Yakuza, Organized Crime, and the Japanese Right Wing
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- Опубликовано: 19 май 2015
- "Uyoku dantai" are Japanese nationalist right-wing groups of which there are over 1,000 in Japan with about 100,000 members in total. Well known for their black propaganda vans, they are often seen driving around staging protests with their loudspeakers outside the Chinese, Korean, and Russian embassies demanding ownership of the Senkaku and Kuril Islands to name a few. We caught up with Masaya Kudo, a Right-Wing activist and leader of his own group, "Nihon-no-Kai" as he explained his philosophies and concerns regarding the Right-Wing movement today and their ties to the Yakuza.
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VICE Japan caught up with Masaya Kudo, a Japanese Right-Wing activist and leader of his nationalist own group, "Nihon-no-Kai," as he explained his philosophies and concerns regarding the Right-Wing movement today and its ties to the Yakuza.
VICE Japanese the Aryans of the east
et lux in tenebris lucet Honorary Aryans, then and now.
And Gun Control!
VICE These are actually all Yakuza, hence the tattoos, their collaboration with Yakuza from other territories and the name of their organisation "Dai Nippon Issei-kai". The ending -kai is the traditional ending attached to the criminal Yakuza groups. The name in front of -kai is usually either that of the territory or the leader. In this case the name has national(ist) connotations, the organisation could well be a collaboration of several Yakuza groups.
et lux in tenebris lucet nilesrock024 They're also honorary members of the Han master race if you ask the North Koreans.
"We are not racist[...]"
lies
AureaPersona Only white people are racist
Rick Muller Most Japanese _are_ white. The whole "yellow" skin deal is like our trait for blond hair. It's just a honored trait certain people can say they have.
Random Videos "Asian" as a race doesn't necessarily refer to the skin color, though. It's like if you told me "Swiss" was a skin color. There's nothing at all to suggest Asians have any less of a reason to be referred to as "white", even if they are a subcategory.
And for anyone saying all white people are evil, I have presumed Sami ancestors, so I am exempt from being racially labeled as "evil".
Damon Cassada
Are you pulling these shits out of your ass? Although, I've heard that East Asians like Koreans, Japanese, and Chinese were given as "honorary whites" in South Africa during the Apartheid era.
Damon Cassada Asians are definitely defined as a race, and white people are genetically closer to africans than to asians.
"As always,I will post this letter in this filthy post box that resembles a garbage bin" LMAO that truly made me laugh my ass off
same xd
I read this comment just as he was saying that lmao
lmaoooo , even rereading it has me in stitches!!
Nippon bringing the Bantz.
LMAO
"If young people prefer the internet, we should make a homepage where they can sign up"
welcome to 2000
It's so weird hearing that lmao
2000? I was ranked #1 in the U.S. in StarCraft, online, in 1998.
@@talktokale what was your username? What race did you play?
Actually Japan is way ahead of its time
@@crystyxn Hes talking bull.
lol japanese cops are so adorable, measuring the sound levels of the vans before arresting these guys instead of just using their ears to determine if its's too loud
Dijaeyptamand Dubbusi I mean they need evidence
Dijaeyptamand Dubbusi in the UK and many places you can get stuff confiscated for noise pollution
They have to have an airtight reasoning, otherwise they’ll just get away.
The noise law is based on a decibel limit. Stay under the limit and you're good. Unfortunately humans aren't the best at accurately measuring exact decibel values with their ears alone. You must think traffic cops are adorable for using speed meters instead of just looking at how fast someone is driving.
ONE youre a special kind lmao
"This filthy post box, that resembles a garbage can" best insult I have heard in a while.
The best way to plug an ear before reasoning with it, is to insult it.
Plot Twist: It is a garbage can.
@@MuhammadMuizzuddin There aren't garbage cans in japan
Wya
Right, 6 Japanese guys in a van are gonna make Russia give you back land. Flawless plan
SuperMathewson they should fly over to Russia and do it in front of the Russian government buildings
SuperMathewson Its something
SuperMathewson *Drunk Japanese guys
SuperMathewson Why didn't the Ukrainians think of it?
jekanyika I know right!
Guys yakuza 7 is looking weird
I know right? The whole goddamn teaser went by and I didn’t see the Dragon of Dojima once during the whole thing.
Feckn hell ur funny
@@DTKennedy its funny because we actually didnt see him in 7 for a while
7:35 That part was hilarious! "Filthy Post box that resembles a garbage bin". That police guy couldn't help but, laugh. lol!
just looks like a bunch of bored old dudes with nothing to do.
+drunkbygreentea Isn't that what all far-right groups are?
+drunkbygreentea LOL
mid-age crisis, lol
+A kid from Africa I agree with you, because they are like The KKK being how these Ultranationalist use that flag from WW2, The Klan uses The Confederate Flag and both groups lie abut the history of both The Civil War and WW2.
+X-ray Devil You should know better, who do you think is riling up the youth?
"We're not racist, but we would beat any Chinese speaker to death if we thought we could get away with it."
The Chinese were looting dead bodies. That's fucked up.
Phanteus Yep, they cut off fingers of the dead people just to steal the rings , they need to be shot
a. it's absurd to assume that a chinese speaker would only be there to loot bodies
b. discounting his obvious bias i still wouldn't take that claim at face value
c. they're bodies, it's not like they have feelings or whatever. either way it's an offense that doesn't really merit summary execution
Oliver Park Like hell you're not, you're the most racists 'race' I've ever had the mispleasure to meet in all my life period bar none.
Phanteus No they weren't. There has literally been no news sources or documentation to back up that claim, it's blatantly obvious that it's bullshit.
Ayyyy lmao. I used to do internship in a russian consulate and i've seen these guys (3:00) circling around in a van shouting things (couldn't for the life of me figure out what they were shouting tho)
"We dont have hierarchy like the Yacuza",5 minutes later "He will be our next leader"
Having a hierarchy and one leader are completely different, a hierarchy encompasses multiple ranks, one leader is just one leader, there is a difference.
@@gone8913 Hahaha you dont know what hierarchy means it's obvious
@@imallin_1328 I meant it in the sense that it's not what you implied it is, it hasn't got the same "Hierarchy" like the yakuza. Is it a proper hierarchy? because that entails having a structure that is more than this is our Jesus for example.
ImAlliN_13 it’s yakuza
They seem unbelievably passive. And the police just seems...different. In a weird way.
chaosXP3RT Japan when even thugs are respectful^
chaosXP3RT Their culture dictates incredibly high levels of respect. You should see when factory workers protest, they put up flags to shame the owner, but they still work in the factories.
smoggy cat Pretty sure any chinese cut any fingers or looted any bodies, that's just propaganda.
Jeden Snow It's funny because they respectfully raped Manchurian women and then respectfully buried them respectfully alive. Also, respectfully threw respectful babies to respectful air and land on the very respectful bayonet!
Respect Ni Hon
Diego Valenzuela Pff... still ranting about things that happened (supposedly I should add) 70 years ago eh?
the way he described the russian mailbox LOLOLOL
Even one of the officers had a grin on his face when he said that lol
@Árpád no its common sense to laugh at a guy making a funny statement u absolute dolt
tbh the whole country of russia resembles a garbage bin
😂😂😂😂
@@jamesstmanhattan rude
As if insulting the embassy is going to bring about change.
And how is killing Chinese people on the spot not racist?
Because they're Chinese. Extreme racists seldom view their hate towards races as racism. They just believe it's necessary, so they justify it that way.
Who racist now?
Azealsgirl Forever he’s saying they’re Chinese as in the dead people
lol they are the same race
Arif Gunawan I know right, that's like saying a French guy hating the English (After all they have a long history of conflict) is racist.
From whatever little I can see, its one of the following:
1) Reaction to the rising Chinese threat and Japan's overly pacifist attitude to national security.
2) A reaction to the society wide, endemic malaise that has gripped modern Japan, especially males.
3) The Yakuza re-emerging, using right-wing politics to gain a degree of legitimacy while they're at it.
Or some combination of the above 3. I'm not Japanese so may very well be wrong though.
The yakuza are not rising as far as I know, their numbers have been dwindling for years and years. And they've had legitimacy for a long while and have been on the right wing the whole time. They openly run businesses and have political sway.
These guys look like they'll never run out of things to be angry at.
I am fluent in Japanese and they don’t seem angry at all.
@@sidjtd Oh so you know Japanese? Name every grammatical rule.
@@Jobe-13 Why do you doubt him? I'm fluent in Japanese as well. Just because you're too stupid to learn Japanese doesn't mean others can't. By the way, wtf do you mean by "name every grammatical rule"? Can you "name every grammatical rule" for the English language? 🤣
"we are not racists"
*picks up mic*
"DRIVE THE RUSSIANS OUT OF JAPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN"
Jessie Tanner
not Asian
+Paul Staker Also that story where they were hunting for chinese people in order to kill them. Since they were robbing the dead, you know. And btw lads, Xenophobia is not exactly racism but it's pretty damn close and just as despicable. So shut the fuck up Jessie Tanner.
+Paul Staker Plus they were also going to kill any Chinese they ran into and bury their bodies in the rubble. Right.. totally not racist.
It's not really a Russian military occupation, it's more Japan lost in 1945, the Russian's took Sakhalin Oblast during their march toward Japan. The islands didn't actually "belong" to Japan, back in 1875 Japan signed an agreement to give up control of Sakhalin to the Russians in exchange for Kuril Islands. In 1945 the Japanese were in no position to be bargaining to the Russians about what they wanted to own.
+Paul Staker Russian is a nationality, not a race
People who say ‘im not racist, but’ are most certainly racist
xenofobia no es lo mismo que racismo, ellos son xenofobicos, no racistas
I'm not racist but you look great today.
30% of YAKUZA has only North/South Korean nationality. It is still taboo in Media, But already famous on internet.
They didn't say that though
Wanting your own people to have a nation for the preservation of their culture and ethnic group is bad? Ok, well the native Americans and the Africans etc, shouldn't complain about "Colonization" but we all know you would say it's racist for white people to take over those regions right? Don't be a hypocrite, and you don't explain why you call them "racist" you just say it which is a fallacy, debate arguments not labels.
7:45 despite the tension happening around they still bow at each other. The respect in Japan is amazing
An overly strong sense of nationalism is dangerous for any country.
MrPecan222 Extremes of any ideologies can be dangerous.
Danknight600 Even though yes extremists of any kind are dangerous, socialism is really nothing but an economic principle.
Danknight600 rekt
rdizzy1 a disgusting economic system predicated on violence
MrPecan222 A lack of pride can prove just as easily detrimental.
13:19 Wrong subtitles.He did not say the "Aikokukai".He said "Zaitokukai". "Zaitokukai" is an abbreviation for "Zainichi Tokken Wo Yurusanai Shimin No Kai". This means Citizens that does not allow "Zainichi Tokken".Zainichi Tokken means prerogatives of Zainichi Korean ( permanent ethnic Korean residents of Japan ). In fact Zainichi Korean does not have any prerogative. But Zaitokukai use Zainichi Tokken as pretext for discrimination.
Japanese rightist don't think Korean is human. Okay 👌 .
Zainichi can go back to their smelly peninsula & you can go there with them, dicklips 🤣
I love how most of these guys talk about the yakuza like it's some third party when they're very clearly members....especially that one guy who had half his body tatted up
Sometimes you’ve just gotta surrender yourself to the fact that the comedy writes itself, and this is one of those instances.
Vice is good at finding these people and setting-up scenarios that play out in the most awkward, bizarre ways
I don't like right wing organizations and parties, but I have to say that japanese right wing looks way nicer than the european and american one.
Jerry There isn't a single European right wing..... Every country in Europe is different
Quod Perierat Jerry is probably American and therefor uneducated about Europe. So he shouldnt take our countries in his commie mouth.
I'm spanish you idiot lmao
Jerry
How is it possible to be European and make such a foolish comment about the ring wing in Europe? There is a huge difference between most of the countries.
So no, you are the idiot.
What I meant is that most right wing organizations around here are looking for an old kind of state and laws, such as neonazis of francoists people. I don't really know about other countries organizations, but I do about the spanish ones, because you know, crimes of dictatorship have never been condemned here so it's a usual thing you see.
Disgusting whitewash.
Correct translation for this part:
9:14 start
" *In Shinomaki city, WE HEARD that the Chinese were cutting off fingers and looting rings, watches (personal belonging of precious metal value).We couldn't let this pass.* " This is totally different from "In Ishinomaki city, the Chinese were looting dead bodies" because the correct translation would be "We heard that this happened..." aka a RUMOR. The translation were making it sound the latter statement seem like a fact when it was not. It is a rumor that leaked from their circle that leaked into their group.
[This part is identical to the Vice translation]So we formed the Disaster Area Safety Patrol. At first we armed with iron pipes, peppers sprays and tasers. But it was pointless since the rubble was full of potential weapons like pipes and golf clubs. We would go into the most dangerous areas and there wasn't a single police officer in sight. When we patrolled at night, we would greey the passersby. If they didn't respond, we'd try to strike up a conversation. And if they spoke Chinese, we were to kill them there and then.[/End identical trancript]
*If we buried them in the rubble, then nobody would know. But in the end, we didn't see any Chinese people*
I'm Japanese and I noticed this too. The correct translation is "as a end result we didn't find any (Chinese)" - These guys are def racist, don't let them speak for the rest of Japan.
Very insightful, thank you for this correction!
Yep, it's not great... I think their true intentions will fly over a lot of people's heads because of poor translation. They are obviously extremely racist towards the Chinese.
thanks for the correct translation, everyone should see this
>The real transcript never said "Thankfully, it never came to that".
I 100% agree with you. They did not say "thankfully," but rather they miss the "opportunity. "
The same thing occur during Kanto Earthquake
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923_Great_Kant%C5%8D_earthquake#Postquake_violence
At 16:20, the music sounds really funky. It has a nice beat!
17:44 now...that is real japanese Don
16:45 He's the real boss.
"were not racist like neo nazis" "RUSSIANS OUT OF JAPAN" u srs?
Souverän DE They're talking about the government, not ethnic Russians.
***** russian is a race but its not called russian is called slavic, do you even know where the islands are which they are protesting for?
yasashii89 since when does russian mean a person of then russian goverment, they ment lavrov, then they wanted the islands back and then they yelled that the russians should go out of japan
Yes, but that has nothing to do with racism. They're not saying that they're against a particular race of people, they want the Russians to get out of the northern territories, meaning they want Russia to stop administrating them and give them back to Japan. There's not connection to actual racism.
Souverän DE They were refering to this; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuril_Islands_dispute. Not Russians living in Japan...
he says the right wing aren`t yakuza, and yet he is covered in yakuza tatoos
Diana Stefankova tattoos aren't exclusively a yakuza thing.
yes but yakuza use a specific kind of tattoo
*****
irezumi is just japanese for tattoo. if americans get them outsidede of japan they just look cool, but if a japanese person gets them in japan, and i don`t mean any tattoo, i mean a full blown whole body dragon, carp, geisha or something like that, then it`s yakuza.
no `normal` person would get a tattoo like that in japan cause it`s a pretty big social stigma
Diana Stefankova you dont know anything
Diana Stefankova none of that is yakuza specific....dragon is symbolic of power monks get the same tattoos due to meaning....and tattoos are becoming a larger thing in Japan now and have for the last decade or so
やくざじゃないって言うんだったら
やくざの真似事にみたく墨や挨拶の仕方からまず変えなきゃ
誰も信用してくれない
会看华文吗？or do you read english?atau kamu pandai baca malay?
the people at the party seemed like they all used to be gangsters and stuff and friends, but now they are old and just protest.
I remember watching a yakuza documentary in youtube more than 4 or 5 years ago. It's about the yakuza life and there was an old man who was an X yakuza that is being documented/interviewed. There was also a 2nd ranking young boss interviewed in that documentary as I remember he was wearing a white suit and in some scene he was being assisted with a guy holding an umbrella. Not sure if the documentary was made by natgeo but I can't find it anymore in youtube. Anyone knows that documentary?
These guys are idiots. Uyoku doesn't represent rest of us in Japan. Nationalism, or the belief that your own country is superior to other countries brings nothing but wars and instability.
The Uyoku may say that they want to keep traditional values in Japan but that ideology is fundamentally flawed. From the time we opened to capitalism, western governance and globalization, our culture has intertwined with the west.
Furthermore, culture is dynamic, no matter what our government does and no matter what any government does, you cannot maintain or "preserve" a culture because cultural values will always change with time. The only viable way to "preserve" a culture is to be in complete isolation, which is impossible for Japan because Japan is a global power.
Whatever people's position on nationalism, immigration, domestic and foreign relations, and governance is, people must acknowledge it is not only difficult to difficult to keep a clear sense of national identity, but it is impossible to do so, especially in the modern era where the societies collectively are more globalized.
As a person, born and raised in Japan and whose native language is Japanese, my nationality doesn't come from hating on the Chinese, Koreans, Russians, and etc. my sense of nationality doesn't come from having traditional values, my nationality does not come from a social concept of race.
It is never that black and white.
My nationality comes from the people I have spent my time with, my experiences in life.
Uyoku basically makes up LDP, the fact that makes us angry is the fact that they are just like any other hate group, right down to the fact that they won't admit that they are racist. .
Piero Fasulli There's the troll.
@DevilTrigger global economic power I guess is what he was trying to say.
Anything else, brainwashed western puppet?
Is the first group using the old Japanese flag (the bright red one) before they slightly changed the shade of red?
The graphics for the new Yakuza game is looking great!
A good dose of nationalism is what every nation on earth needs.
Yeah, it only caused Two World Wars, Three Genocides and Centuries of Colonialism, we need more of that!
TheWeeCrafter That was expansionism, very little to do with nationalism.
TheWeeCrafter It wasn't nationalism that caused those, at least, not the first two - the Jews did that.
As for the centuries of colonialism? Well, taking a look at Africa, it could use some fucking colonialism right about now, yeah.
John Malkovich
Yep
The multinational corporation will own us. YEY
John Malkovich Trans-Pacific Partnership, YAAAAAAAAY!
A bit of a shame (my critique on more Vice vids) this wonderful insight in Japanese culture isn't placed in a larger context.
I as a Westerner that has a real intrest in Japanese culture (not of the kungfu movie type) can't determine the culture meaning for Japan of these people. Where does this movement come from historically, what do they stand for, why do they think they can only be heard shouting form speakers, etc, etc. It's only a glimpse of insight in this Japanese Right Wing movement.
Still grateful though! It's such a rare thing to see everyday Japanese life/culture where I'm from.
Seriously, if I wasn't a history buff, I'd be wondering where the actual context of all this is....still am wandering.
DeRaafMedia I have to agree, I wish there was something I had to accompany this so I could tell more about it.
DeRaafMedia Well said, same thoughts here.
DeRaafMedia They ( the right wing group) are referring to the Kuril Islands which are territories that the Japanese conceded after WW2 along with Korea, parts of China and their Indochinese colonies. I find it funny that they conveniently decided to pick at Russia. If you're going to claim the Kuril Islands are Japanese based on the old Imperial Japanese map, why not claim Korea as well?
DeRaafMedia what is this you two are speaking like actual humans and not ripping the shit out of each other its a rare sight on youtube respect my good sir
Thank you very much for the amazing video
Anyone know the ambient music playing at 3:32?
The police officer laughing at 07:50 when the protester says 'filthy post box' priceless!
We aren't racist = We are racist
thescaredshadow >if you don't destroy your culture, people, and identity you're a racist
alliminator2 stfu
Marc AG nice rebuttle
alliminator2 >if you welcome, love & see other people whom look different from you as fellow brothers & sisters, exchange ideas & ways of thinking, be reasonably tolerant & accept that change is inevitable one way or another, then you hate your culture, people & identity. -__-
God Goon People of different races and ethnic groups are not interchangeable and not the same. There's no reason why we shouldn't seek to persevere people's uniqueness both culturally and genetically. You say change is inevitable but I disagree. Change isn't always good and it isn't inevitable.
I'm all for exchanging ideas as long as that doesn't lead to the destruction of people's cultures and social structures. You're so "tolerant" you'd tolerate a bullet in your head.
Keep the world a rainbow canvass not a brown smudge.
"I will post this letter in this filthy post box that resembles a garbage bin." Then your letter will be treated as trash, no?
i came here for cool yakuza bosses not weird greasy old men protesting for islands theyll never get smh
"We aren't racist" yeah right
everyone is racist , you're lying to yourself if you say you're not
Everyone has the potential to be racist. You just haven't met a race/ethnicity that pissed you off yet...lol
Krovi China and Japan don't have the best history together.
'Unlike other right-wing groups, we aren't racist'
Said every racist right-wing group ever.
Pepe Jones yeah, you are right , but are they ?
Well done! OMG, you made a very rough group of close-minded individuals quite sympathetic; in others words, for the length of your presentation i suspended my normal sensibilities and saw the world through new eyes. Although not changed, my attitude and understandings have been broadened as a result of watching.
Does anyone have any idea of the name of the song he sings at the very end? I've been trying to find out forever
In a way, Japan never opened up to other countries, and this is the subtlety they chose to communicate those sentiments.
Every country have such people dude
I remember growing up in NY and being of Italian decent I couldn't understand why my friends fathers were never there yet they had big houses, nice cars but the furniture in their homes were old and out of style. When I got older I realized that their fathers were in prison. La Cosa Nostra. My father used to tell me not to call for my friends at their door. I didn't understand why but luckily for me I took his advice and one day my friend's father was about to get into his car and it blew up. I don't remember the specifics because we're talking at least 30 years ago. But I have to say the Mafia, at that time fought amongst their selves and kept the neighborhoods safe.
Lets be honest the ideas of patriotism and nationalism are flawed, since you don't get to choose which country you're born too.
jsmetalcore Which is utterly irrelevant.
You don't get to choose your parents either, thus its flawed to be proud of them? Don't think so.Nothing wrong with being proud of your nation, nor your ethnicity - while you don't choose them, you espouse them, and only a fool does not know pride in his people, his nation and their accomplishments.
Side note: Double-think in play... "The idea of being proud of your nation is flawed, because you didn't get to choose it... But the idea of being proud of your body is reasonable, even though most of your physiological features/traits weren't chosen either". Assumption made, true, but I'm jus' Goku.
Well, it really depends on the situation, Nationalism is understandable in countries which have been invaded, and tortured by other nations, like Argentina and Ireland. In cases like that it's understandable considering They were tortured for years and the people want an apology at the very least
nilesrock024 Why would I take pride in anything that I didn't have a choice in? it gives a false sense of accomplishment and only people who haven't accomplished anything with their lives hold onto false ideas such as patriotism. I'm a US/UK citizen and I view that taking pride in other people's accomplishments is absurd, its just like praying. People feel like they did something without actually doing anything, ideas like that hold people down.
Neil Mc Cann Countries come and go, its much better to act on humanitarian efforts rather than national interests.
jsmetalcore Why wouldn't you?
Are you proud of humanity?
Are you proud that we went to the moon?
Are you proud of what your parents and their parents before them accomplished?
Pretty much none of it you had any choice in.
What is pride?
"a feeling or deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one's own achievements, the achievements of those with whom one is closely associated, or from qualities or possessions that are widely admired"
There ya go.
To say only people who have no accomplishments are proud of their heritage is a lie on your tongue, and you know it.
Whether you chose your heritage, your nation, is irrelevant - you espouse them, whether you like it or not, and you can choose to rise to the challenge set forth by your predecessors, or grovel in the dirt thinking yourself a lone individual in the maelstrom of reality, instead of he who carries the weight of the accomplishments of your forefathers, which are grand (in the cases of some nations/ethnicties, at least) and worthy of pride and admiration.
I'm US citizen, of German and Irish heritage, and I find the notion of abandoning ones sense of pride in their heritage and nation, the accomplishments of their people that have created the circumstances now faced, having created the context into which one is born, similarly representative of utter absurdity.
People feel like they are part of a group/nation that did - does - great things, which they are by virtue of their birth and participation, and ideas which suggest this is wrong, that its best to abandon such, not only hold people down, they weaken them from the inside out - making them easy prey for those who seek to conquer and control them.
Also: Atheists are no better than theists - you both think you know that which cannot be known, and which you do not know.
that blurred face guy must be an important Badass
Or a plant.
Whats that long Pole that the Police were using during the protest?
I am half Chinese and half Irish. I have visited Japan twice, and both of those times I had a wonderful time with lovely friendly welcoming people. I appreciate Japanese culture a lot. I like Japan. It is a great country, and we can all work together to make the entire region better for everyone. This type of Nationalism (From either Chinese or Japanese) is dangerous because of the suffering that it causes if it becomes mainstream policy. We should work together to make our countries stronger and better for all of our citizens. All I'm saying is we should work towards moving forwards with love for our neighbours in our hearts; although this is unlikely to be a popular message in China.
+Kevin Mallen The world would be a better place if everyone could have that same mentality. Propaganda seems to be designed to make people focus their fight in irrelevant directions.
+amazed2341 Where the F did you come from? Medieval England?
amazed2341
OK. That's nice. Sounds like fun. Especially the part where My parents have cursed me to be rejected for the rest of my life because that happens because of peoples' ethnic background all the time doesn't it?
You visited. You didn't try to become a citizen.
You are wiser than most of the dudes here put commentes. Those people has not been through the wars, got no idea how dangious a war was...... Stay awsome mate. Thanks for your comments
don't these....."gentlemen" know that embassy is technically a foreign country zone?? that is why they are not allowed to come in nor posting anything on the fence.
Wow, even protesting in Japan, you have to comply with the sound level.
"The comments in this video are personal opinions, and do not in any way represent the views or positions of Vice Media Japan" Nice disclaimer, don't want to burn those Yakuza bridges Vice.
Loyal to the emperor, but not racist. Bruh you know how many people the Emperor killed during WW2? They weren't as racist as the nazis, but thry were very sadistic.
darthvictor001 The old emperor (Hirohito) died in 1989. The current emperor (Akihito) was 12 years old when WW2 happened and had nothing to do with it. The current emperor's rule (1989 to present) is called the Heisei (peace) period. Akihito is a pacifist, world-renowned specialist on the goby fish and has written over 38 peer-reviewed articles for scientific journals. His wife, the empress, is a Christian-educated master silkworm cultivator. The imperial couple are respectable.
***** They were more modern imperialist. They were anti-European and also hated other Asian ethnicities, but they primarily wanted the European colonies out of Asia and create a bigger Japanese empire.
Japanese people are racist as fuck. They despise all other Asians and also dislike black people
darthvictor001 Actually Hirohito had no actual power during his reign as is traditional with his position. He was a figurehead both worshipped as a demigod but not allowed to involve himself at all with governing. It was the nationalistic expansionist military that controlled the Empire back then and used the cult of the Emperor to enact their agenda. So blaming Hirohito for the numerous atrocities commited by Japan back then is slightly unfair.
TheOffkilter Slightly, let's name it the Japanese military leaders then.
What kind of music was that in the beginning of the video
"I will put the letter in the box that looks like a garbage bin" That shit was funny, even the cops were laughing.
He doesnt want anything related to China? Oh, so how does he write Japanese? LOL
katakana or hiragana
you don't need kanji
+Motionless _ He even write his name in Kanji ，I guess you are not Japanese people
"how does he write Japanese" He can write japanese without kanji
LMAO but what about the pronounciation of Sino-Japanese words that are derived from China?
He doesn't oppose everything chinese though - he himself said that he was taking the tattoo with a chinese motif, even though he had avoided them in the past.
this could be the first time I've felt inspired by nationalism.
garfoonga1 blargh
Agreed. I'm more easily inspired by Anarchism.
Their way of protesting is so sweet xD "Here take this letter of protest from us please"
And then the police bowed to them! 😂
Theres even a please lol mean while america would have gunshots all over the place in a protest shooting all innocent lives within the area.
@@chocoburgersenpai1627 Yep, ethnics can't seem to have a peaceful protest which is more effective for their intended goals, but it turns into a criminal circle jerk because that's what they truly care about, not reform etc, just stealing from someone who decided to work hard and destroying their lives. Many of them ethnic funny enough.
@@chocoburgersenpai1627 USA: So anyway I started blastin'
10:57 he looks like he's
cosplaying Eikichi Onizuka
A subtitle is wrong. It's not "Aitokukai", but "Zaitokukai".
Yea no shit other countries occupy Japan... Japan is a defeated country because of WW2. This protest is futile.
dLight I know right, people need to learn their history.
xutianyangkevin its been 70 years, Japan is not a defeated country they lost a war 70 years ago and now that is behind them, they want Japan to be less passive to its neighboring countries. I'm not an expert but from what I can tell Japan has some of its land occupied by other countries and that is something worth protesting.
Everett Guenther Quoted from Sahir Zubair: "It has nothing to do with the realities of Chinese expansion. Unlike Germany, Japan has remained culturally isolated. Every German child is taught about their nations actions in WWII very critically, but that isn't the case in Japan. The current generation have no familiarity with the horrors of war and actually see themselves as the victims."
I couldn't have put it better myself. Oh and that land that they claim is theirs is firstly the cost of their defeat, and secondly wishful thinking. Japan had imperial control over Korea for like decades - should the world hand Korea over as well? It may be worth protesting but they are protesting for stuff they do not deserve... yet.
3:04 no one gonna talk about that midnight purple SUV looking car?
The officer next to the protestor at 7:37 trying not to laugh 😂
投函する時、警察官👮笑い堪えきれなくて笑ってるぞww
Is that a little person on the right in 17:05?
I lived in Tokyo for 6 months and worked in the karaoke bars there in Roppongi and Kichijoji, are they ran by the Yakuza? I came across a Yakuza guy once who had a missing finger.
@ 1:38 what are those boom mics for?
17:00 deffinitly yakuza they have golden button on their vest.
2:28 - Hm, who knew 右翼 with strong traditional values loved Coke.
lmaoo
Different coke bro
funny fact: they were actually having Chinese food and Shaoxing wine after their meeting in the last part of the video, even though the wines were covered by napkin, hmmm
GHuyiheng so what? Diew lay Lo Mo.
Just like how he ended up getting a dragon tattoo. If he really wants to protest China, stop using chopsticks, stop reading from paper, stop doing anything that came from China. The man’s an idiot. Like all uneducated ultra nationalists right wingers are. And if you want to protest another nation’s occupation of your country you’d think they’d protest the US. This guy’s a joke.
@@jhasjhis9 Yeah I don't understand why they didn't protestt the United States here.
Who told you not to use Chinese products? Saying to return the territory
Mrインクレディブル the man in the video says he doesn’t want to have anything to do with China. The irony lol. And tell me what territories do China owe japan?
2:31
The Japanese version of Orlando Bloom
Orlandoru Broom
Irezumi has to be my favorite tattoo style of all. It’s timeless.
3:10 Karaoke shouting bus.......innovative!
I wonder what Otoya Yamaguchi would think of them. I wish I could talk to that kid... So many years have passed. He saved Japan.
does anyone know of an organization website?
“I am not yakuza,” he says, as he shows off his yakuza tattoos.
Sir?!?!
Cause yakuza are illegal now, can't you see he's from a political organization 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Kiryu be like.
"I don't want to get tattoos that are related to China"
Someone should break the news to him that almost everything in Japan was influenced by China, especially architecture. Oh, that and the written language.
Yeah that's true, Unfortunately, Some people like him won't admit and recognized it. Right wingers around the world are delusionals in general.
He can choose to believe whatever he wants, so stfu 🤣
Was the bar they were drinking at shibuya?
What is this amazing music from 16:20
If the Yakuza and the Japanese right are so traditional, how come they all wear European style suits?
I'm very late but tbf european style suits slap hard aesthetically
Because these are the sissy ones. If you ever saw a yakuza in formal Japanese clothing, you better run for your fucking life.
@@iliketurtles2531 I swear to god these guys don't understand 😂😂😂
This is such a stupid question, so practicing tradition to you is limited to clothing? I thought it had to do with culture... Very stupid mentality
They actually say repeatedly that they are not affiliated with yakuza or a part of it.
yeah, they say that they`re not affiliated with it and then with the same breat they say that they have to go and ask permission to do their thing from the local yakuza boss and then have to do as they are told by the yakuza, so I think that they are delusional. the only thing that is different is that they don`t have as much money. otherwise, they dress the same they have the same tatoos, they have similar agendas. and they obviously don`t have a problem with killing people as they so nonchalantly said about killing chinese people
Diana Stefankova Asking yakuza for permission is their reality, much like anyone wanting to build a casino in Atlantic City 40 years ago in US had to ask the mafia for permission.
sounds like they are definitely affiliated with them.
Why would a political organization want to be publicly affiliated with gangs.
@SSJ I guess yakuzas are using them as tools for their own gain, not politically.
Why is the resolution of the original material so poor, and then who on Earth decided it was still ok to resample it just to get the Vice watermark on top? Or was it at the same time as the subtitles were added?
its amzing how much people can learn about other countries polictics even if they are not political
7:35〜警察も笑ってるやんw
やばw
Japan has no patriotism? I laughed and laughed.
kaiju gozilla Compared to most nations in the world, they have plenty. Would you care to explain why patriotism is necessary or wanted? I assume you feel it's a good thing?
Anyone know what the name of music in 16:30
One thing I can confirm is the foreigner thieves during the tsunami in 2011. My arts teacher personally saw a man getting taken away after being found poking around collapsed houses and taking valuables. It’s not like there were 0 authorities there. It’s just everyone was so busy you don’t got time to do those patrols.
I'm guessing they go back to their HQ and play Yakuza games on the PlayStation 2,3 and 4 all day long 😂
I dont think that we in the West can really understand the Yakuza. We think of them as a mafia essentially, but it's not quite. They are more like a paramilitary. They have very strict rules and expect total loyalty, and most of the population dont mind them.
I think they have just learned to deal with them, truth be told they are too busy to care.
Sounds like mafia.
4:20 🤣🤣🤣🤣he speaks about Gyoza from Utsunomiya,i lived there for 3 years,and the Gyoza from there is very famous!❤️❤️❤️🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵
14:28
mans was already wearing the denim ch cross patch joints before they even came out
The Yakuza originally served as vigilantes to guard a devastated and unsafe Japan after World War II.
Murder, robbery, and rape were rampant throughout Japan in retaliation for Japan's wartime rule.
Immediately after the war, due to the rule of the GHQ, the Japanese police could not operate, so instead of the police, they were the ones who kept the city safe.
However, as the city became more peaceful, they have nowhere left to go and became a criminal group.
That is utter codswallop. The roots of the pathetic yakuza ( the globes weakest organised crime syndicate ) stretch F A R further back than any nonsense about post WW2 roots. You’re a liar. And an unrepentant Japanese nationalist apologist.
Actually Yakuza have been around since the Edo period.
But anyways that's how most gangs start. It almost always starts with a group of marginalized people organizing to defend their homes, people, rights, etc. Most people don't even know that the crips started as men protecting their neighborhoods armed ONLY with their fists. It was actually looked down upon to have weapons like guns, knifes, etc. But the thing about gangs and organizations like these is that there's always new members. With every new generation of recruits the organization goes further away from it's own ideals. The newer generations of kids that join weren't present for the inception and therefore have no idea what the gang was created for, and thus join based off their own perception of what the gang is. This cycle continues until the organization is twisted into an entirely new beast full of violent power hungry individuals that don't know or care what their gang's true intentions or goals were.
This is exactly what happened to the crips, Raymond Washington the founder of the crips hated the idea of using guns on the streets which resulted in majority of crime being fist fights. However Washington was eventually arrested and by the time he was released he didn't recognize what he created. The gang had no stable leadership while he was gone and so the use of guns in the streets skyrocketed and became accepted due to new recruits wanting to prove themselves and kill their way to the top. Washington was not a good person but he recognized that he created a monster and attempted to distance himself from the gang, however tragedy struck. Washington was disallusioned with the gang, and they were with him, he had no influence or authority whatsoever anymore, and so he was tragically murdered by the people he called friends. He was killed in a drive-by, and it's generally accepted that he was shot by fellow crips. 3 years after being released from prison Washington was approached by a car full of people and they called him over, Washington was notorious for not speaking to people he didn't know and even told an acquaintance at the scene that he knew the men in the car, he got closer and briefly conversed with the men until somebody in the car promptly pulled out a shotgun and ended his life before speeding away. Washington was no saint and was known to be a very mean and a bully of a person who while he protected his neighborhood he also harrased it, however he never had the chance to truly live his life. He was a young man who tried to create something bigger than himself before it spiraled completely out of his grasp, and eventually cost him his life. His story may be tragic but it is not an unique one, the majority if not all gangs, mafias, organizations have their own versions of this tale.
The swearing in of the new leader took place inside a Chinese restaurant? not very patriotic right? and the words on the banner looks a lot like Chinese writing. LOL
Ikr. Without Kanji, Japan wouldn't have a coherent written language.
+Dong La Ly kanji is way too unnecessary anyways
thank god for kana
With just hiragana and katakana Japanese is difficult to read. There's no differentiation of spaces and, due to the way Japanese sounds, lots and lots of homophones. Perhaps a different system could be developed without kanji, but as hiragana and katakana are at the moment and how they're used kanji is very much needed. Also, kanji is a part of Japanese in the way that French is part of English. The roots go way back, things have changed and developed independently, etc. Getting rid of kanji for some reason of "purity" would be ridiculous.
What is the last song he sang?
subtitulos en español porfavor