It sad to see some people cant enjoy events without thinking people are going to bomb there country.

Man, the music in this video is so relaxing! Whether I agree or disagree with some of the opinions shown in this video, it's still nice to be able to understand what other people think and why, even if they have those opinions for very simple reasons.

While hosting large events like the Olympics can be a financial burden on the country, I still think that it's an important event that can also help maintain largely positive relationships with other countries, and it can also help with tourism which is always great for local economies.

I live in East London, about 10 minutes' bus ride away from the Olympic Park. Before the 2012 Olympics, many people here were sceptical and negative, but when it happened we loved it, the sceptics included. And in the years following, many improvements were made to our local area. I think the truth is that where the Olympics are held in cities which are already rich, further improvements will be seen in those cities' less wealthy areas, but where they take place in smaller, less wealthy cities overall, the cost will be too much and can burden those cities unacceptably for years. I have no such worries about Tokyo. As a Londoner, I was delighted when I heard Tokyo had been awarded the Olympics, because I know you can afford them, and that it will be a good opportunity for development of one or more of the less developed areas of your city - and frankly, because as an Olympics fan, I can't wait to see what kind of technology you use your famed Japanese ingenuity to invent for the occasion. I look forward to it!

I hope they install a lot of trash cans in Tokyo or it's going to be a bigger mess than it has to.

''I don't think we shouldn't let foreigners in unless we have very strict regulations'', all the while a Union Jack is hanging in the background. Gold.

Can i just add that thats a nice looking street at the back :)

Really enjoyed the background music on this one... Sounds​ like a SpongeBob soundtrack song!!!

Yuta, I really appreciate how you announced your opinion about the olympics but also let all people spoke freely what they think even tough mostly of them disagree with you, it's great to have a place where we can debate in a respectful and open way

"I don't like losing money." -Yuta

Thank you for this Yuta.

I'm looking forward to the opening ceremony! Go Japan!

always such high standard of editing and Yuta has the ability to always select an interesting topic.

was originally going to visit Japan for the 2020 olympics but I'm making that trip sooner, will be in Shinjuku end of this month. Can't wait.

Bruh I cant get enough of your videos! Keep up the awesome work!

Yeah, you're right about the cost. Countries that have hosted the Olympics have invariably done so at great cost, not profit. Most view hosting the Olympics in today's world as an expression of the nation's wealth and prestige.

Love from America Yuta! Keep doing good work.

"Tokyo will be livelier", as though Tokyo isn't already a bustling mega-metropolis. Though, I've never been, so what do I know?

Good stuff Yuta! Thanks

I will be there in 2020! That is why I signed up for your Japanese lessons!

The background music was my favorite part of this video.

welcome to Tokyo If I speak English fluently ,I want to do Olympic volunteer:)

visited japan last year in August, alot of people i talked with said that if you are going to japan, you should go after the Olympics because they are building alot of hotels right now i preperation. so the prices will be sort of high in the time frame during and around the olympics. But sometime after they will drop alot.

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Yuta is brave and has courage to step out of the boundries of language..to learn a diffrent language is very difficult task. He can say he is not just a average Japanese Person.

Yuta, you should've made some references to the movie Akira and how it predicted that Tokyo will host the 2020 Olympics haha. I'm planning on going to the Olympics in 2020 and I would love to have basic conversational Japanese experience (N4/N3) by that time.

Interesting topic. Basically i interested to join the volunteer program soon. And i still learn my japanese little by little.

Yuta, please do another one asking who Japanese people would like to see at the opening ceremony!! Which musical artists (including idols!) would they like to see represent Japan? Who do they think would be good musical representatives?

I bet businesses will be happy with all the tourists.

Great video! My mother also is against it because of the amount of money being spent that could be spent on other necessities. There are already many other countries that have venues already.

Awesome, they're all hyped for it, so am i, i love the Olympics and sports!

Me and my friends are planning to come to the Olympics in 2020. Not as weaboos but someone who wants to experience new culture. Staying in America for so long seems so dull. I need to venture out of this rock (Hawaii).

I'm against it too. Japan currently has many more important issues to deal with, and throwing so much time, energy, and resources into a 2-week event should simply not be on the list. Declining marriage and birth rates? Workaholism? Ageing population (further impacted by a low marriage and birth rate)? Living costs? These are things that should be addressed.

i think it be good for business and make ppl more aware of japan and japan culture .... its an amazing country and ppl need to know more about japan !! the olympics will be a good way to get japan more out there !! ok it already is ....but here in uk in schools etc they can educate children more about japan etc

Yuta if the times has come 2020. I will come there and please keep up your video be there for me as tourtist..........(TEACH ME)

im honestly excited for the opening ceramony. Im sure it will have a lot of mario!! I bet they're going to be VERY creative and do some really amazing things for the opening and the closing ceremonies!!! :D Cant wait! Though the thing is, i hope the foreigners that do go over there for the Olympics behave themselves. Japanese people are very polite and quiet. On the contrast-- A lot of Americans are rowdy and loud. I really hope people dont give others a bad name and act obnoxious and annoy the people living there while they're visiting. -_-

You really get people to give you insightful answers instead of blurting things out. Btw that Allsaints store in background is extremely expensive. There was one in Kobe and they wanted thousand US dollars for dresses! Thought I'd put my two cents in there!

Dual-Citizen here. My experience growing up in both Japan and America. America: "If you are going to come here, learn the language." Japan: "We're having English people coming here, we gotta get better at learning English for our guests"

I'm surprised people are worried about terrorism in Japan. I wonder what older people would have thought of the olympics as it seems most young people were in favour. Interesting video!

at least most locals are supporting rather than against, which are very important. as for renovation, eventually you still have to renovate , just a matter of time. and i think japan will not let their new stadium to waste, future international/national sport events will be organize there. BUT, strict regulation is a must, not just visitors, ATHLETES too(which sometimes cause more trouble than supporters)

I'd love to travel to Japan during this time and watch the opening ceremony live. However I imagine it would be really expensive.

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I plan to attend these games and enjoy the scenery. Better start saving, it's pretty expensive..

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Harujuka? i was there yesterday buying a bag and a shirt!

2020 did not approve of the Olympics.

I never understood the need to build new stadiums and housing. If you do not have the facilities to provide you shouldn't host

I was just in Japan the week you filmed this. Cultural exchange in Kashiwa.

This happens in Brazil Rio Olympics shooting accident 2016

This was a very good perspective question. I wonder at other questions like people's thoughts on President Abe, or the Emperor abdicating?

No Olympics in modern times, except 1984 Los Angeles has made money. So Yuta-san is correct. Japan will probably have a net loss of around 300 billion Yen. This is money that could be spent on many more important things. I think it is also a loss that the old stadium was destroyed to make a place for the new one. It would have been really Classic to have it in the 1964 stadium. That stadium had rich history and was an important symbol in Japan's emergence as a world power. What they are building now will never capture that. It is more opulent. But it will never have the same soul. A lot of the people talked about tourism. I think they will be BADLY disappointed with the results. When I went to Japan it was because I wanted to see Japan -- NOT because I wanted to see wrestling! The tourists will be a lower class of people than Japan is used to hosting. Loud. Rude. Rowdy. All the things Japan is not! The security concerns are not trivial. It will not be possible to do completely effective screening. Being a very civilized people the bad elements won't find they can pick up cases of explosives on the black market. And Japan's borders are VERY easy to control. So the best hope is that those that would do mischief will be unable to obtain their weapons of choice. So a large scale terrorist event is quite unlikely. Being a first world country with one of the highest standards of living on the planet I worry a lot of Japanese are so insulated from the bad elements of the world they are unable to relate to the dangers. On the plus side there are very few countries with a grudge against Japan. So there is less motivation to do harm - beyond the simple goal of messing up the Olympics. The Olympics will be a net negative for Japan and it's people. But likely not tragically so.

"Japan already has alot of foreigners"... not really

Yuta, how did Akira (the manga) predict the fact that the 2020 olympics will be held in Tokyo? They were very akirate!

While hosting the Olympics is a great honor i think the money would be better spend on more important issues. People are forgetting about Fukushima way to often for example. There are still a lot of people who lost their home, don't have a job and the area around it isn't really suitable for living there anymore. Of course it's still a great opportunity to learn a language better but i also don't think that many people will approach foreigners and actually try to talk to them in english. At least not more than the usual. Anyway i hope everyone will be able to enjoy the event and that nothing bad happens :)

Tokyo 2020 here I come!

First and foremost Japan needs to relay a message to all leaders of olympic countries. That they will not tolerate damaging their homeland or criminal activity. The leaders of each Olympic nation needs to relay this message to everyone that is a athlete or a foreigner there for the Olympics. Be respectful and things will run smoothly.

Hey Yuta! Pretty please can you do a similar video on the Rugby World Cup 2019. ^_^ thanks

I'd love to visit Japan in 2020 Olympics because you're not just experiencing Japan but, you get to meet the other cultures going there.

It will put some stress on the economy, but I very much like the attitude of the people who you interviewed concerning language and meeting different people. If everyone gets inspired to learn even some basic English because of the Olympics, that will also help Japan economically. With a large number for employees who can speak a foreign language, more Japanese companies can try their luck on the global market.

yuta the olympics held in japan will be the first to feature skateboarding as an olympic sport! I think having it in japan will be cool. I have been planning to go because i really wanted to visit japan and i like watching the olympics. Japan is much safer and the people are more kind in nature than Rio, which was a dangerous area. Hopefully i can make it out there. Hahah message me if you got a room

This was very interesting. I'm not sure about the returns from hosting the Olympics either. You can't change a country in three years for an international event that lasts 10 days. "A lot of foreigners" - in Tokyo. There are a lot of them in Tokyo and other major cities. It only seems a lot but in the context of the entire country it's not even 1 per cent. Obviously there's a lot of risks for the influx of foreigners, but nothing that a little communication can't fix.

I think the Olympics will be great for Japan, like the Olympics always is. There's always a sense of positivity and excitement when the Olympics comes around (personal experience, UK). I should be studying in Japan during the 2019/2020 year so I can't wait!

Not even one mention of the ongoing situation in tohoku... What if all the money spent on the olympics went towards helping families who were displaced from the nuclear meltdown and/or towards fixing the problems at the Fukushima nuclear plants?

Hey Yuta I have a question, when it comes to dialects in Japan. Are they like accents which you can still understand without prior knowledge or do you need to know about the dialects to understand

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The gentleman at 2:50 with beige jacket/red necklace, which regional or social class accent is he speaking? To me there is a different sound to it. Just asking out of curiosity about the variations in accent throughout the country.

it strange. I have to speak a lot of Spanish in America, because I run a side business at the flea market. I also can say a few words in German and French. 勿論, 日本語も出来ます. it just seems natural to have people around me speaking other languages. feels somehow sad they do not experience this.

I love the way they think. Their culture and language make them all rational.

I won't be coming to Japan, Tokyo in 2020... too many people... normal days you have already a crowded Tokyo xD

I would expect many conflicts and chaoses stemming from cultural differences during the Olympics. The majority of people going to Japan now is either for business or travel. I would think that the behaviours of those who are on a business trip usually are restrained by their work ethics or by their company's reputation, and those who travel for leisure purposes are often interested in Japan, thus they more or less have some respect to Japanese culture. However, people who will travel to Japan during the game are primarily there for the Olympics I suppose, not particularly interested in Japan. Particularly when Japanese culture is quite different than western culture, I would anticipate much of subconscious or unintentional violation of social norms.

I want to go, especially to see the opening ceremony but I live in America. How can I make it happen?

I am very exited for the Olympics. I will try coming too. I think that people shouldn't look at this so "black-white". It has positive effects and negative ones which you can't just "stack'.

Whatever town you're in has the most charming streets.

Hi, Yuta. I wonder - how many people do actually respond to you when you ask them for brief interview? Because from your videos I got an impression that Japanese people are very polite and do not refuse to help you (or even if they do - they do so in a respectable manner)

I can understand why might people be against it but the main reason for it to occur was for countries to unite. And also it does have a profit because many tourists come and spent money helping the economy greatly...well that is how I see it.

I would really like to see a video about what's the opinion on the monarchy or the Emperor of Japan, thank you.

Even though the Olympic Games are expensive, it's such a great event with lots of peoples and sports. It's a great chance to show your country to the world and enjoy extraordinary sport performances. Athletes get a once in a lifetime oppurtunity to win glory in their home country. The Japanese should embrace it. As a Norwegian, I'm disappointed we didn't manage to apply for Oslo 2022.

There are both pros and cons to each side. I don't care much for sports, but hosting the Olympiad is an opportunity for a country to show off its technology and infrastructure. It's also an opportunity to develop new technology and infrastructure. A downside is the cost associated with the development and preparations. All in all, I am slightly in favor of it.

I haven't really thought about terrorism problem before, I can see where those 2 guys come from... Also from my experience (Euro 2012 in Poland) such huge events are a loss of money but there is some positive feeling after... Not sure which is more important

Norway declined hosting the Olympics because there was public outrage some here called it a waste of money, and we are one of the richest countries in the world. Japan currently owes twice the amount of its GDP and this will only add to the debt I agree with Yuta here.

I'm actually very excited for it to be in Japan. As an fan of japanese culture (I'm American btw) I thought Yuta would be eager to share Japan's culture with the world. In my opinion the Olympics are the best way to share your culture . The whole world will be watching and I feel Japan is going to be a great ambassador for the Olympics.

I think its like a investment for the future to get more people to know more about Japan. Its like a advertisment, gonna be rough at start but on the long run gonna be profitable

As long as the organizers have properly manage the events of the olympics, it will bring profits and positivity. I think Japan is smart enough to learn from the mistakes and failures of the previous failed olympics

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Doesnt Tokyo have a really dense population already? I'm kind of worried about maximum capacity?

I'm saving up to go in 2020. See Japan for the first time and experience the Olympics first hand. Two birds with one stone :)

Considering I am working with my company and my friends to go live there soon, I am actually against it right now myself. I agree with you Yuta about how it's not going to be making money but spending money, and I think while it will be exciting to sports fans, if the city has problems with all the foreigners, it could prove a problem for me too... selfishly, of course. But It's not up to us... let's just hope everything stays safe and they don't spend TOO much money on this. (hmmm...)

They use not their brains but their hearts in the interview

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Lol that random Yuta cameo 😂😂😂

I was well against London 2012 but it turned out well.

Past Olympic games have proven that if they're run correctly, the host country can make an enormous amount of money. There's not really any basis for saying "I don't think the Olympics will turn a profit" and leaving it at that.

I think the actual Olympics are fun, in theory. Watching the competitions and the spirit of the athletes. But I think a lot of countries end up losing money in the end. Athens and Rio in particular have reported some deep financial losses after hosting. But I guess we'll see.....

i am an athlete preparing for the Asian games and Olympics, Tokyo Olympics is my dream, I wanted to ask you that does Japan's Olympic committee allow foreign athletes to represent Japan??

Yutas comment at the end was funny. Japan has enough money to afford it easily the Olympics are always a waste of money but it's a spectacle for the whole world and it only comes every 4 years. Japan normally has good showings and they'll probably do even better on their home turf (like every country).

As French is the official language in the JO I hope I will be able to work there during the Olympics :) (I am French xD)

I have to say I'm really not looking forward to it. Why? Because it's guaranteed that crime will go up as well as the odds of coming across assholes. That's the truth whether nobody wants to admit it. Also, Tokyo is crowded enough, I can't even imagine what it'll be like then. 😥

I don't know...