@s-a-r-a-h
My Japanese professor told us that the English education was so bad at her middle school, she resorted to teaching herself English by translating classic rock songs (literally the most badass way to learn English)
@Destroyer249
the fact that adult strangers will react to kids fingershooting them is the most wholesome fact about japan i know
@wkcia
“Viking” makes total sense for me. The image and sentiment of a giant table with a profusion of food with warriors chowing down and making merry kinda does feel like an all you can eat.
@azzie2938
Translations for every facts skipped in the video: 1.Yakuza is disappearing. 2. Every households in Japan has a rice cooker. 3.Nintendo was originally a company making Hanafuda cards.(Japanese card game) 4.Japan has its own Spider-Man movie. 5.Everyone is afraid of presenting in class. 6.Adults doesn't have Summer vacation. 7.The first season of Gundam was discontinued. 8.Instant Yakisoba(Japanese stir-fried noodle) is not stir-fried.
@ralfjr.
In Japan you can adopt a grown person if you don't have kids of your own so they can take over the family business when you retire.
@mandeadd
Addressing 4:47 for the Philippines: It used to be that way. However we recently switched to starting in August/September when K-12 was implemented to be "more compatible with foreign schools" and to adopt an "international standard). This was a disaster because now the students' vacation months happen during typhoon season (HAVE FUN STAYING INSIDE WITH NO POWER KIDS!), and the last part of their school year takes place during the hottest months of the year (while most public schools and many university classrooms have no AC). Honestly one of the most poorly thought out educational policies the country has ever implemented.
@benklehr1824
I wanted to chime in on the point of poor English skills in Japan. I am a English teacher here in Japan, and I agree with your opinion that the education is low quality. I wouldn't blame the teachers though, as they have to stick to the curriculum to the letter. It is the curriculum's fault in my opinion, they often teach things out of order and more complicated than needed (words and grammar). The study practices is also mostly just repeating what is heard. Students can mimic what is taught, but usually don't understand the concept enough to make their own sentences. I can give examples when you decide to make a video on the issue.
@iddqd2
9:22 I don't know if this is true in other parts of Japan, but you can also do this with a Kamehameha. People will instinctively avoid your invisible beam. I remember seeing on TV someone doing this on a crowded train. Some guy did a Kamehameha and all the people on the train parted like the Red Sea.
@JoumyakuSalad
I'm from the Netherlands, which is number 1 in speaking English even though it's not our national language. The reason has nothing to do with state education being good (it's really not) but everything to do with the fact that all TV, music, internet etc. is in English. Because our country is small, there are not many things available in our language, so we just use the English version from when we are kids. In Japan, all entertainment and such is either originally in Japanese or translated/dubbed, so there's no reason to use English.
@jonfuku5097
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@0PE.
My grandmother speaks 津軽弁, we force her to speak standard Japanese at family gatherings so we can understand her
@SakiMcGee
In regards to the quality of English language courses in Japanese schools, it's honestly very similar to the US and its Spanish curriculum. Most high schoolers are requred to take Spanish (or sometimes French) for at least a year or two, and almost no one comes out of it actually able to speak a lick of the language.
@toolittletoolate3917
A very common sight in Japan is small children (we’re talking 7-year-olds here) walking ALONE, even after dark, girls and boys both. In Kyoto Main Station, I saw a trio of small boys dressed in school uniforms, holding an impromptu meeting right in the middle of rush-hour crowds. They were as sober and focused as a panel of high-court judges. No one bothered them, spoke to them, or paid them any undue attention. Japanese children are taught self-reliance from the age of 6, walking to school in groups but returning home ALONE. If you greet them, they respond cheerfully and respectfully. TOKYO =/= JAPAN!!!! Shout it from the rooftops!
@undertaker9138
I was reading a Japanese novel that off-handedly mentioned Full House and was rather confused, this cleared it up for me thanks.
@fuzzyschwartz
07:50 The reason Japan favors the left size goes back to the Samurai. It is so when samurai pass each other in the street their katanas don't bang into each other.
@connorruss5976
The buffet being called a Viking actually makes a hell of a lot of sense. The term to go Viking, literally meant to go raiding in another place, so it makes sense as you go raid the food bar and return with your spoils
@theatk
always enjoy your content. two thoughts as someone who has lived in Japan, went to college in Japan, majored in Asian Studies, and taught English there: 1) rather than "oldest country" I would say it is the single longest lasting dynasty in human history. this is a much more mindblowing fact and doesn't have to deal with the nebulous definition of "country" over the course of human civilization. 2) one of the other causes for poor English skills in Japan is that there is no economic driver for Japanese to learn English. Job prospects and the like from the 3rd wealthiest country in the world (until recently the 2nd wealthiest), with much less wealth disparity than either of the top two, means that Japanese people can get Japanese jobs where they only need to speak Japanese. Why learn English? Most of those other countries above Japan on the list have significant populations that can reap massive economic benefits by learning English and then participate in the global workforce. I also believe that this is one of many causes of Japan's insular tendencies. Hoping you get that silver button soon!
@tonydejesus2134
Here in Thailand you can absolutely leave your belongings on the table in a cafe when you go to the bathroom or something; nobody will steal them. I had a friend who was a known artist. He used to paint at a Starbucks near me. I ran into him there once and we went off to get lunch; he left all of his valuable art on the table and we went off to eat. On at least three occasion as I have accidentally left my key in my motorcycle and came back to find it still there, key still in the bike.
@PsionicDude
I can't stop laughing at the "bang" thing, it almost sounds made up. It's like something you would imagine happening in a dream. Any idea why they all instinctively act like that? Does it maybe have something to do with the Manzai comedy theater permeating their culture, so they're just really used to slapstick routines or something?
@Japanalysis