miss the long videos

Please make more videos about South American history. 19th and early 20th century South America was full of interesting historical stuff to explore, from the heroes of independence to wars between the different nations to establish the balance of power in the region, to things like conquests the of Chaco and Patagonia, the dreadnought race and the Chaco War in the 1930s.

現代の日本人は、約38,000年前に日本列島に住んでいた人々のDNAを引き継いでいる。 沖縄に住む人々も、当然 同じDNAを持っている。 日本列島は、地域によって文化も違うし、方言もたくさんある。 特に侍のいた時代は、日本を統一するための戦いが日本各地で起こっていた。 日本人同士が殺し合っていた時代を経て、今の日本国がある。 沖縄(琉球)や北海道(アイヌ)だけを特別視して動画にするのは、日本の歴史を知らない人だ。

Free Ryukyu from Japanese imperialism.

@@jerryblumenthal8879 沖縄県民は日本国民です。 反日プロパガンダに沖縄を利用しないで下さい。

It's a shame what happened to Ryukyu after ww2. The erasure of culture ranks among the worst possible crimes of humankind.

me too

Consistency. I like it 👍🏽

​@@ahealthkit2745I think Korea and China should be owned by Japan, Because, They were Japan.

If you were an American and only 10% Ryukyu you would be 100% proud of this video XD

The 3 mountains will rise!

i stopped the challenge every time it just literally takes 200 hours or something. nothing beats annihilating russia to 100% and then take 10% of their land lol

@@bigsmoke4592 Imagine doing that but actually losing 60% of your land. Could not be Sweden.

FlorryWorry intensifies

DRRJake filled memmories

Vietnamese history is very interesting definitely underrated

Same here, we should know more about ancient and medieval Vietnam 🇻🇳

Actually, since most of the videos from those eras are always American/western perspective, that's an interesting idea

aswell as the Thai's of Ayutthaya Kingdom

SEA's ancient and medieval kingdoms are worth telling.. from Pagan Burmese up north to Majapahit empire of Indonesia

Smart man

@@JTA1961 smart indeed

When you call Ryukyuan are cousin of Japanese people, you have to ask Governor Tamaki Deni first. It seems to me that he disagrees with the central government on US military station issue fiercely.

colonizers, not cousins! Tamaki speaks for the majority of us Uchinanchu who aren't down with Japanese or US imperialism unlike fascists "looking for action" real friends don't invade your country @@weiminglu5331

My grandmother was also on the island during the battle only being 13 years old

My moms family is from Okinawa and we recently visited the Himeyuri peace museum. What the Japanese troops did was awful and should not be forgotten.. being lied too and being caught in the crossfire I can’t imagine the pain my people went through…

Order of dislike by Okinawan residents China >>> U.S. forces in Japan >> Japanese government

*Starts singing incredibly long song*

*Uma Thurman

I hope King Caesar the Shisa makes an appearance in the Monsterverse.

@@leeboy26KIIIIINGU SHIIIIIIISAAAAA

I support Ryukyu independence. Let's fight for independence, free Ryukyu.

Cojones?

I support Ryukyu independence. Let's fight for independence, free Ryukyu.

​@@yanyanz3011 Free Taiwan Free Hong Kong Free Uighur Free Tibet Free Inner Mongolia!!!

Didn't know it was them... growing up there (Japan) we were told Japanese & not Okinawans went

@@JTA1961 I recommend checking it out, it's quite interesting. Because of this migration, here (Brazil) is where there are most speakers of the native language of Okinawa, from what I saw, most are concentrated in São Paulo. Of course, the majority of immigrants are still Japanese as far as I know, especially those from the more recent waves, but Okinawans make up a very significant portion.

@@dw4201 don't care, and Okinawan is not Japanese

Bro Okinawans/Ryukyu people are not Japanese, they were invaded and still occupied by the Japanese. Did you not watch the video ?

Ryukyu is not Japanese. I support Ryukyu independence. Let's fight for independence, free Ryukyu.

And then your religion white washed it all.

I support Ryukyu independence. Let's fight for independence, free Ryukyu.

@@yanyanz3011 Is there a strong independence movement in modern day Ryukyu?

OMG😅💦 Very typical wrong idea of Okinawa from American or foreign perspectives who don’t know history of Okinawa from the Jomon era & the father of the very first king of Ryukyu 源為朝😅 You guys always talk about the history of Okinawa from the 15th century when Ryukyu Kingdom occurred like Okinawan people didn’t exist before that😅 Study where that Ryukyu flag 三巴紋comes from😂, only Japanese noble class families & renown shrines & temples are allowed to have them. Plz study the histories of Jomon & later times of 源氏 & 平家. Chinese people don’t have such a custom to have 三巴紋as family symbols. And the name Ryukyu 琉球 was given by the Emperor of Ming Dynasty in China in the 15th century, while the name Okinawa comes from the name Uchina- うちなー. Uchina- うちな- is how Okinawan people have called themselves from ancient times. Okinawa is Uchina- in the pronunciation of the modern standard Japanese. U in Okinawan dialect becomes O in the standard Japanese, CHI becomes KI. And prolonged sound in the Okinawan dialect becomes WA in the standard Japanese. Why such things happen ? Because we speak the same Japonic language derives from Jomon & Yayoi people. I bet you don’t know 😅 According to the texts written by the mainland Japanese who lived in Okinawa in the 6 to 7th century, Okinawan locals used to call themselves “ Akonawa “, while Yamato Japanese used to call Okinawa “ Ryugu 竜宮/ 龍宮”. According to the legend of the beginning of Japan, the mother & grandmother of our first emperor came from 龍宮. Around that time, Chinese Sui or Tang dynasties didn’t call Okinawa “ Ryukyu 琉球 “. They called it “ 流求 “, which was a 賎字. If you don’t know what 賎字 are, please do your own research😅 Yaeyama islands & Amami islands were invaded & occupied by Ryukyu by force, many were massacred in Yaeyama, but they became part of Ryukyu. But Yaeyama & Amami had connections with Yamato government in the Japanese main island since the 7th century. Descendants of 平家 still live in Yaeyama & Amami, while the father of the first Ryukyu king is said to be 源氏 - 源為朝。It’s written in the history of Ryukyu, and the DNA from the bones in the thumb of the first Ryukyu king family has also turned out to be that of the Yamato Japanese. You have to understand there used to be many kingdoms occurred in Japan. Of course in Kyushu, and we had tributary trades with Chinese empires, so did kingdoms occurred in the Korean Peninsula & Vietnam etc. We Japanese have Jomon & Yayoi ancestries throughout Japanese isles from Okinawa to Hokkaido. ( As for Hokkaido, many Ainu people are the mixture of Jomon & Okhotsk people). Japanese Jomon people traveled from islands to islands of Japanese archipelago including Okinawa from 18.000 years ago, way way before Han people appeared in the Chinese continent. Japanese Yayoi people later migrated to Japanese isles from the continent. They used shells from Amami as currency. Native Jomon animism & Yayoi shamanism mingled together and has become Japanese Shintoism, which still remains in Okinawa today as well. Our sun of goddess is Amaterasu アマテラス, while Okinawan sun of goddess is Amamikiyo アマミキヨ. Ama means woman in ancient Japanese. Standard Japanese language was created in the Meiji era. Until them, people in different areas & islands spoke very different dialects, but they were all part of Japonic languages including Okinawan dialects. Study Jomon language first. Then you notice the common words in areas where Jomon percentage is high in Japan like in Okinawa, southern Kyushu, Tohoku & Hokkaido. I’m sick and tired of such videos made by Westerners who know so little of our history 😅 Viewers should be careful not to be brainwashed by such KZfaqrs. Plz do your own research not only from historical texts but also from scientific & archeological data & documents published by trustworthy national universities & labs. These kinds of videos about Okinawa are probably made for certain activists or countries for their own purposes or greed. If the majority of Okinawan people want independence or don’t consider themselves Japanese, that’s fine. They can be independent. We won’t stop them. But think about how they will end up when that happens. If that kind of future will make Okinawan people happier & more free, then keep spreading this kind of wrong perspectives. We main island Japanese won’t threaten them by missiles or anything even if they want independence. They can declare it at any time if they want to👍 We respect their free will. But I wish foreigners who don’t know our history from scratch stop spreading this kind of stories😅 Sooooo many of you guys ..

@@yanyanz3011We aren’t stopping them ! But most Okinawan people know the Japanese history from the Jomon era. If they don’t consider themselves Japanese, they are always free to declare independence, but not your or outsiders’ business 😅

Ancient Taiwan tribes were prehistoric, they don't even have written languages. Literally jungle Asians

Well, I think due to decades of being brainwashed and influenced by anti-China media propaganda, many Westerners having hard time or literally dont want to accept the truth that (1) Taiwan has always been part of China and (2) Many East Asian cultural things and icons that they are fascinating with were actually influenced by Chinese or originated from China. Ryukyu, like other East Asian nations were also heavily influenced by China. Many Ryukyu customs, practices...were actually inspired, adopted and imported from Chinese culture. Even Bruce Lee also said in his famous interview : "Chinese Kung Fu was the ancestor of Karate".

Historically, Ryukyu and China had a very close and win-win tributary relation, Ryukyu regonized and respected China as "big brother" of the region, offering China some "made in Ryukyu" goods and in return China gifted back A LOT of Chinese luxury goods and wealth to this royal little guy for showing respect and then Ryukyu traded those Chinese luxury goods with other nations and accquired wealth for their kingdom.

I support Ryukyu independence. Let's fight for independence, free Ryukyu.

@jasonjean2901 Taiwan neither gained independence nor became Chinese upon the surrender of Japan. In the San Francisco Peace Treaty article 2(b), the government of Japan only “renounced all right, title and claim to Taiwan," an inalienable part of Japan since April 1, 1945. Neither China, any China by whatever acronym it fancies calling itself, nor the native population received the sovereignty of Taiwan from Japan. Although the US took great care to conceal its role on post-WWII Taiwan, legally speaking, on April 28, 1945, Japanese Formosa became American Taiwan, a protectorate of the US concealed under the rags and tatters of Chinese Nationalism. Since Chiang Kai-shek, the Chinese “zongtong” (總統) of rebel Chinese territory Kinmen & Matsu is the agent of the US executive on American Taiwan. We know that since President Chen Shui-bian spilled the beans on his fraught relationship with AIT. American Taiwan includes Taiwan and Penghu and some other minor islands but does not include Chinese Kinmen & Matsu and the Pratas atoll. Hidefumi Sai (Japanese: 蔡英文, Sai Hidefumi)’s 2023 American Taiwan is in the same predicament as Manuel Quezon’s 1934-46 American Philippines. As things are shaping up, her successor might be Kiyonori Rai (Japanese: 賴清德, Rai Kiyonori). Real Taiwanese first names are actually Japanese first names hiding under a Chinese pronunciation.

@@jeromebesson Stop spreading absurd lies, misinformation and propaganda. Are you Japanese or a Weeb? Respect the history and the truth, can you?. Everyone who want the truth can do some research and fact checks abt Taiwan: 1) Unlike people in Ryukyu/Okinawa, who had their own independent kingdom, with culture very distinct from Japanese (Yamato), people in Taiwan have always been Han Chinese living along with aboriginal people on the island since ancient time. 2) Dutch came and colonized the island, then got kicked out of the island by Ming China officals, then replaced and officially under controled by Qing China authority. 3) Japan invaded Qing China and colonized the island 4) Japan surrendered and had to given back all the territories that they invaded and occupied to their originally countries ans rightful owners. 5) Just because Japan didn't mention in some treaties that they gave back to which specifically country, doesn mean those territories were not belong to their originally country. 6) Using San Francisco treaty as claim for Taiwan are not part of Chinese nation is a joke, because it didnt invole and under agreement of the Chinese govt at the time (Republic of China). You can't decide other country territories without their involvement ans agreement. 7) Imagine China attacked Japan, occupied Tokyo for some years, then later surrendered and gave back Tokyo, but didn't menton to which country specifically, so Tokyo not part of Japan now?

True dat.

Weeb

Japan during ancient times and classical period, their were many indigenous people, aside from Ainu and Ryukyuan, their were Izumo, Owari, Nakoku, Shikoku, Keno, Emishi, Kumaso, Koshi, Hayato and others I forget, also people outside Japan did settled in the island, the Nivks

Ryukyu was not part of Japan. Japanese invaded and annexed Ryukyu. I support Ryukyu independence. Let's fight for independence, free Ryukyu.

They were not Japanese! Most natives were massacred by Japanese invaders!

@@yanyanz3011free Tibet free Uyghur

It's not Japanese

⁠Ryukyu belong to Japonic language

@@nirvana4165 English belongs to Germanic language family. Doesn't mean English history belongs to Germany

​@@user-cr3pn7rk2vit's been Japanese for well over a century now.

​​​​@@ChomoBidensMules in other words, its history was not Japanese. It was forced to become Japanese, as the video explains

Ryukyu was not part of Japan. Japanese invaded and annexed Ryukyu. I support Ryukyu independence. Let's fight for independence, free Ryukyu.

I from Fujian province, we used to have a strong relation with Ryukyu, don't worry, we know.

Well said

Ryukyu was not part of Japan. Japanese invaded and annexed Ryukyu. I support Ryukyu independence. Let's fight for independence, free Ryukyu.

We have one

I don't mean to sound pithy but, yeah, it is. Maybe not on YT but I literally took a class as a history major on the Japanese Colonial Empire and we read a whole book on the history of Okinawa... which has had English language academic publications covering its history since the 1950s.

OMG😱So wrong😭💦Okinawan dialect derives from the Jomon & Yayoi languages as the Japanese main islanders do. Very old usages remain there. Linguistically, hostirically, it’s a Japonic language, while Mandarin Chinese is a tonal language with completely opposite grammar systems. As a main islander Japanese, if majority of Okinawan people want independence, it’s fine. We respect their free will. We aren’t stopping them or threatening them with missiles to stop that. But I’ll upload a real meaning of Okinawa in my future video. Too many people don’t know it😅The name Okinawa / Akonawa is actually much older than the name Ryukyu琉球. Ryukyu 琉球 is the name exists from 15th century, while Okinawa/ Akonawa is how Okinawan people have called themselves from the 7th century. It’s Uchina-うちなーin Okinawan dialect. O in standard Japanese becomes U in Okinawan dialect, KI becomes CHI, and WA becomes a prolonged sound in Okinawan dialect. For another example. Yakimono / yakimon in standard Japanese becomes Yachimun in Okinawan dialect. So many people are ignorant of this language system in Japonic language… I wonder why… Ughhhhhhhhhh 😓

Hahahahahaa!!!

Yeah Tibetan empire is fascinating

My dad was stationed on Miyako jima during the Korean War... Went back afterwards & moved to the other extreme... Wakkanai... where was a missionary & raised 5 boys.

Also, Ryukyu is a Japanese name and pronouciation, I think the more closely native name and native pronouncation would be "Luuchuu or Luucuu"

I support Ryukyu independence. Let's fight for independence, free Ryukyu.

​@@JTA1961you saying your dad mated with the locals? 😂

@@The_Art_of_AI_888 Nope, it's "Ruuchuu" in Okinawan, not the Chinese pronunciation.

同じあいこん❤

If only you players would finally shut up about the game

@@balabanasireti NEVER!

There is a political party in Okinawa Prefecture that seeks independence from Japan. However, its support rate in Okinawa is 0.9%. Incidentally, the party supports the independence of Tibet, Uyghur, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.

​@@wadepsilon01Tibet was an independent kingdom, it's reasonable for their independent. but people in Hong Kong, Taiwan have always been Chinese and have always been part of China, robbed away by British and Japan. So independence from what? More like a political propaganda to break China into pieces...People should study history and truth not propaganda. As for Ughyur people, they were actually mixed people from many ethnicities that living in the West of China and West Asia, along with many ethnicities throughout history, it's not like they had long history of an independent kingdom like Ryukyu or Tibet