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This homie is 24 years old but inhaling so much wisdom. I'm 37 from the hood, but I find his videos give me so much knowledge and most importantly, perspective.

I experienced a smilar thing teaching English in China. If the manager asked the Chinese staff to stay late or to work over the weekend they said yes without hesitation. When the foreign teachers (including me) said no, we don't want to work overtime, there was always a look of shock and a tense atmosphere. For the Chinese staff the idea of saying no to their boss was (almost) unthinkable and I think deep down the manager hated working with foreigners because we were "difficult".

This rings TRUE! I moved to Tokyo from NYC and after three months, I had shingles and was in the hospital for 2 weeks. My company asked me to work for ten of the 14 days. I felt so lonely and depressed, and my doctor was worried about my mental health which is relatively refreshing since mental health is not a topic of conversation among Japanese culture and in hospitals. Luckily the hospital near my house specialized in Mental Health and would see patients being checked in for stress. I always enjoyed visiting Japan but living here has its challenges and successes. I hope all of you can enjoy life outside of work. After checking out of the hospital, I wanted to speak to everyone and anyone. I had facial paralysis for almost two months but I'm grateful to my nurses, doctors, and the rehab team to ensure I was fully recovered. I am one of 558,000 expats living in Tokyo. Thank you for listening to my story. Stay beautiful, everyone!

I like that saying, “If you’re not trapped, you can’t escape.” Many of us create this illusion in our minds where we feel like we are stuck in life and have no other opportunities. I always have to tell myself not to be too complacent and get out of my comfort zone and explore new things which would enable a new passion and purpose in my life.

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Loyalty to your company, your company is your family etc is plain BULLSHIT. The company will never be there for you when you're sick, handicaped, or unemployed. No one will care or remember all the efforts you put in for no significant outcome. Protect your physical and mental health guys, it's not worth.

Lived in japan for 2 years as an English teacher. It was no joke. Worked from 12-9, but had mandatory work outside of those hours so it was really 12-10 and then I couldn’t get home until 11. Tuesday-Saturday. Had no social life because everyone who would hang out after work was sleeping by the time i got off. Beautiful country, beautiful people, beautiful culture, but the WORKING culture is no joke.

imagine working for years doing all stressful job and sacrifice your health, then suddenly having heart attack or stroke and you won't be able even to do a simple task. at the end of it all your money means nothing. some people forgot that your health is your wealth.

I used to be fan of Japanese culture because of J-drama and Jpop. My perception towards Japan is very high technologies and the Japanese' good manners. I always hoping I can migrate and live in Japan. As I grew up, I realized everyone is fucked up in different ways no matter where I go. So, it all depends on you perceived things in life and how you act.

The lawyer is great. Very direct and real person. Japanese people don't normally say stuff like that.

I think what we all need to realise is that we are replacable at work, but irreplacable when it comes to our private life (e.g. with friends). This was one of the things I realized after difficulties at work and it helped me with improving my life.

absolutely loved this one! The feeling of interviewing + at the same time documentary sense. Keep it up❤

I'm glad your videos are showing the reality of peoples lives but also motivating. It's really nice and I support you!! Keep it up!!

Visited Japan in early 1980's and my hotel overlooks an office bldg. with people still working at 10 pm.

what a masterpiece of a video man!! Loved it!

Very insightful.

Very informative and interesting video, thanks for sharing

Your content is gold , you deserve more subscribers

I’m Japanese. I wanted to study English by listening to and watching videos. I finally found your KZfaq tunnel. Your English is easy to understand, and the contents are very interesting. I can enjoy studying. Thank you. I think working hard is important to live, but our life is limited, we should spend our time on what we truly want to do.

Great Video Sprouht!

Thank you for another great and honest video. Finished college this year, previously worked and studied parallelly , just to realize the same thing. Now, about to change the situation and fight for a better and more meaningful life. Wish u truly, all the best! 👋

You are such a great interviewer and story teller

that was wonderful thank you for sharing

Bravo for your honest reporting and love the way you make us think and reflect! I wish I could have been there to support you and Will whilst in Japan. Although, I understand your journey needed to be more solitary to get the immersive life experience. You have another friend/colleague next time you visit Japan. Cheers.

I like your video and helping out people from work so hard

Great video. Visited Japan 3 weeks ago.

I love that we got to see an interview with Takashi!! I really liked what he said about doing what you want because no one cares about you lmao which wasn’t exactly what he said but he had a point!!

always like your videos, can´t wait to finish this one

Bro I got so pumped when Takashii popped up and the music shifted and he shared his opinion. So good! I just started watching his videos a few months ago and he's provided so much insight into the minds of Japanese people.

Love ❤️ this video

If a family makes you nearly commit suicide, then it's better to leave that family and find one somewhere else. Humanity has to be a priority; we are humans, for goodness sake.

An oft-overlooked advantage that Japan has is great Zoning laws that are under federal jurisdiction save for Kyoto, which, if I am not mistaken, has its own laws. If you want to start a small business, you coukd put up a storefront or your workshop in any part of the neighborhood. You could even convert the main floor of your house into a business. Despite their challenges, they could swiftly pivot to other modes of work with relative ease so long as their leaders are willing to allow it.

Respect you man, what you are doing.

I did not expect to see takeshi here!! Hell yes. He’s dropping gems, alongside the lawyer.

I want to live to 120yrs to see how my "company" is doing😭.. that's the most beautiful and sadest thing to hear..

I'm so glad I'm working in the company that has 4-3 schedule, 4-3 schedule means 4 days of work 12 hours per day and 3 days for rest day the salary is not that good but atleast I have 3 days of rest day to enjoy my life ...and it's an American company here in the Philippines 😇

“Enjoy this moment and love yourself “👏👏👏💯🍷

"There's no technical error Japan"... Truer words have not been spoken.

The Japanese workforce is known for long hours, however, they are not known for being the most productive per hour. According to various studies.

Every day, I am battling internally. I am doing a junior position at 36 with no life direction and career path that i am proud of. But when i see that actually many people are so depressed with their work even they have a great career pathway, I really dont know if i should be thankful for what i have now. At least i have less stress and can finish work on time.

At 10:18 I loved how the background (two people playing badminton) matches with what the lady says.

9-5 in certain country means 9 morning till 5 evening. in japan, 9-5 is basically 8:30 AM - 10 PM

If you have a purpose behind your work, If you really like your work, then its fine to work so hard that it consumes your life. There are many who would be worse off if they had all the money and no purpose in life. Loved your video!

Bless the person who jump started the good man’s jeans business

こんにちは! hope that things get better for the Japanese employees and the young generations and overall Japan. It's a very beautiful country. I hope the problems go away and things get better. Japan sure is really a nice country but has its own Depressed parts. Like every other country. ,ありがとうございます and please take a break.. don't let people control you and peer pressure you.

Ya I’m not sure trains stopping only because of people jumping into the rails is an accurate portrayal. In Tokyo if you pay attention to the broadcast trains actually stop because of all sorts of reasons. For example train car check-ups or signal light repair is actually very common, as well as untimely vehicle crossings. Not to mention days of strong rain or wind.

Work smarter, not harder.

Great video about the sad reality of many Japanese office workers. But it’s important to note that things are changing. With Japan’s low birth rate there just aren’t enough new college graduates to fill the positions. So these graduates are finding many more opportunities and the strength to demand better compensation and benefits. The average salaries in Japan are the lowest of G7 countries but thankfully this year many employees will receive their biggest raise in thirty years!❤🙏

Such an eye opening video about balancing work and enjoyment. Luckiest people in the world are those who have enjoyment in their work. Thanks for sharing bro

in germaný (as a german) we do overtime if we been asked to, if its saisonal and if its manageable with our private life.. but we also expect from our boss to organize better.. we also have VERY strict laws on overtime and taking holidaýs

Mostly they will only announce 人身事故 like the Odakyu railway last July 13 and 14 I think. Even if you search for the details online, only jinshinjiko. So one could assume it is related to suicide by jumping on rail tracks.

If you are reading this and want to work in japan with japanese colegues side by side, have a strong feudal military mindset. word from above is final and leeway for mistakes is minimum. dont let them catch you slacking or tripping or else you are entering the door to a whole world of pain. In anycase its not as bad if you are a workoholic yourself, in that case you just might like it here.

I wouldn’t keep working or go out partying “having fun”. I’d go pray and spend quality time with my family.

Good video

Man I wish I knew about this channel and knew when you were here. I worked in Tokyo as a salaryman for 8 years in the finance industry. Oh the horror stories…

Hey buddy, Really nice video! I was wondering if can help you editing your videos and also making highly engaging shorts out of them

We were here! 😊Hello from Romania!

What d girl said about when the train was late someone jumped on the track, it's what my japanese student told me too

Your video and Takashi change my way of thinking right now. Im depressed and still depress i know life in japan sucks. This japanese word is famous "shikata ga nai" we must keep moving forward. I dont tell you to fight your battles everyday just keep moving forward. Dont let your life consumes you.

I live in the countryside of Japan and I live a very relaxed life.

Love your videos...and finally subscribed...

For thousands of years we were told that hard work equals survival, maybe. The "success" part is a very new thing, and only in certain parts of the world.

Hard works leads to success - but only when you work for yourself and not for somebody else 🙂

Please make a video to show the custom jeans that the man made.

I am Japanese living in Japan, I enjoyed working here in the past. But I could never accept the reality how small we get paid for the kind of work I provided.

Regular viewer from Nepal ❤

Everything has pros and cons. There’re less homeless compared other developed countries. Because Japanese people work one (or two,three) company in their whole lives. Even they are not satisfied with their jobs, they don’t quit their companies and the companies guarantee employees’ positions and salaries. It’s a seniority-wage system. I’m a teacher working at a Japanese language school in Japan. Mainly, students are from Asian poor countries. They have dreams to work as a salaryman in Japan. They want to earn money like Japanese. Everything has pros and cons. A peformance-based system is not common, in Japan. But younger generations tend to hate the seniority-system. We, Japanese are changing our life styles

That denim make has the best hair ever

damn, this video hits hard

Not my problem. I separate my work from my life such as never talking about work outside of work. I also value life over work. My needs and wants come before anyone or anything.

I hear all these news about ブラック企業 but I feel like they're very rare. I don't even know a single person personally dealing with these issues.

True 👍

I love this woman @10:24

Your estimate isn't exactly right because in that 1/6th of time you have to do anything else that you need to do like doctor appointments because your health will suffer with this lifestyle, fixing your car, do chores, buy groceries, fix the house, exercise because you will need to exercise, and besides of all this doing doing and doing you'll actually need time to just do nothing. Also 8 hours of sleep you'd actually need to be in bed for 10 hours (because of something called sleep efficiency)

I thought the japanese guy from the thumbnail looked like the thumbnail guy from SHUNchan in *Reasons to NOT Work in Japan* but I noticed he has different ear lobes from the other guy

I think when you live in a commnity oriented society part of it is that the community is supposed to help the members that are struggling in hard times but in japan they seem to have abandoned that crucial part.

Explains a lot why US corps like to take concepts like ikigai and kaizen from Japanese business culture.

this is very common in asia, epecially east asia

Hi Sir. I am gonna start youtube channel like yours in Uzbek language. Where can I purchase mic like yours??? Thank you for the answer

Banger

I live in Japan 🇯🇵 and I work 10-11 hours a day and work 8 hours on Saturday sometimes. I get work tired and still have to workout 🏋️‍♀️ sometimes after work. But I like the problem is if you have a crazy wife at home and you have to come back home to her after a long hard day of work and she starts her problems. That’s what k!lls a man fast

This video should be seen by MORE people especially folks in Asia.

Work to live not live to work, I don’t care what people think about me. I only do the job I’m told and I don’t go beyond that unless I’m trying to get a better salary or better position.

2:49 no technical error 🤣🤣 haha just a dead body 👁👄👁

The thing is if you don’t work hard, you’ll get laid off…and you can’t enjoy life. So it’s either work hard and have no life, or have no job…

The guy at 7:09 is definitely Indonesian. You can identify that typical Indonesian "medhog" accent.

Remember: the reward for hard work is more hard work.

4 day work week!!

They work 9 to 5 or 10 hour shifts like everyone else.

I'm just glad they have the healthiest food because if not...😢

Thank you very much for these info! I'll come to Japan for two years, starting in September, for my space engineering master's degree (in Kitakyushu, there is a very good university for space engineering there). I don't know if I'll try to find a job in Japan or if I'll return in Europe after my master's degree. But even if I love and respect Japanese culture and behaviour, I'm veeery afraid of their workhalcolism. That's totally not normal and it's incredibly unhealthy. I know that if I'll work in Japan in the future, I'll stuck to MY hours and to a normal contract. If my team will need to stay overnight once per month to complete a task, ok. But doing those work-hours every day?! No thanks! Totally wrong and I'll not give a damn about other people opinion about me. I don't want to be live to work, I want to work to live.

Why do they work so much as if it’s similar to 996 in China? Aren’t there labor laws or unions in place in Japan?

Society has two sides, the wrong side of unfairness (in which the 9-5 people find themselves) and the right side of unfairness (in which those who escape the 9-5 trap find themselves). Not everyone can escape. It's brutal and unfair. The only protest you have left if you're a 9 to 5 person is to forgo the house, forgo the luxury items, work part time and keep trying to escape the trap. Even then, there is no guarantee you'll make it. The system breeds disarray and we're seeing this manifested on the internet as 'escaping work' content is one of the most viewed genres out of them all. We forget that work isn't what is was 20 or 30 years ago, now businesses are big on increasing productivity and they will use their 'cheap human capital' to achieve that. More and more is expected from workers whilst inflation and interest rates go up and wages remain largely flat. This winner takes all mentality in the west will lead to it's downfall.

we work so hard because people in general have got lazy and dont want to work for themselves anymore so we give everything over to corporations to do the work for us making it in a way the easy way out but leads to many being over worked and paid slave wages while we produce a group that can sit around and shoot orders living the easy life or just not doing any actual work at all taking advantage of the hard work of the many while they produce nothing.

Wow, i just wonder why does those jeans took a mayan name? Interesting, 🤔

Older generation achieved success with this way and they are in power ( now they became CEOs and VPs ) and they demand the same thing from younger generations. If you work smart and leave early, then managers will give more tasks to you without raising salary

if you don't like your desk jobs construction is always hiring

How bad can a comfy office job be?

Im Japanese, I feel Japanese are liable to work long hour to be commended and they see it as virtue. Recently a man in construction company committed suicide because of the overworking. Surprisingly, he had under-reported his working time to the company to be praised😢