanna go to Harajuku soon."
Yes and then add "but there is nobody who wants to come with me..."
Not directly but... - In a roundabout way.
That's very Japanese?
If he is about to tell his feelings, what situation do you prefer?
Directly. I want to tell him to my face.
I want it very casual. Like when we are walking down the street.
"Hey I like you." like that.
- Not making a big deal out of it? - Yes. Very casual. "I do like you by the way."
Why is while walking good?
I am shy. When he tells me directly I will be embarrassed and I want to run away.
That's so cute.
Why would you make the first move?
Why?
If he is the person I like, then I should let him know. Simple.
Having him come to you is not fair. You should tell him your feelings.
I think that's better.
Will you also confess right in front of him?
If that's possible, I think it's best. Waiting for him to do it...
would make me sad. I would not know when it was gonna happen.
I will tell him my feelings. Even if I get dumped, at least I will have tried.
Is there a "the man has to make the fist move" mentality in Japan?
"Boys have to do it" kind of thing?
They don't strictly HAVE to do it, but it's the majority.
But now we have the internet and the SNS...
thanks to that, it might have gotten easier for girls to make a move.
You also said you would make a move?
If you feel like you want to tell a man your feelings, then you should do it.
But if you don't care that much, you don't have to.
You have to decide it for yourself.
You need a lot of courage for it.
If you don't have courage, you don't have to make a move.
And you said he has to.
I am not very good at telling people my feelings.
If I say my feelings, and he says ok...
I will never know if he said ok because he really loves me or it's just the opportunity.
If he tells me his feelings first, I will know he really likes me.
So it's not connected to gender. - No it's not.
But it's best to tell you both feel the same if the other person tells it first.
Getting told feelings or telling feelings, what is best in your opinion?
Say it directly, use the SNS... you said you will tell them, how will you tell them?
I will say it directly and not write it.
Saying it directly, gives you also the feeling of having told your feelings properly.
And just sending words feels a bit too light.
If you tell your feelings on SNS, they remain there as words. I hate that.
So what will you do? - I will... normally just approach him and tell him.
Why do you not want the words to remain online?
If they say there, to be looked at again and again, I won't like that.
How do you want him to tell you? - Directly is best.
If you look into each other's eyes, it's the easiest way to tell your feelings.
I like this best.
You are both on the same side.
You both will NOT make the first move?
I can't make the first move. I keep my feelings hidden in my heart.
- You wait for him? - I will wait. I am the waiting type.
I will wait and wait and wait some more. If it seems impossible that he will tell me then...
i'll have to go to someone else. Let's go.
I will tell him how I feel by giving him lots of smiles. Lots of smiles.
Your hint will be in your smiles. - Exactly.
I will give him a big smile saying "Good morning" or "Bye Bye" and such.
- Why can you not tell him? - I am too embarrassed!
And I want him to fall for me first, before I tell him my feelings.
I want him to love me more and more, tell me and then get him there.
Doing the first move yourself, is that difficult?
Well, I will try and talk to him lots, call him, and appeal to him that way.
You will try and drop some hints. - I will.
What do you think about girls who can make the first move?
I admire girls who can tell their feelings straight out.
I really can't do that myself.
If someone can tell their feelings, I feel like I can learn from them...
so I admire outgoing girls.
What scenario is best when he tells you his feelings?
I like hanging out a whole day, and then walking home...
when he is walking me to my house...
about 300 meters before my house I want to say "There is something I want to talk about."
- Exactly 300m before your house? - The director is laughing!
I want him to say straight out "I like you."
Ideally before you reach the house. - That's why it has to be 300m before my house.
I want it to happen at an amusement park or another special place.
Like a restaurant with a beautiful night view.
After a date there, when there is a great mood,
I want him to tell me his feelings.
You like it gorgeous. - I do!
That's nice.
Why do you make the first move?
I am a man and I have to make the first move.
That's my reason. I am a man.
I have to tell it.
Do girls in Japan wait for the man to make the first move?
No they don't.
What hint will give you a GO to try your luck?
If we both go out drinking, that means I won right?
I am not sure if that's the same rule in Tokyo, but in my hometown it means that.
Where is your home town? - Ibaraki.
Going out drinking is a big chance? - It is.
One of the best chances.
I learned something new.
If she hangs out for me for a second time, it's a chance.
If you hang out once... and you did not have fun, you won't hang out again.
That's why the second time is the chance.
Tell me the best situation for it.
Go have food together and when it's over, tell him my feelings.
I won't use phone or mobile phone or SNS.
I will tell all my feelings directly.
If it's possible there and then, I will tell her.
Nice one. Directly is great.
It's the best.
Don't you have to be super confident?
I am already used to it.
If it doesn't work out, I just have to try another time.
I just have to fix my bad parts.
How cool.
Those are all our questions. Thank you.
So who has to make the first move?
Many Japanese people, 10 said they would make the moves themselves.
While only 6 said they would wait for the partner to make the first move.
So many of the boys said it's a boy thing to make the first move.
A girl is to shy to say it, some girls said I would actually be to shy to say it.
I couldn't get it over my lips.
How is that for you? Would you make the first move or would you wait for your partner?
Is that a boy girl thing? Are we still in the traditional old school thing?
Or has this changed? Let us know, looking forward to reading your comments.
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RUDE GAIJIN IN JAPAN: What We Think - Duration: 10:29.
Todays question is: why do foreign people think that japanese people are dirty?
This news rebounded through whole Japan
and also some newspaper wrote about that
especially one sentence caused sensation...
it was somehow racist, but the public opinion wasn't so upset
because a lot of people understood how hardworking they are
let's talk about one morning, the train that connects Osaka with the airport
let's talk about a railway officer
who, after having received various complaints from passengers, feels obliged to apologize with these words:
"To all the passengers, the sincere apologies of the company for the inconveniences of this trip, unfortunately many foreigners were present ..."
In this video we will analyse this fact.
Living in Japan or only visiting it on holiday
the sense of duty and cleanliness and civilization
is more than evident
than if someone says the opposite, it doesn't take long to change the things
And if you are particularly enterprising you can, in fact, jump into a street of night clubs and photograph what the drunks leave behind Friday night and pass it as "the norm").
It often happen to see tourists here looking around
kidnapped by so much cleanliness and order,
and you hear always the sentence: "how nice, everything is clean here"
(sometimes accompanied by "not like our cities...", said with regret)
Then you see these same people entering a conbini (the shops open 24 hours a day)
buy a couple of onigiri, eat them all happy and ...
obviously, where do you throw the paper?
The waste of some snack consumed during a walk,
the drink taken at the vending machine,
maybe an item, that you immediately wanted to wear
all of these things, generate small amount of waste.
That's when complaints start: "well, but there are no bins here?"
NO
in Japan bins are very rare, they are often only found in the same conbini
(although, it must be said, in the conbini you should throw the waste of what you bought in the same conbini ...)
Some beverage vending machines have attached small trash cans for bottles and cans, once they have drank their contents.
and from there you see bags and paper thrown away in the bins of the vending machines
(Yes, I have just said that, they can be used only for empty bottles and cans),
when it goes well, you see them in the bin, otherwise you find trash also behind the vending machine or on the ground.
and so after some time you will hear:
"it's not my fault if they do not put bins!"
yes. It's your fault.
It's your fault, you throwed the trash on the ground instead of putting it in your bag
(or, if you did not have a bag, maybe because you did not expect this absence of bins, that you did not have the patience to keep your rubbish in your hand
It's your fault, of you throwing the cigarette butt on the ground
(obviously we do not deny that some Japanese do the same thing or that NO Japanese behaves like uncivilized
but, believe it or not,
in front of our eyes, for every single uncivilized Japanese we've seen, I'll have seen AT LEAST about twenty foreigners do the same if not worse.
Is it mitiglitation?
No, of course ... it's just the mere reality of facts.
If you want concrete evidence we go directly to ask an Italian who lives in Japan
"Look, there's not even a piece of paper on the ground," said a couple who spoke in English at the station today.
He said yes and no ten minutes before he "unkemptly" left a bag with some snacks bought somewhere before getting on the train.
The Kyoto station is a little gem, always clean, neat
trains do not have scribbles, the seats are always clean and never smelly
it always seems that they have just waxed and that the car has just left the factory.
But now, there, there's an abandoned trash bag.
In that station, on that track, today maybe there will be 2,000 people in transit ... if any of them, since they did not find a basket nearby
and if everyone throws away a paper, because they didn't find a bin,
tomorrow the station would be a pigsty.
Yet that couple has managed to enjoy cleanliness and at the same time make it more difficult to maintain it.
We can assure you, however, that the couple is not a unique example, it is not an isolated case, it has happened several times also to Sebastiano.
Every day you hear in different languages "how beautiful it is, everything is clean" and in the same languages, then, "oh, there are no bins, I throw it here".
It is custom, in Japan, to sit in silence on the train.
Well, in general it is good education not to cackle a little wherever you are,
but in some places and events it's "forgiven"
it is impossible to keep quiet when you are in front of the majesty of Kiyomizudera,
it's impossible not to get caught up in euphoria while you walk through the streets of Akihabara,
or, it's impossible not to be infected by the madness of Shinsekai in the evening
but on trains, out of respect, you are silent (yes, you can speak softly with those around you) ...
and then you see that group of foreigners (youtubers) film, while insulting other passengers
or even touching girls on the train and commenting on people, laughing grumpily and talking loudly
(only for more views)
That guy who is sleeping, yes, the one with the open mouth that, in fact, it's a little 'funny" ...
well, if he sleeps, it means that he's tired
I know that it's funny, but is it realy necessary to put it on youtube?
Everything is pure casuality...
obviously it's not referred to all foreigners/tourist
but at one particular category
However, we happened to discuss it with other foreigners
who did not accept our criticism of some foreigners who behaved like uncivilized in Japan,
they answered with an "I pay taxes here".
And so? No this answer according to us is not acceptable!
Since you pay taxes, do you have the right to dirt the city?
Or do you have the right to accept that the cleaning services should triple the fatigue
(except to make fun of them or say "the Japanese commit suicide for too much work")
because a tourist does not have the patience to carry the garbage he produces while he's around?
Or, even worse, since you pay taxes you have the right to be there to criticize,
every day, the country that still allowed you to stay?
in our opinion no.
there is something that all of us is missing nowadays.
we need to be grateful to everything that surrounds us,
respecting and thanking
ok it's a bit a general thing
we can immagine that a country under military, or religious dictature,
or a country in war will not thank so much
but we, that are living in a much better place, with less war, we can say that we are very fortunate
In Japan for example there is respect and cleaniness
We are sorry, but we can't accept the sentence "we pay taxes here!"
It's not right that the tourist dirties the cities!
It's not good if a japanese does that, but there are only a few...
It's not good to treat a land like this, that gives you back a lot.
Also if you work and pay taxes
And if you behave like this, don't wonder when a japanese person thinks that we are dirty and uncivilized!
(I'm going to the station and what do I see? a foreigner that occupies two seats!)
(I'm a bit upset by that)
(there are a lot of foreigners that use the excuse of" oh, I don't understand")
(the thing was that there was an old lady standing and he didn't even move to make her sit)
(I'm upset)
(and so this is how japanese people create stereotypes)
(like I told in the video of" what do japanese people think about foreigners)
you need only one person to make a country look bad or uncivilized)
(so, let's behave better and don't do such things!)
I just sended the file of this video to Lilletta this morning, and this episode of the train happened this evening)
wouldn't it be nice if the same scene happens with foreigners' it would have so much more influence
I'm at the idea that you should do nice things and don't expect them to be returned back, just do them for yourself, to be happy.
If someone is nice to me, I'm feeling very happy!
I hope that you followers don't behave like this, and if so, try to change a bit, to live in a much better place)
let us know in the comments what you think about!
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Japan's school uniforms YES or NO? Japanese girls and boys on school uniforms. - Duration: 14:49.
What will you do if school uniforms disappear?
What?
I'd rather die.
I didn't have time to make a new one, so I didn't understand why my teacher told me off.
If you were told to wear it now, would you wear it? - I would!
Hey guys it's Cathy Cat and today we are gonna go and ask Japanese people
if they prefer to wear school uniforms or not, when they go to school.
So let's go and Ask Japanese. Don't forget to subscribe for more videos from Japan.
School uniform VS normal clothes!
Do you understand the meaning? - I do.
You get it too, right? - No clue.
She is asking us if we prefer normal clothes or school uniforms.
Which one do you prefer? Please give us a vote.
School uniform.
School uniform is here, right?
You seem to have your own style, but you still prefer uniforms? Why so?
I like high school girls.
THAT'S your REASON?!
That is my reason. I will see cute school girls in the mornings on the train.
Just seeing them, I feel more happy.
They are so cute.
That's why I prefer school uniforms.
I believe that high school will save the world. That's why we need school uniforms.
High school girls. Why do you like school uniforms?
Thinking about what to wear every day was pretty tough.
That's why school uniforms are much easier.
You said it WAS hard to think about it every day. Does that mean you didn't have uniforms?
I went to a specialized college and had to wear normal clothes every day.
It was specializing in beauty and esthetics, and especially because of that
we had to look after our visual appearance .
But I found it really hard to think of a new style to wear every day.
Made me realize how much easier I had it with school uniforms?
Because it was a beauty school, you got a lot of pressure?
Yes that's right. After graduating I started dressing properly like this but...
When I was still in college I dressed black all the time and didn't really care.
We were just talking, saying that he has gotten a lot brighter these days.
In our college people would talk a lot about what people were wearing,
some people could even tell which brands people we were wearing.
That was... a real pain...
I didn't wear any exciting brands... - Some people wore Gucci
Gucci in college? - Yeah.
Some also said "There is a brand fight. That person is wearing Valencia!"
I just liked Uniqlo.
I tried to keep it secret. - Well that secret got out fast.
Were there some rules with your school uniform that you didn't understand?
The restrictions were really strong. We also HAD to wear a belt and such.
That was quite tough.
We had to wear a belt and weren't allowed to open the second shirt button.
The girl's skirts were too long. I prefer shorter skirts.
My high school was very strict. We had to wear a shirt but not a belt or specific socks.
We could wear any socks and shoes we liked.
Nothing else that bothered me. Just that the skirts were so long.
What do you do if school uniforms disappeared?
What?
I'd rather die!
I don't want to live a life in which I can't see school girls from time to time.
No use living.
They are a symbol. - Japan's kawaii symbol.
What type of school uniform is the cutest then?
I like blazer ones.
My high school had blazers. You too right?
I also had blazers.
Blazers are cute, right?
Do you prefer neck ties or bows?
We had neck ties and bows. - What do you prefer?
My high school had bows for girls . But I personally prefer neck ties.
I think bows are cuter.
We had one vote each. Why do you prefer normal clothes?
When I was in high school, I had to wear school uniforms and my sister didn't.
When wearing school uniforms, you get looked at differently on your way to and from school.
Buying school uniforms is very expensive, and you can only wear them for 3 years.
I think it would be better to wear what you want to wear.
How much was your uniform?
I bought mine second hand. I don't know how much full prize is.
It goes around 30,000 Yen.
That's quite expensive. - It is.
You also had to buy all accessories, the badges, the pins, even the socks.
It's expensive.
Why do you prefer school uniforms?
I simply think it's a hassle to think every day about what to wear.
I think wearing a decided coordinate, is a lot easier.
Furthermore...
... you can only wear a school uniform for 3 years in middle or high school.
It's a once-in-a-lifetime privilege.
I liked wearing school uniforms.
What type of school uniform was it?
I had blazers. I never wore a sailor school uniform.
What type of school uniform was yours?
In middle school I had a sailor school uniform and in high school a blazer.
Were there uniform rules that you didn't get along with?
In middle school... I was growing very quickly...
In one year I grew 20cm.
Because I grew so much, my skirt didn't cover my knees anymore.
I didn't have time to get a new skirt.
And my teacher took me aside to tell me off. I didn't think that was fair.
That's unfair. - Only girls that grow fast are getting into trouble.
There weren't any rules I didn't agree with but...
But there is one thing I found funny.
The school was loose on the rules, but there was a set time in which we had to
wear the uniforms in the strictest way possible.
For one week we had to wear it 100% according to the rules.
We had that and that was quite interesting.
A restricted time experience.
And at other times it was more loose?
Yeah, some girls even died their hair brown, shortened their skirts...
But during those weeks we had to have black hair and close our ties tight.
It was kind of strange.
I wonder if the reason was that teachers from another school came to check?
Once every 1/2 year they wanted to give us the experience to wear it properly.
In the UK, girls get the choice to wear trousers with their school uniform. What do you think about that?
I think that's good. Japan should have that choice too.
I envy the UK. Especially in winter. The male teachers will wear warm trousers...
and he will open the window for "fresh air" and only the girls in their skirts will suffer.
It was tough. I wish we had had the choice to wear trousers too.
Why do you like school uniforms?
When I was wearing school uniforms, I envied schools with normal clothes...
But thinking about it now, you save time to select clothes all the time.
Wearing the uniform for 3 years has become part of precious memories.
You never had to think about what to wear because it was all decided.
It was convenient to not waste any time on it in the morning.
Extra question. In the UK girls get the choice to wear trousers, but not in Japan.
If you were offered to wear trousers, would you have done it?
I prefer skirts.
Even in winter?
Even in winter. - Wow you are strong.
If it was normal for girls to wear trousers, I would have liked to wear trousers.
You wore school uniforms? - I did.
What type of uniform was it? - I had a blazer type.
The one that you wear on top.
What school uniform was yours? - In high school I had sailor uniforms.
Even in high school? - Yes.
What was good and bad about wearing one.
The summer school uniform was so cute... I did like it.
But the winter uniform was black and like moufuku. It wasn't cute.
What is mofuku? - It's a black mourning dress, black and simple.
That doesn't sound very cute. How about you?
The summer sailor school uniform was very cute.
But in winter it was really not cool.
In winter it was also sailor.
My school uniform was all just one color.
So in winter the sailor collar and all was one color.
It looked uncool.
Any advantages you've had wearing a school uniform?
What?
I wonder what.
Do you? - I got a part-time job because I was a high-school girl.
I went into the interview with my school uniform.
What kind of job was it? - The drugstore.
Why did you get a job, wearing a school uniform?
The owner of the store was simply into high school girls.
You voted for school uniforms, why so?
I am in university now. When I overslept in school, I would just whack on my uniform.
I wasn't late there, but now I have to choose my clothes...
I get late for school now.
When you don't have much time in the morning, it's pretty tough.
So in tight mornings it's convenient? - So convenient.
You can only wear school uniforms in school.
Now I can't wear it anymore, I wish I could.
Why do you want to wear it again?
It's a privilege.
If someone offered you to wear it now, would you? - Oh I would.
I will wear it for a day in Disneyland.
I won't wear it to university but...
I would wear it for a theme park.
Theme park school uniforms are a thing.
Do you have an advantage when you wear a school uniform?
You get lots of likes on Instagram.
Did you ever have any trouble?
If you don't go straight home from school, it will get out.
Is that against school rules? - It is.
Our school forbid making a side trip after school.
So when I was wearing my school uniform, I didn't do TACHIYORI.
Tachiyori? What do you mean?
Tachiyori is when you have food with school friends on your way home.
You were forbidden to go to shops or restaurants on the way home.
You had to go straight home.
Why is that so?
I actually... never questioned that... it's just a rule.
Those were all questions. Sorry for taking you time.
Cue?
Cue?
Not yet?
Ok school uniforms!
Big win for the school uniforms. Only one person said non-uniforms are fine.
What some people said actually, school uniforms they are practical
you don't have to think so much about it, though they are very expensive,
it's an only-once-in-a-lifetime experience that you're able to wear them.
Apparently there are also a some girls who select their school depending on how cute the uniform is.
Interesting stuff. So how is it for you are you for school uniforms or against it?
Let us know, I personally never had school uniforms, in Germany
they have been taken off or banned, no school uniforms for us there...
I wish we had had some cute school uniforms, so we didn't have to actually...
wear brand clothes and have other people pick on what kind of shoes you were wearing.
That was a total pain.
Let us know, how is it for you, School uniform yes or NO?
Looking forward to your comments. Don't forget to subscribe for more stuff from Ask Japanese...
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Hope you enjoyed this. Catch you soon!
That was Cathy Cat... bye... peace.
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The Japanese Yakuza - Most Dangerous & Powerful Gangs In The World - Duration: 11:38.
Japan, the birthplace of Hello Kitty, Super Mario, Sushi… and fetishes of a physical
nature that seem wholly Japanese.
It's a country renowned for walking to the beat of its own drum, a cultural oddity in
some respects, but with a society that goes to great pains in being polite, civilized,
clean, and deferent to customs.
Walking around almost any city, you won't find trash on the ground, and you won't
need to fear being harassed or beaten up for the way you look, or for the few dollars in
your pocket.
Japan is on the whole smart, convenient, and safe.
But then it also has some of the most feared and formidable gangsters on the planet.
Who are they?
What do they do?
That's what we'll find out, in this episode of the Infographics Show, Most Dangerous Japanese
Gangs.
When we talk about gangs in Japan, we are mostly talking about what we call Yakuza,
but this is a generic name or umbrella term given to various groups of gangs in Japan,
like the west's Mafia.
Sometimes these people that become part of this lifestyle call themselves "Goduku",
which translates as wicked or extreme path.
In a recent Forbes story, we were told that the Yakuza, which goes back to the 17th century,
call themselves "ninkyō dantai" (meaning a chivalrous organization).
The media and police don't see it that way, though, and they call these gangs "bōryokudan"
(violent group).
But who are these people?
In a paper called "History of the Yakuza" written in 2014, it's written that in Japan
there are somewhere between two and three thousand gangs that we might call Yakuza.
Forbes writes that in all, there are 80,000 separate Yakuza members, although different
sources give wildly different estimates.
These gangs belong to a number of conglomerates.
You might think of these larger gangs as crime families, or even what the Mexicans call cartels.
According to historians some of the Yakuza like to romanticize their beginnings, comparing
themselves to ancient master Samurai known as Ronin, although others say the roots of
Yakuza come from gangs that defended villages from marauding Ronin.
It's more commonly thought that most of these past gangsters were merely men that
peddled sketchy goods and ran gambling outfits, as the word Yakuza is actually related to
gambling.
They do have codes of conduct, though.
The past, and rituals associated with the past, is important to Yakuza.
In fact, some scholars tell us that Yakuza have an "unwavering moral code", that
they are "makoto" (heroes), driven by money but also a will to do good.
In that sense, we might call them Moral Gangsters, or sometimes Ethical Hitmen.
That's one side of the tale though, and many of the Japanese public don't see it
that way.
Carrying on with our history lesson, one professor that has studied Yakuza tells us, "Like
the Mafia in Italy, gang traditions that are still influential today in Japan had their
origins within the feudal structure of the preindustrial society."
Outlaws and bandits emerged, but so did stories of Robin Hood-type Yakuza.
This seems to be a common theme in most cultures – the honorable criminal fighting oppression.
We are told in Japan this was, and still is, a common thread – that the gangsters are
neo-Samurai that have basically put down their robe and donned a business suit.
The sword is now a gun, but the principle is the same.
But if you think dealing in prostitution, extortion, drug trafficking, smuggling, gambling,
blackmail and other shady businesses is honorable, well, that's up for debate.
Are these modern-day Samurai really robbing from the rich and giving back to the poor
though?
We'll soon find out.
First let's look at the big four organizations in the Yakuza.
They are the "Yamaguchi-gumi" (easily the largest and now split into two), the "Sumiyoshi-kai",
the "Inagawa-kai" and "Aizu Kotetsu-kai" – the oldest group.
These groups are well known to the Japanese people.
They have large headquarters, known by the cops and everyone else.
They work almost like a normal corporation, except much of their work is of a criminal
nature.
Let's have a look at the biggest of those groups, the Yamaguchi-gumi.
First of all, like all Yakuza, there is a strict hierarchy.
At the top you have the boss (oyabun or kumichō) and you have his family, gang members (kobun).
They are all part of a hierarchy, having elders and youngers.
Below the kumicho is a senior advisor and below him is the chief.
Below them are the smaller gangs associated with the family, and these smaller gangs have
their own bosses (shatei gashira).
By comparison it's rather like the Italian mafia.
It's thought in Yamaguchi-gumi there are around 500 separate yakuza groups.
It's so large, the Yamaguchi-gumi is said to be the richest criminal family in the world
by a long way, with an estimated yearly net revenue of $80 billion.
The group, which accounts for just less than half of all Yakuza, has its fingers in many,
many pies.
Yes, they might traffic drugs as most worldwide gangs do, but they also traffic arms, invest
in and manipulate the stock market, have a large hand in Japan's huge pornography industry,
build buildings, run gambling operations and extort money.
The group started as a labor union for dockworkers in Kobe in early 1900s, by none other than
Mr. Harukichi Yamaguchi, but today the boss is a man by the name of Kenichi Shinoda.
He's been jailed for murder, been involved in Yakuza wars, and is seen as a great businessman
having expanded the Yakuza during his reign.
He believes, in spite of murder, the Yakuza is honorable.
He's gone on record before, stating how many times Yakuza have helped the public,
mainly after the second world war and also after natural disasters.
He's right, too, which is why perhaps the Japanese people put up with these shady businessmen
who once were outcast scoundrels and gamblers.
After the 1995 Kobe earthquake around one million Japanese folks were left without a
home.
Who stepped up?
First the Yamaguchi-gumi and then all four of the Yakuza's main syndicates.
After the massive tsunami in 2011 the Yakuza again came to the rescue of many people by
offering housing and many tons of food.
One journalist writes, "I'll remain endlessly fascinated by the charity of the yakuza when
natural disasters strike.
It's such an idiosyncratic, paradoxical thing for a group of criminal syndicates to
engage in."
The Yakuza have a lot of rules, and if you break them there are two main penalties you
can receive.
One is death, the other is expulsion with no way back into the world of Yakuza anywhere.
For the lucky ones, they have a finger cut off, usually just above the joint.
This practice is known as "yubitsume".
If you mess up again, off comes another finger, until some people have few left.
The offender cuts the finger himself with a really sharp knife called a "tanto".
He then wraps it up and hands it to the boss.
In the past this would weaken sword grip, but in the present it's more of a symbolic
statement.
This has happened to a lot of people, some of whom have left the Yakuza and gone in search
of a prosthetic finger.
One clinic told the press in 2013, "I started to see a gradual increase in people who were
asking for prosthetic pinkies.
They weren't the standard small, medium or large, but custom-made pinkies."
So yes, this is a strict group.
It has inviolable laws – unlike most criminal organizations that are more chaotic – and
most people abide by them.
Are we talking about angels that fly over natural disasters or shrewd men that order
hits and run brothels?
A bit of both, but it seems they are trying to clean up.
No more drugs, either used or sold, was made law in 2011 by the Yamaguchi-gumi.
You can read that on their official website and see their official logo and offices.
They are trying hard not to kill each other or any of the public, though it does still
happen.
Today you have to seriously mess up to get whacked.
You could almost compare it to the triads in Hong Kong, in that a blind eye is turned
to illegal activity if blood stays off the streets.
Even when the Yamaguchi-gumi split and the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi was formed in 2015, there
were few murders.
Perhaps the most high-profile murder was in 2007 when a mayor was whacked for not playing
ball with a Yakuza boss.
The groups are well aware that if business looks too messy the government and police
put you out of business, just as has happened with criminal syndicates all over the world.
Perhaps the Yakuza are not just the richest gangs, but also the smartest.
So, what are these guys like?
Well, Vice magazine had a journalist spend a bit of time with some of the gangsters.
Apparently, they like fine food, fine women, and exquisite tattoos.
According to that interview these smartly dressed men seem to think they've been maligned
by the media, relating to their image.
They see themselves as upstanding gents.
The public sees otherwise, says Vice- "Many believe them to be a stain on the proud legacy
of Japanese morals and decency,".
"People don't want to talk about the Yakuza or acknowledge their existence."
As for violence, these guys said the Yakuza prevent it, not start it.
"The Yakuza keep everyone in line…they can stop chaos," said one gang member.
He said they help the young, tough love if you like, and if they step out of line they
get in trouble.
But that, he believes, is better than ending up in jail.
The interviewee said the police and politicians are also corrupt and just envious the Yakuza
has so much power.
Lastly, what about those tattoos?
What do they mean?
We looked at a Japanese website for the answer and found out that you don't have to get
tattoos if you are in the Yakuza.
You might just get the name of your boss, or you might go for one of those beautiful
body tattoos.
Sometimes you just have outlines and no color, that means your journey is just starting.
What about those koi fish?
They symbolize strength and courage in times of adversity, following a myth that a koi
fish swam up rapids in the Yellow River in China and turned into a dragon.
A samurai picture is also common, and we don't need to explain why.
You may also see these flowers: a chrysanthemum, a lotus or a peony.
Respectively this might mean longevity, growth and wealth.
Animals each have their symbols as do monsters (the Foo dog mean protection).
Water can symbolize change, while clouds or plants also have symbolic meanings.
Colors mean a lot, too.
A blue dragon is gentle and forgiving but a black dragon is wise.
A severed head…well, that just means don't mess with me or you'll end up like this
guy.
They should always be hidden, too.
This year a former boss of the Yakuza was arrested in Thailand as an old man, only because
someone photographed his amazing tattoos and stuck the ex-gangster's photos online.
Oh, and he was missing a pinkie finger.
It turned out the 72-year was wanted in Japan in connection with a murder.
We might say that while the Yakuza can be dangerous, they might just be the most ethical
and upstanding group of gangsters on the planet.
As they are also the richest, perhaps American, Mexican, Russian, Italian, British gangsters,
etc, might take a page of out their very colorful playbook.
What do you think?
Is there such a thing as an ethical criminal?
Let us know in the comments.
Also be sure to check out our other video, Most Horrific Crimes - The Italian Mafia.
Thanks for watching and as always, please don't forget to like, share and subscribe.
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North Korea, Japan held secret meeting in Vietnam last month, didn't inform U.S.: WP - Duration: 1:53.
Last month, Japan's senior officials sat down for talks with their North Korean counterparts,
with the main topic likely being the regime's abduction of its citizens
Apparently Tokyo arranged the meeting without keeping the U.S. in the loop... as they feel
the issue cannot be resolved by depending on Washington alone.
For details let's turn to our Oh Jung-hee.
It's being reported that North Korea and Japan held secret talks in Vietnam last month,...
WITHOUT informing the United States.
The Washington Post reports the talks were held in July between the head of Japan's Cabinet
Intelligence and Research Office, Shigeru Kitamura,... and Kim Song-hye, the North's
senior official in charge of reunification.
The report says senior U.S. officials expressed irritation Tokyo did not provide information
about the meeting.
But it added Japanese officials believe they cannot solely rely on the U.S. to solve the
issue of Japanese nationals abducted by the North in the 1970s and 80s.
The issue has been a stumbling block in Pyongyang and Tokyo improving their relations... and
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has continuously called on the U.S. to try and resolve it.
Meanwhile, a Japanese tourist who was detained in North Korea was sent home on Tuesday.
Tomoyuki Sugimoto,... who is said to be a video journalist, arrived in Tokyo on Tuesday
after flying in from China.
He was reportedly detained in early August for filming a military facility in Nampo,...
a city located some 50 kilometers southwest of Pyongyang.
Japan's foreign ministry plans to question him on why and how he was detained, what he
had to go through before being released... and what North Korea's intentions are.
Sources say Sugimoto could have been released after such a short period of time because
his alleged crime was relatively minor.
Oh Jung-hee, Arirang News.
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Car Accident in Japan (Vlog 25) - Duration: 11:54.
hello and welcome back
today I will talk about a car accident I recently had
here in Japan and the reason is it was
not my fault
but somehow the insurance company of the
other person came back and wanted to
give me ten percent off the fault so I
will show you now, my accident I had, I have a drive recorder, take a look
so as you can see I stopped at the traffic light
then ahem I ...... the traffic turns green and I start driving
I'm on a road and this person is on a carpark
parking and reversing back
she stops for a moment and I past and in
so, she stops for a moment and
I pass and in this moment she hits me behind left when
my car this is the damage so what
happened ..... we called the police
and
The police asked me if I need an ambulance
police asked me if I need an ambulance
and yes I felt it in the neck and at
the lower back but somehow I didn't feel
I felt the need to call an ambulance
and I said no thank you I don't
need one and what happened is the woman
right away said oh it was partly also
my fault because I should have looked out and the police men looked at the
damages and he was laughing and said no
it's clearly her fault
so I wasn't thinking so much about it
because I was obviously on three
she was obviously the carpark so I
didn't see why this could be my fault so
we brought our car to the workshop and
we got a rental car fine
a week later we get a call from the
insurance company telling me I have to
accept 10% of the distantly said my
fault because I was feeling and I was
pretty sure that I was not speeding
because I just started at the traffic
light
it was red and I slowly accelerated so
no and we asked for the report to see
what there is the exact reason and
Monday I picked up to report at the
insurance company and what we read was I
was not speeding I was at 29 km/h and
they said I but I had three seconds to
react to to her reversing and this is
absolutely not
because she stopped it's clearly you can
see how she stopped here and after that
I basically passed her and she hit me
there was no way and if you are on the
main road why would you stop for
somebody who is reversing out of the car
park and you can see she is reversing
the other direction and obviously you
will do or at least meet I assume she
was then going forward and then look on
the street there was so much space why
why would I think she would drive out
right away and anyway it would be up to
me granting her to stop and saying hey
please come out so yeah the problem is
we don't have in our insurance package
we have our insurance the party
insurance and yeah we have actually a
very expensive package but we don't have
lawyer fee inside
which we now edit it cost us 2,000 yen
in here and we have to go to arbitrary
board to solve this problem and this
will be on the 28th of September Xue
approximately approximately a month from
now until then we have to pay all our
records on our own because they cannot
agree to it
how this currently insurance company can
do this I have no idea I'm not a lawyer
or anyone officially advising people for
what to do in case of an accident but
look at my accident and you usually
don't have this experience so what I
learned from this is
calling the police is the right step as
we have done it but the difference
between calling and ambulance on that is
if we call an ambulance
the police has to make a detailed record
a report of the accident and they
haven't done it on that day and they are
not involved who is at fault yeah I
didn't know that
therefore the police is out of the
picture now and we have to solve it and
if they don't agree we have to do so do
you have to call them it's first step is
calling the police 1 1 0 and you can ask
also for English assistance
secondly the police if they ask you for
an ambulance please call an ambulance it
takes you two hours to do all the
examination etc but it's worth it and
third one is take photographs of
everything you can I took photographs of
the driver license of the other person
and I don't even know if this person was
alone in the car because this
you know you have whenever you are
driving you see it and you react to it
but I didn't react to it because I just
assumed this person would stop and it
was said gone I saw a person standing at
the driver side of that car on that day
when I turned around
but this person I later I didn't see I
thought she was living maybe at one of
the houses there and her partner also
came out but as it happened she was
visiting the graffia because it was
Obama so I don't know who was that
person
anyway we got led as someone who offered
to translate from a shop nearby and she
helped but they immediately said it was
basically off to my phone give me your
thoughts on this in the comment section
and yes I read through it first before I
published but sometimes they're really
mean comments and especially I'm
travelling I'm not
literate so I don't want them under the
movies but of course if you have
courtesy with ebooks critics towards me
please write it I don't have a problem
of it yeah let me know what you thinking
of what kind of experience you had in
Japan the third extent because I was a
limited I thought to police' you know
they are so big so many murders
everything they're really on top on the
game especially with all the security
cameras here in Japan and here it
totally failed in in my opinion I have
to try recorder I can show everything
but still they are arguing this case and
I think it's totally inappropriate it's
so much trouble that day I had so much
planned and I went and almost two weeks
later
there might be two weeks later to the
hospital - in case we have to assume
that we have all records and the
hospital alone takes you four hours if
you go without it ll be taken by the
ambulance and that day a whole day was
gone because I had to bring my car to
the car dealer and then I had to get my
rental car
it was just a whole take on plus we have
electrical so we get petrol or two
months for four to five thousand yen now
we are getting petrol every week for
four to five thousand years I mean this
is there's so much money unbelievable
yeah let me know what you think about it
and if you want follow me on twitter
under martina Takano i'm on instagram as
well
so there are 4 things you have to think
about it when you have a car accident
first of all call the police 1 1 0
second take photographs of everything
you can see cert get ambulance
and what if you have accident report
from your own country print it out and
put it in the car just in case if it's
happened so you have all the details
because all these things I don't have I
just got the orange little slip this one
here and that's it there is the name of
the two officers who were there and when
the accident happened
everything else is up to you and the
other party who drove into your car and
if you agree or don't agree and if you
don't have a lawyer or insurance for
that it can be very possible ok I hope
you like this video and I see you next
Thursday
bye
you
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Hello from Japan - Duration: 10:52.
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🍲🍴終於吃了 TimHoWan 添好運 Japan🇯🇵🇭🇰 ENG SUBS | Daphnefroggy - Duration: 6:43.
Hello! We are hanging to...
have some food today!
Guess what?
Let's guess!
He just woke me up today and
drove for 3 hours,
so now we are in Tokyo and transiting
train.
Finally we arrived!
Like FINALLY.
Destination.
We are here for TimHoWan.
Let see the queue line.
yes....we need to queue
maybe long long time...
should be.
Almost there...
The menu quite similar with Taipei's one.
This please.
Hold on... this is better?
7:10pm
Finally!!!
This is hot baby...
Such a good seat we had,
just because we queued for 2 hours!!
Let's eat!!
Super crowded.
We are full!
Super duper full! Because he keep ordering...
a lot ...
alright , my pant's button
is opened.. so must be careful for the strong wind.
lol
Compare with Taipei's THW
The food's serving is a bit different.
Also the size of the dimsum too.
But, it's good too!
The shrimp roll not really crispy.
Really not crispy...
and it looks flat ..
it should be fluffy a bit.
Taipei's THW is better.
How much did we spent?
About 8k JPY
8k JPY....
In Yen! But in Taipei
was half of them.
About NT$1200
Exactly.
But we ate a lot today, aren't we?
I don't think so.
We had more in Taipei's THW.
Well, we are just super full now.
Drove for 3 hours
and queued for 2 hours.
how you think?
Of course worth it!
Alright!
Hope you guys enjoy
this video
for introduce Japan's TimHoWan.
Although it isn't special.
But if you are in Tokyo, try it lol
Alright hanging back home now,
see you guys on next video!
BYEEEEEEE
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