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 TOKYO (AP) — Led by a congratulatory tweet from the prime minister, Japan reveled in Naomi Osaka's dramatic Australian Open win on Sunday

 Osaka beat Petra Kvitova 7-6 (2), 5-7, 6-4 on Saturday to claim a second consecutive Grand Slam singles title

The 21-year-old Osaka also became the first tennis player from Japan to reach No

1 in the rankings.  Osaka was born in Japan — her mother is Japanese, her father is Haitian — and she moved to New York at age 3

 "What an impressive performance," Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe tweeted. "Congratulations to Naomi Osaka on winning the Australian Open! "  Osaka's grandfather, who lives in the remote fishing village of Nemuro on Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido, said Sunday he was relieved

 "My blood pressure is up," 74-year-old Tetsuo Osaka said. "I'm really proud of how she won

She is so dear to me."  When asked he was going to give her a congratulatory gift, Tetsuo Osaka said he hoped to be on the receiving end of a gift from his granddaughter now

 Beyond dignitaries and relatives, average fans took pride in Osaka's win.  "As a Japanese person, I'm very proud," said 28-year Satoshi Mizutani, who works in finance

"She showed a lot of character in coming back after dropping the second set. I think she is an inspiration to young people in Japan who can learn to do whatever they want if they work hard for it

"  Osaka has been a star in Japan since she beat Serena Williams in the U.S. Open final last year

She became the first woman to win back-to-back majors since Williams in 2015.  Her performance at the Australian Open has topped daily news coverage in Japan

 "Osaka becomes first Japanese Australian Open champion, Heading to World No. 1," read the headline of the Nikkansports online edition

 Osaka's results on the court and her quirky sense of humor have sent her popularity skyrocketing, and her list of endorsements now includes major brands like Adidas, Nissan, Yonex, Citizen, Nissin and Shiseido

 Osaka's victory at the U.S. Open was the first Grand Slam singles title by either a man or woman of Japanese nationality

 Kimiko Date reached the semifinals of the Australian Open in 1994, the 1995 French Open and Wimbledon in 1996 but never made it to a Grand Slam final

 On the men's side, Kei Nishikori was runner-up at the 2014 U.S. Open, losing to Marin Cilic in the final

 Osaka's rise to the top of the tennis world couldn't come at a better time. With the 2020 Tokyo Olympics just over a year away she could become the face of the Games

 "It would be fantastic to see her represent Japan," said Daisuke Aizawa said. "I think she would be the favorite to win gold and that would be a huge boost for Japan

"  When asked about being the face of the Olympics, Osaka was her usual quirky self

 "Yikes! if that happens, I'd be very honored," Osaka said. "Hopefully for their sake, they don't do that

"

For more infomation >> Japanese fans celebrate Osaka's rise to top of tennis world - Duration: 3:52.

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S. Korean Foreign Ministry urges Japanese foreign minister to withdraw his claim that Dokdo.. - Duration: 0:34.

South Korea's Foreign Ministry has urged Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono to immediately

withdraw his claim that Dokdo Island belongs to Japan.

The Japanese foreign minister said the islets are Japanese territory in a speech to Japan's

parliament on Monday.

The South Korean government issued a statement the same day,... saying Dokdo belongs to Korea

according to history, geography and international law.

Seoul again stressed that the future of Korea-Japan relations needs to be based on a humble attitude

of facing up to history.

For more infomation >> S. Korean Foreign Ministry urges Japanese foreign minister to withdraw his claim that Dokdo.. - Duration: 0:34.

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Mountain Biking in Japan | Shinshiro XC MTB Trail 【新城富岡MTBコース】 - Duration: 6:34.

Hello, my name is Cruise.

We're in Shinshiro in Aichi prefecture Japan today.

I've got my cold weather cycling clothing on.

we're going to do some mountain biking today.

My friend told me the Shinshiro mtb trails are some of his favorite.

Very excited to be mountain biking today.

My bike's name is Midori-chan.

time to start our ride!

One good thing about this area is there is little traffic

only a 1 hour drive from where I live

in Nagakute

I hope we enter the trail soon. It's very cold!

here we are at the entrance liking what I see so far it's a nice double track

gravel climb yeah I love this we caught these like double track trails in my

hometown we got these all over they convert these to cross-country ski

courses in the winter but I guess they don't get enough snow here so for me

double trek means this kind of trail where you can see there's two sort of

separate paths one on the left one on the right so two bikes can ride

side-by-side there's also enough distance for a car to go through here

but really there shouldn't be any cars on this course this is actually a

dedicated mountain bike course so if you check some of the mountain bike

magazines here in Japan this is how Shaun actually found this course this

course was listed in a mountain bike magazine as a dedicated mountain bike

course and in my mind this isn't really exactly a mountain bike course because

the entire thing is double track in our entire ride we didn't really find any

single track a little bit later we found some but it was really limited and we'll

show you guys that when we get there but for the most part this is some nice

wide-open double track with lots of elevation change lots of up hills lots

of fun down hills and it's mostly all covered in some pretty deep gravel so

some loose rocks you have to be careful about that when you're climbing and when

you're descending it is a little hard to get some traction at times but

throughout these climbs there are some amazing views here just the beautiful

forest and we also had some nice clear skies today beautiful day to ride and

considering how few places that are nearby me for me to ride my mountain

bike in Japan normally I wouldn't be too happy just to

be riding continuous doubletrack all day but considering I haven't been riding

mountain bike in a long time it felt amazing to get out and do these

double track rides and this course is pretty awesome there's at least 10 -

maybe even up to 20 kilometers I've dedicated path where you don't ride the

same section twice and like I mentioned there's some serious elevation gain here

so you can get a really really solid workout in here while you're riding your

mountain bike and of course these down hills were super super fun to take at

speed

for those of you that don't know Japan has a pretty negative attitude towards

mountain bikers in general and it's really hard to find a dedicated course

for mountain bikers to ride because usually there's a lot of hikers in Japan

hiking is extremely popular so a lot of trails are more oriented towards them

and a lot of hikers will complain about mountain bikers on the trail so in the

end a lot of trails are banned for mountain bikers but this course is

entirely dedicated to mountain bikers and as you can see it's a beautiful

course it's really well maintained and we also ran across a couple other people

on their mountain bikes just some casual people out so really great to see this

kind of facility out there while we were riding the course I noticed this little

path off the side of the main course it looked kind of like a single track

course that was rideable so I decided to check it out there weren't any signs

saying it was a hiking trail so it seemed like it was okay and you can see

for the beginning it's quite narrow it's a bit hard to navigate but pretty fun

pretty smooth nice little break to get away from the double track some routes

to go over and a little bit of climbing so I'm starting to get a little bit

excited but I've learned from my mountain bike riding here and depend not

to get too excited when you find a new trail because they usually end really

soon but as you can see this adventure quickly came to an end as we came across

some stairs so it seems like this actually was intended for hikers oh well

well that was fun while it lasted I'm pretty sure there might be some

singletrack trails lingering around somewhere on this trail but we decided

just to give up on our hunt and just enjoy the double track trail in total we

ended up writing about 28 kilometers this day and we got about eight hundred

and thirty five meters of elevation so our starting point was at about a

hundred meters of elevation in our tallest point was about 350 meters of

elevation so if you look at the strap a link it's pretty impressive the amount

of climbing that we can get over the short distance that we had and like I

said just super fun these down hills were super fun and also the long

continuous climbs are pretty enjoyable it's kind of strange to say the climbs

were enjoyable but overall a great course great to get a good workout in

I'd love to come out here with a nice big group and just do a nice hammerfest

training ride that sounds totally awesome so I'm curious if there are some

big group rides that go on here I'm still sort of trying to work my way

into the mountain bike scene here in Japan a lot of people do the rides on

their own there's not much of a group community for the mountain bike rides

just because there aren't that many places for them to ride but in the end

I'm super grateful that Sean invited me to come out to this course well worth

the drive out here especially since it's completely free to ride that's another

thing for riding mountain bikes here in Japan a lot of the courses you have to

pay to ride them but this one is completely free and as you can see just

absolutely beautiful sights along the entire trail we had a great day couple

hours of riding out here and just had a complete blast so definitely hoping to

ride some more mountain bikes going forward in the future and you might see

some more videos with me and Sean together hopefully we'll get him more on

camera next time anyway that's it for today's video guys I hope you guys

enjoyed seeing some more video about mountain biking here in Japan if you

want to see more videos about mountain biking event leave your suggestions down

in the comments below and we'll see you guys next time here on Subarus

For more infomation >> Mountain Biking in Japan | Shinshiro XC MTB Trail 【新城富岡MTBコース】 - Duration: 6:34.

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S. Korean Foreign Ministry urges Japanese foreign minister to withdraw his claim - Duration: 0:34.

South Korea's foreign ministry urged the Japanese Foreign Minister taro kono to

immediately withdraw his claim that Dokdo Island is Japan's territory the

Japanese Foreign Minister had made such statement during a speech to Japan's

Parliament and the South Korean government gave a statement on the issue

on Sunday saying that Tokyo is Korea's indigenous land according to history

geography and international law so again stressed that a humble attitude of

facing history is the basis for the future development of korea-japan

relations

For more infomation >> S. Korean Foreign Ministry urges Japanese foreign minister to withdraw his claim - Duration: 0:34.

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REACTING to FUNNY JAPANESE LEARNING MEMES | Kanji, JLPT + Language Tips - Duration: 14:10.

HEY GUYS! I'm Loretta and welcome to my channel!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Notice I've been uploading more recently?

A big reason for that is

is that last Thursday, thanks to all of your support

and those who participated in my research last year

my graduate school thesis is now officially

SUBMITTED AND DONE!!!

I'm bursting with ideas, video ideas, things I want to try out for you

to help you guys save a little money, save a little time

but before we got into that I thought we could start

with a brief, New Years Party!

Today we're going to look at a react to:

Japanese language learning memes and language learning memes in general.

Let's do it!

We're going to have a bit of party drink~!

This is Fanta yogurt banana flavor w/ extra Vitamin B6

because that's what we drink at a party!!

I also have some seasonal, new Hi-chew!

It's called "Precious Strawberry" flavor

It's got red and white strawberry.

I've got my favorite, persmission flavored Hi-Chew in case those are terrible.

So, let's look at some memes!

"Any meme from @memesugoi "

@memesugoi ? I hope this isn't rachet...

Let me check what this is...

@memesugoi is definitely not safe for work!

Anyway! So the point is!

Learning languages is valuable.

It helps you get things like jobs, and money to pay your bills

but it's also a pain in the butt!

So, while I know a bunch of us are trying to get our game up this year

I thought, let's just have fun with it!

We'll get more into that later. Back to the memes!

KANJI!...KANJI EVERYWHERE...

What quote is this from Toy Story???

what?!

Ok, that meme has nothing to do with "everywhere".

Next, does this count?

It's like an anime girl drowning in Kanji...

kanJi KaNJi KaNjI KanJi...

Yeah pretty much! The good news is,

when I first learned Japanese 15 years ago

people were still handwriting notes and new years cards

if you wanted to learn Kanji you used one of these!

But recently you have your phone, your cellphone

and a lot of the words you need are katakana now.

For example, the only word for "health" or "healthy" when I started

was "KENKOU" or "KENKOUTEKI"

Because of the vitamins and nutrients booms in Japan

words like "herushii" (healthy) are big.

In the recent video I posted with the sumo wrestler

you can even hear him saying it!

"...so it's more HEALTHY than what we ate as sumo wrestlers!"

It's healthy, "herushii"...instead of "kenkouteki".

He may have said that just because he was talking to me obviously

but people are starting to use more westernized words

especially in commercials, branding, and buzz words

you can get away with not knowing as much Japanese as you needed to

and it's pissing me off!

Because when I learned Japanese, it was kanji kanji kanji kanji

It's not as bad as it used to be (B: "Speak for yourself!")

Boku...kanji...hiragana...

What would actually make this meme better is if it said furigana!

If there's furigana, the little readings on top,

9 time out of 10 you won't even see the kanji

your eyes are just naturally going to see the furigana on top!

Ohhh... it smells so banana-y!

Let's do a taste test real quick...

Ooo, no actually this is kind of good!

This tastes like Inca Cola!!

"I'm going to sample...."

Yeah, Inca Cola with a hint of banana!

I like it. It's good!

ketsuron ni itaru made no imeji (the thought process before coming to a conclusion),

Chinese: so you start saying something,

but then you double back on what you said

Americans: Of course...but.... BOOM!

I appreciate what you had to say,

however, you're wrong!

The actual Japanese... is that right?

JAPAN! Is this even right??

I get what they're trying to say with this squiggle

but if I were to give a more real example,

Let's say you're at the office,

so you tell your boss a new idea you have.

They'll poke holes in it, and you affirm what they say

and so you make some changes but at the end of the day

you tweak your idea based on their input, and eventually

end up doing the same thing anyway.

I get the meme but the Japanese looks wrong?

Me..... wrong particle?

...juice?

Am I just like really slow on these memes?

Like you just can't help it? Like "No, don't drink it!'

but you do anyway???

Yeah, cats can't resist milk!

Ohhhh, so like, we can't resist using the wrong particle?

("Just like a cat can't resist drinking milk")

Yeah, that happens a lot.

You say something completely wrong, then you can hear it like, echo...

Oh that was so wrong!

Pretty much @Dogen 's entire timeline

this is a mood!

Dogen's really been on top of his game recently

I feel like he found a good way to utilize his Japanese ability

and still keep it funny without just showing off.

NEXT!It's what I deserve after watching too much Terrace house...

"yabai yo ne" vs. "forming an actual coherent Japanese sentence"

Terrace House is definitely kind of pioneering the young scene

bring real, fresh Japanese to people outside of Japan

E? Yabai! Doshiyo... Eeeee

It's becoming so apparent to me

when I speak to my bosses or sit in meetings

yes, I can speak formally or try to regurgitate Keigo

but at the end of the day, the words that I actually know

[speaks hyper casually]

This is a business place... you don't talk like that!

I wish there was Terrace House all in business Japanese.

Seen this prior to taking my last JLPT!

This is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

"Have you studied?" "Nope, not one bit. "Well, say goodbye to $55!"

Show of hands guys!

How many of you actually studied for the JLPT

in a planned out, organized way?

You set a goal, worked backwards and made a plan for everyday

How many of you actually did that and followed through?

[ *stares the your screen into your soul* ]

Yeah, I didn't think so!!

There's probably just one of you guys back there.

We all think the JLPT will be this great motivator and it's just depressing!

It's that time of year too! Who's signing up again?

Next meme!

Sashimi Rollin... They hatin'...

I love it!

When you speak two languages and start losing vocabulary in both of them...

BYE-lingual!

*wheezes*

I definitely appreciate this one!

This did start to happen to me!

My English is gotten pretty clunky.

It's getting better actually now that Boomer moved here

This is so true! "BYE-lingual!"

I really respect people who are truly bilingual

I did my first variety show last year

I got to co-host the show, but it might actually be live this week?

There was this girl who was half American/Japanese

she does an Kids English program on NHK

and she was the definition of actually bilingual!

This girl, from a young age, was proficient

and had no problem code-switching

but also completely switching between languages

The amount of RAM or memory

that she has to have going in her brain all the time

the mechanism that switches between both languages is well oiled!

Like omg! I'm a little jealous!

That's OK, I'll just have amazing babies who can do amazing things!

NEXT!

So these are counters!

You can count using different suffixes

I like "-ko" ikko, niko sanko

You're supposed to use certain counters for certain objects

but it's just easier to use the general counter "tsu".

[counts]

It can be hard sometimes!

You order all you can eat shabu-shabu steak

and they ask you to count how many orders to bring out at a time

But to be fair, we do this in English too!

With bread we have loaves and slices

With chickens we have wings and drumsticks...

We do the same thing!

Hehe! Speaking another language: MmmMm!

Learning another language: -__-

The idea of being able to speak another language

can be so much more glamorous than the work it takes.

"Omg are you kidding me!? There's another word?!"

"I'm still not fluent?!"

That's how I feel everyday at work!

But it's worth it! It's fun!

I made this yesterday: JOUZU

*wheezy wheezeeee*

chortle!

Did you really make this?!

This is hilarious!

Ohhh, that's too funny!

I feel like the better you get a Japanese

it's like the forbidden fruit!

You just start seeing how much more you don't know

like, "I thought I was good at this, I just learned how to doggie paddle

and now this endless ocean of languages is coming to eat me alive?!

Yeah, it definitely feels that way

the thing that also trips me up recently is that

Japanese people don't correct you as often

and even more so,

they don't speak real Japanese in front of you

if they assume you're not at that level.

Everytime I get a little bit better,

I still find myself in situations where I still have NO idea what's being said

but everyone's laughing...sO I'm lAuGhING tOo!?

WHAT IS GOING ON?!

I still have NO idea what's being said?!

When they know that you're listen and trying to keep up

you'll see people bring their Japanese level down

to something that's a big more digestible for you

but then when they talk to their friends its like

whA---?! What are they EVEN SAYING?!

I find it's actually hard to get better in Japanese

because real Japanese is being withheld.

They only speak advanced Japanese in front of you

if you speak advanced Japanese.

So it's like this weird Catch 22

where you have to get in the door before they even let you in.

This JOUZU/Jaws thing makes me think of that.

No matter how JOUZU you get

you're still gonna get eaten alive.

BUT IT'S FUN!!

I PROMISE!!

Oh god... NEXT!

(You think you're smart cuz you know Katakana?!)

Specifically working in business and in apps

and things like that,

so many words are just English words with a Japanese accent

It's like REALLY?! How much of that was Japanese?!

But if you don't say it with Japanese pronunciation

no one will know what you're saying. Be careful of that.

I wan't to try this.... KOUHAKU?

KOUHAKU (red and white) sounds like KOKUHAKU (confession)!

It tastes like a strawberry chupchup!

I'm going to have these persimmon ones later they're my favorite!

Suppaichu, the crunchy sour lemon ones are #1

and then it's kind of a toss up between the watermelon and persimmon ones!

You guys sent in some REALLY good memes!

I'm especially impressed by the JOUZU/Jaws one!

I can't believe I'm saying this but thank you for the memes!

They were actually really funny!

It is a new year

and a lot of you are getting restarted on your language learning journey.

Just don't forget to have fun!

If you're not having fun, you're not going to follow through with it

if it's frustrating or you're feeling stuck

just take a break, watch an anime, watch a drama

turn your audio on Netflix into Japanese

just do something light so you don't get too frustrated!

Really quick guys, let's talk goals!

In terms of YouTube specifically,

based on the way you guys are responding to my videos

I realized that what I want to focus on this year

is not just how cool a video looks or funky editing

I want to focus on really good content.

I mean ACTUALLY good content.

I've set two goals for myself

I am not going to put out a video

unless it either teaches something or entertains.

It has to be one or the other.

Because anything else is just me showing off

or trying to make myself feel good.

I have fun making videos. I have fun editing.

But for you guys,

It's not useful if it's not....useful!

I want these videos to be exactly what I wish I had seen when I was in college.

Real life tips, textbooks, resources

apps, learning Japanese, what to do in Japan

how to move there, how to pay taxes or student loans

I feel like I've been regurgitating the same advice for a decade now

The resources that I used are not necessarily the best anymore

there's better stuff!

I'm in a place where I can actually do something

and this year I want to help you guys save a little money

I want to help you save time, mental effort

actual useful tips, and when I'm not doing that,

just entertain and have fun!

Language is only as fun as you make it

so have some fun with it and I'll see you in the comments!

Thanks so much for watching today!

and... oh yeah!

and once again,

Happy New Year, Everyone! Let's make it a great one :) !

(special thanks to .irg on YouTube for the special track " fell apart " )

For more infomation >> REACTING to FUNNY JAPANESE LEARNING MEMES | Kanji, JLPT + Language Tips - Duration: 14:10.

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Pres. Moon vows to fulfill his duty to 23 last survivors of Japan's sexual slavery - Duration: 0:44.

President Moon Jae-in has paid tribute to the late Kim Bok-dong, writing on his Facebook

page that her testimony at the UN Human Rights Committee had (quote-unquote) "brought to

light a hidden history" and gave others the "courage to face the truth."

Kim was considered the most prominent Korean survivor of sexual enslavement by Japan.

President Moon promised he will "never forget to set history right" and will fulfill his

duty to the 23 survivors still living.

He also praised the late Kim for not wanting to be portrayed as a victim -- and instead

"pushing for an apology for imperial Japan's atrocities and for legal compensation."

Earlier this month, President Moon had visited Kim at the hospital where she was battling

cancer.

For more infomation >> Pres. Moon vows to fulfill his duty to 23 last survivors of Japan's sexual slavery - Duration: 0:44.

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Japanese PM Abe says he wants to normalize relations with North Korea - Duration: 1:43.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a has expressed a willingness to normalize

relations with North Korea however in what seemed to be a deliberate move a

Bey decided against making similar remarks about improving ties with Seoul

Park Jiwon reports in his annual policy speech to the

Japanese diet on Monday japan's Prime Minister Shinzo other said he would be

willing to meet with North Korean leader Kim jong-un

he said Pyongyang in Tokyo need to quote British a mutual distrust to resolve the

issue of the regime's nuclear program and abductions of Japanese citizens by

North Korean agents back in the 1970's and 80's other however omitted the

mentioning of japan's bilateral relationship with south korea until last

year's annual policy speech Arbour emphasized the cooperative partnership

with Seoul experts think the unprecedented omission of such paragraph

regarding ties with South Korea seems to reflect Abbas strategic decision to use

the currents our relationship with Seoul for its domestic political interests the

Japanese Prime Minister stressed a strengthened alliance with the u.s. a

new phase in bilateral ties with China and steps towards a peace treaty with

Russia meanwhile are they also mentioned the issue of amending Japan's pacifist

Constitution at the very end of his speech say he hopes more discussions to

be held at a diet monday's annual policy speech was are their seventh policy

speech since 2012 Park Jiwon Arirang news

For more infomation >> Japanese PM Abe says he wants to normalize relations with North Korea - Duration: 1:43.

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[VLOG] Illiminate and Lost Royalty meet up in Japan - Duration: 10:49.

For more infomation >> [VLOG] Illiminate and Lost Royalty meet up in Japan - Duration: 10:49.

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(Free) Jaden Smith x Asap Rocky Type Beat - "JAPAN" (ft. Travis Scott) | Jaden Smith Type Beat - Duration: 4:33.

Desirez Beats

Jaden smith type beat

asap rocky type beat

Travis Scott type beat

For more infomation >> (Free) Jaden Smith x Asap Rocky Type Beat - "JAPAN" (ft. Travis Scott) | Jaden Smith Type Beat - Duration: 4:33.

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Two Korean victims of Japan's WW2 sexual slavery die, including respected activist - Duration: 2:33.

A reminder of how time's running our for Japan to acknowledge its shameful past and offer

sincere apology to victims of heinous warcrimes.

Last night, another Korean survivor of the japanese military's wartime sex slavery passed

away.

She was Kim Bok-dong, who devoted her life to increasing global awareness of Tokyo's

past atrocities, and fighting for girls who were victimized during wars.

Lee Ji-won starts us off with a look back at how she lived.

93-year-old Kim Bok-dong, who was sexually enslaved by Japan during World War Two, died

Monday night after a battle with cancer.

For 30 years, Kim had fought tirelessly for women's rights and to raise awareness of Japan's

wartime sexual slavery.

Her three-day funeral, which started Tuesday, was attended by hundreds of mourners, including

President Moon Jae-in, who became the first sitting president to go to the funeral of

one of the sex slavery victims.

Kim's last moments were shared by the head of a Korean civic group called Justice and

Remembrance for the Issues of Military Sexual Slavery by Japan.

She said Kim asked her to never give up fighting until the issue is resolved.

At the age of 14, Kim was taken away by Japanese soldiers and told she would "work in a factory."

But instead, she was forced to serve as a sex slave for Japanese troops in China, Hong

Kong, Indonesia and other places.

It was only after eight years that she could return to her homeland.

In 1992, Kim started sharing her painful stories, and became an activist for women's human rights.

In 1993, Kim became the first victim to share the facts of Japan's sexual slavery at the

World Conference on Human Rights.

She continued her activism by meeting with affected individuals and international groups,

participating in protests and creating funds to help girls who have been sexually abused

in wars like she was.

But after all those years, she died without a sincere apology from Japan.

"We will continue protesting until Japan sincerely apologizes and compensates the victims."

Her protest against Japan will continue even after her death -- on Friday, her coffin will

be carried through Seoul, including the streets in front of the Japanese embassy.

Kim passed away the same day as another victim -- a 93-year-old woman known to the media

only by her surname Lee, who had suffered from poor health.

In 1947, at the age of 17, Lee had been kidnapped on her way home from work and taken to work

in brothels.

There are now only 23 South Korean victims still alive.

But their wishes for legal compensation and a sincere apology from Japan have yet to come.

Seoul and Tokyo agreed under the previous Park administration to set up a foundation

to help the victims.

But because the 2015 deal did not reflect the victim's wishes, Seoul informed Tokyo

last November that it would be disbanding the group.

Last week it officially canceled its approval of the foundation, prompting protests from

Japan.

South Korea remains firm that it will neither renegotiate nor scrap the deal, but it continues

to urge Japan that to solve this problem will require more sincere efforts.

Lee Ji-won, Arirang News.

For more infomation >> Two Korean victims of Japan's WW2 sexual slavery die, including respected activist - Duration: 2:33.

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Two victims of forced sexual slavery of Japanese army pass away, one of them Kim Bok-dong,.. - Duration: 2:25.

Two Korean women, who during World War Two were sexually enslaved by the Japanese military,...

died on Monday.

Both of them very elderly, one was an extremely well-known activist who directed global attention

to Japan's past atrocities against women and girls.

Lee Ji-won has more.

Kim Bok-dong, a 93-year old victim of Japan's sexual enslavement during World War II, passed

away late Monday night.

At the age of 14, Kim was taken to (quote) "work in a factory" according to Japanese

soldiers.

But instead, she was forced to serve as a sex slave for Japanese troops in China, Hong

Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia and other places.

It was only after eight years that she could return to her homeland.

In 1992, Kim started sharing her painful stories, and worked as a women's human rights activist.

In 1993, Kim became the first victim of Japan's sexual enslavement to stand at the World Conference

on Human Rights to share her testimony.

She continued her brave and bold protest against Japan's war crimes... by meeting people and

international groups, participating in protests and creating funds to help girls who have

been sexually abused in wars just as she was.

After all these years, she was still waiting for a sincere apology from Japan.

"We will continue protesting until Japan apologizes and compensates with sincerity"

Her protest against Japan will continue even after her death,... as after her funeral on

Friday, her coffin will be carried around Seoul, including along the streets in front

of the Japanese embassy.

This comes after another 93-year-old woman, known to the media only by her surname Lee,

died Monday morning after suffering from poor health.

Lee was kidnapped on her way home from work in 1942... at the age of 17.

There are now only 23 South Korean victims still alive.

But their wishes for legal compensation and a sincere apology from Japan are yet to come.

Seoul and Tokyo agreed in 2015 to set up a foundation to help the victims.

But the two sides are now working to disband it... because the 2015 deal did not reflect

the victim's wishes.

Lee Ji-won, Arirang News.

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Japan's low-altitude flybys could be discussed at naval symposium: Defense ministry - Duration: 2:22.

Tensions have risen sharply between Seoul and Tokyo in recent weeks... over low-altitude

flights by Japanese planes near South Korean warships.

According to the nation's defense ministry, the issue could be put on the table at this

year's Western Pacific Naval Symposium, a forum for countries in the region to discuss

naval affairs.

Kan Hyeong-woo has our top story.

On Monday, Seoul's Ministry of National Defense said the dispute over the Japanese warplanes'

"agressive," low-altitude flybys could be discussed in working-level talks at the Western

Pacific Naval Symposium... set for April.

"If there's a need to talk about the flybys at the working-level meeting,... then it should

be discussed so regulations and guidelines can be established to prevent similiar incidents

in the future."

If the matter does come up at the Western Pacific Naval Symposium,... then a guideline

for evaluating the flights... could be the Code of Unplanned Encounters at Sea, or CUES.

The CUES was signed at the symposium in 2014... by 21 Pacific nations,... including South

Korea, the U.S. and Japan to prevent tensions escalating between different countries' militaries

at sea.

Meanwhile,... Japan is reportedly rethinking its plan to send warships to an international

maritime exercise that will begin in waters off the Korean Peninisula from late April

to early May.

But Seoul's Defense Ministry says a final decision on which countries will join the

exercise and on what scale... will be made in working-level talks between the participating

countries likely to take place at the end of February.

Tensions seemed to rise late last week also... when the South Korean defense minister paid

a visit on Saturday to Naval Operations Command in Busan,... following a trip by the Japanese

defense minister the day before to a naval airbase near Yokohama.

Experts have suggested that Japan could be using the military dispute to increase public

support for the Abe administration.

The military spat erupted back in December when Japan claimed that a South Korean warship

used its targeting radar on a Japanese plane,... something Seoul says there is no evidence

for.

And last week, Seoul's Defense Ministry released photographs of a Japanese warplane conducting

a low-altitude flyby.

Kan Hyeong-woo, Arirang News

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Two victims of forced sexual slavery of Japanese army pass away, one of them Kim Bok-dong - Duration: 2:27.

it's a sad day for many Koreans as two Korean victims of Japanese military's a

wartime sexual slavery have passed away on Monday one of them was an extremely

well known activist who directed global attention on Tokyo's past atrocities

against the women and girls her ez1 has the story Kim bok-dong a 93 year old

victim of Japan's sexual enslavement during World War two passed away late

Monday night at the age of 14 kim was taken to quote work in a factory

according to Japanese soldiers but instead she was forced to serve as a sex

slave for Japanese troops in China Hong Kong Indonesia Malaysia and other places

it was only after eight years as she could return to her homeland in 1992 Kim

started sharing her painful stories and worked as a woman's human rights

activist in 1993 Kim became the first victim of Japan's sexual enslavement to

stand at the world conference on human rights to share her testimony she

continued her brave and bold protests against Japan's war crimes by meeting

people and international groups participating in protests and creating

funds to help girls who have been sexually abused in wars just as she was

after all these years she was still waiting for a sincere apology from Japan

we will continue protesting until Japan apologizes and compensates with

sincerity her protest against Japan will continue even after her death has after

her funeral on Friday her coffin will be carried around solely including along

the streets in front of the Japanese Embassy this comes after another 93 year

old women known to the media only by her surname Lee died Monday morning after

suffering from poor health he was kidnapped on her way home from work in

1942 at the age of 17 there are now only 23 South Korean victims still alive but

their wishes for legal compensation and a sincere apology from Japan are yet to

come Seoul and Tokyo agreed in 20

15 to set up a foundation to help the victims but the two sides are now

working to disband it because the 2015 deal did not reflect the victims wishes

eg1 Arirang news

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Crazy Cute Kawaii Harajuku Foodtour mit Arigato Japan [ENG Sub] - Duration: 5:06.

Harajuku - the colorful district of Tokyo known for its fancy fashion stores.

Butthis is not the only thing this place has to offer.

I should get a completely new experience,

because today I was invited by Arigato Japan for a food tour in this district

and of course I'm gonna take you along.

Our tour guide today was Asami.

After we all introduced each other, we went straight to the first culinary shop.

A shop that offers local specialties from the Niigata prefecture.

Asami picked out some delicacies

and we made ourselves comfortable at a table in the shop and tasted them.

In this leaf packet there's mochi stuffed with red beans inside. That was totally delicious.

The senbei, that were coated with chocolate were very tasty as well.

I was surprised that the tastes would fit so well together.

Afterwards we went to the next food stop.

After she told us some historical facts about the area, Asami guided us to a very

special bakery and also here we are allowed to choose delicious things to try.

I especially liked the cocoa. And here you can see why.

This flambé marshmallow is filled with ice cream.

I wanted to try this pretty little tart

that tasted like matcha and fruity.

It was really delicious.

The next stop should be something for lunch.

We arrived in a visually very cool okonomiyaki restaurant

and were allowed to try okonomiyaki and monjayaki there.

Before that Asami told us a lot about Japanese table manners.

For example, how to give your friends beer in a proper way.

Have you ever tried monjayaki?

And if so, what do you personally like better?

And what should not be missing after a delicious meal?

Right, a dessert.

And that should be a rainbow-colored giant cotton candy,

which had many different tastes.

It felt like eating a rainbow.

Unfortunately, there was no pot of gold at the end.

And what fits in well with Harajuku? Exactly. The Purikura.

We also did that in the end. That was a really cute souvenir of that great day.

Just check out Arigato Japan.

I'll put the link below in the video description.

Maybe there is a tour that you might be interested in.

I'm still delighted with the tours and had a lot of fun.

I hope you liked my video.

Leave a thumbs up, if that's the case

and subscribe to my channel if you want to see more videos about Japan.

So then, see you in the next video.

Bye! ♡

For more infomation >> Crazy Cute Kawaii Harajuku Foodtour mit Arigato Japan [ENG Sub] - Duration: 5:06.

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Perchè il Giappone è PULITO? - Duration: 10:30.

hello everyone and welcome in this new video

considering that I'm becoming a serious youtuber

and all serious youtubers have those xmas lights in their background

and... how about me?

so I went to IKEA to buy them too!

I still don't know what I'm supposed to do with them

anyway let's use them in another video. seba and the chirstmas light!

today we are doing a new serious video talking about JAPANESE CULTURE

and I would like to answer to this question: WHY JAPAN IS SO CLEAN?

in this video I will tell you the 3 reasons why Japan is so clean!

before we start let me reminds you that tomorrow I'm releasing another video talking about this subject with Lilletta on my other channel, so make sure to subscribe to that one too!

my first answer when I've just moved to Japan waas: probably because there are not trash cans around the city

but it is not like that, because Japan before the attacks of Omu Cult used to have those until 1995

so the REAL reasons must be something else

and in this video I will tell my opinion!

the first reason must be EDUCATION

the students in Japan will take turn and clean their classroom after the lessons are over

and this set into the mind of young Japanese the idea that : If I don't make the classroom dirty, it will be faster to clean it!

and also the fact that maybe you don't want your friend to have a hard time to clean the classroom when is his turn, it teaches Japanese to respect the others!

and maybe this is one of the reason why Japanese classroom are so clean compare to the majority of Italian schools

and also the students (also kindergarden) often serve lunch or snacks, and they have to wear hats and wash their hands. This teaches them the importance of hygiene

the second reason is connected to culture and traditions

infact in Japan there is a kami (to keep it simple, a shintoist god) called Bimbogami

he is the God of poverty

people says that if you keep you room messy, he will come and bring you misery and sickness + poverty!

so this makes people in Japan connecting poverty + dirty

and even if not all Japanese belive in this thing, they still respect it

and let me give you an example, as I've told you before in Japan you can throw away trash in places where you aren't supposed too

however it happens expecially in some forest, so to avoid this to happen

some prefectures took actions in Japan by putting some rapresentation of Torii (a in shinto is a portal that is placed before a sacred zone)

and this has limited the throwing away the garbage in these areas of the forest

and you can see those rapresentations of Torii around the city too!

Those are there to avoid that drunk people pxx on their house... well it... it's a fact!

or to avoid the get robbed

"god is watching you" might help avoiding those problems!

the 3rd reason is PUBLIC IMAGE

in fact, parents often tell their children that they are making noise, for example, in a restaurant that everyone is watching

this feeling enters the mind of the Japanese who often feel observed or could be seen

in fact there are also other signs with the inscription "miteiruzo" (I'm watching you)

this is perhaps also one of the reasons why many Japanese are silent on the trains, do not make many manifestations of affection in public, etc

it is also important to keep in mind that shopkeepers and apartment owners in addition to cleaning their buildings also clean the exterior and the road ahead.

and since there are shops everywhere, Japan is kept extremely clean

I have often seen groups of Japanese volunteers find themselves in the various neighborhoods to clean their neighborhood in the weekend,

for example the day after halloween a group of people dressed like super heroes goes around shibuya and clean from the mess of the night before

such a great idea!

please let me know you opinion!

you shoul all try to keep your city clean!

expecially us italian, we live in a beautiful place like italy let's try to make it as clean as Japan!

I hope you had enjoy this video, don't forget to leave me a thumb up

so you can help this channel grow, and see you in my next video ;)

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FIGHTS OF JAPAN VS IRAN IN ASIAN CUP 2019 - Duration: 1:13.

Minutes to compensate for the third time of the match between Iran and Japan, the midfielder Shibasaki was slapped by Azmoun in the face, leading to a battle between the two teams.