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I absolutely love the Japanese-Australian accent that the first man has.

The guy who stopped the guy from committing suicide is spot on. People do distance and ignore others around them, but some people really want and appreciate connections. He probably did a great thing for that man and a reason to live or at least I hope so.

Hearing the story about the guy from Romania who stopped the person attempting suicide made me tear up a little. I imagine there are so many people in Japan that just need someone to let them know they are not alone.

I definitely recommend anyone to have an experience to live abroad once in their life. It opens up your world. I am 75 years old and spent last 53 years of my life in the US. The opportunity for a 22 year old single woman to find a career in Japan in 1970 was so difficult. Here in the states, I found a career of my dream, had a family and a stable life. I go back to visit Japan every once awhile, but I consider American is my home.

Love the Aussie guy's attitude. ❤

everytime they're asked what they like about Japan it's some kind of object (food, trains), and everytime they're asked what don't like about Japan it has something to do with people

Keep up the great work Takashi. This one is probably my favorite video you've put out with strong quality interviews and you've become such a natural at this. Thank you for the fun content. Loved Japan on my first visit coming back in April and I can't wait! All the best to you and your channel!

Takashii, thank you. Your video interviews have gotten better since you first started your KZfaq channel.

You ask great questions and you’re a good interviewer.

Thank you for producing this content Takashii.

Thanks Takashii…a wonderful episode as usual! I’m so impressed how great your guests speak so fluently in english.

Those were great interviews and they were all such lovely people. Thank you, Takashii san 👏👍!

I have to applaud you. So many diverse and insightful thoughts here. Wow. You're amazing for finding these folks and drawing these insights from them.

Truly enjoy your channel Takashi San. I’m Japanese American and getting a true insight into my heritage. I’m taking a trip to Japan in April and looking for places outside of the US to retire.

Great work Takashi. Thank you.

Cool interview. Love these, quality channel.

all of these people are cool! good interviews thank you

0:00 🌏 Left Japan 8 years ago due to work stress and lack of work-life balance. 1:22 🇦🇺 Chose Australia for a working holiday visa; improved English skills by working in a furniture showroom. 3:13 🌞 Life in Australia is good but expensive; plans to raise kids there for a more relaxed lifestyle. 5:08 💪 Took the leap to go abroad because job dissatisfaction outweighed financial stability. 7:10 🌍 Currently living in San Diego due to marriage; struggles with cultural adjustment but finds comfort now. 10:51 🚗 Doesn't drive, which made adjusting to life in the U.S. challenging; misses the convenience of Japan. 13:19 🎌 Values traditional Japanese culture and feels lucky to be born as a Japanese woman. 17:05 🌐 Left Japan 11 years ago; lived in various countries for personal and professional growth. 18:38 😔 Observes a tendency for Japanese people to distance themselves from others; shares a personal story of preventing suicide. 20:56 🇯🇵 Likes Japanese food and quality of life; misses the friendliness and small talk culture in the U.S. 23:29 🗣 Prefers her more expressive and straightforward personality when speaking English. 23:37 🇯🇵 Admits Japanese people may not seem friendly at first but can become warm once you get to know them.

I loved this video! Very interesting interviews.

The last interview was really insightful; she experienced different aspects of herself depending on which language she spoke, exposing the implied repressions of language, emphasizing how much language is just a part of culture. I wonder who has the the most liberating or secure culture?

Very interesting interviews. Thank you for sharing.

When I went to Japan, the temples were such a surreal experience. Had an aura I can’t explain. I loved it there so much and I can’t wait to go back

my GF, while she knew some English as a dutchie, her English really blossomed after just chilling with my friends and me. Im a German who grew up internationally, moved to NL after Oman, US, Cannada, to be with childhood friends. we speak English with each other tho most are Dutch or have a dutch background. Her English went through the roof. its a situation where you trying a different language is super supported, none of us are speaking our mother tongues either. its like u may sound dumb trying a language, but we know ur not dumb in ur most comfortable language. for me, a German my most comfortable language is English. for me gf, its Dutch, for my parents its obv german. when i get in a fight with my parents, i gotta swap to English or im at a disadvantage. when my GF is mad at me she swaps to Dutch. When i speak Dutch, she corrects me often, when she speaks english i correct her often. sometimess its making fun of eachother playfully, like bare feet vs bear feet, we had a lot of laughs about it. given her english is better than my dutch (spoken) how the hell would i get better at the language without corrections? people thinking its embarassing etc about being corrected.. the way i see dutch is this.. how is ur 3rd language? iv only had to use it once and it seriously does not represent people of any language where you live and show you want to learn my point is, respect people speaking your language if its not their mother tongue, and accept that they may be limited by that language on what kind of ideas and smart things they can convey. never disrespect someone meeting you on your language level, as u on theirs may be pathetic

I love these types of topics❤

I love your interviews.

Super interesting people! Great work Takashii. The guy living in Romania is a real one: respect.

Congratulations ❤😊tarosacc!

discovered your channel several weeks ago. love it. subscribed.

Mitsuki seems like such a warm person!

First guy is awesome

That guy's beard was epic cool! Man, what a cool guy. Love your videos Takashi! I just spent a month in japan snowboarding and learning as much japanese as I could. I tried so hard to express how much I appreciate your country and people in your language. What a great land and great people. And EPIC POW!!! JaPOWuary did not disappoint this year! :-p Otaru is also such a cool town! Loved the vibe and had many great interactions with people. So many cool mountains to explore also!

This one was soo interesting. Very unique perspectives and life experiences. The last guy seemed like a real intellectual, wise, matured person. He is honestly and deeply interested to learn about being alive.

Love the real life experiences to hear from Japanese people. Thanks!

so interesting, Takashii!

Currently i want to movr back to Japan. I grewup in Japan. I live in the States right now. Watching this made me want to explore the world for sure!

Another great video

Takashi about to hit 2 million subs! No more living in a cramped studio in Nippori eating Ramen.

It was a nice surprise hearing my conutry, Romania, being mentioned in your video 😁

I'm south korean who is living abroad too. Surprisingly, what a lot of interviewees from this video are saying about why they leave Japan is pretty similar to why I wanted to leave south korea. I love my country But I was really tired of dealing with groupism regarding to your work, family and friends. Your independent opinion doesn't matter that much than your social group's opinion. So there is always pressure that you need to hide your thoughts and offer the fake opinion to show that you are the part of the group which I think was from Confucianism. And you have to be really competitive to survive in South korea. So there is pressure through entire your life that you have to study hard, get a nice job stuff like that. Because it is a small country with lots of people( high population density) Also women's social status is lower than men's in south korea. So if you are woman, you will be treated differently especially at work. Suicide rate is really high too. There are also many pros too to live in South korea like you can get your life things really easily by online shopping , internet is so fast and everything is so convenient in many ways, etc. But mentally, I think It is more comfortable live in western country because people less care who you are and what you are thinking here.

17:02 This guy has a huge heart and seems like a really good person.

I am from San Diego so it was cool to see someone that moved here. I have a similar story to the man from Dubai, in terms of how Japanese people react to others. Last November when I was in Kyoto, I was asking back to my AirBnb and a young guy on his bike crashed about 50 feet from myself. I am pretty certain he was drunk and trying to ride home. A Japanese couple next to me looked at each other kinda in shock and it was obvious they didn't know how to react. They slowly went over to him and spoke to him. Here in California people would react with more urgency and care for someone in that type of scenario. I have told friends about that story because it was interesting seeing their reaction to the man crashing on his bike and how different it was to my natural reaction.

Love these videos!!!!! 🫰🏻

I'm from Vietnam, in the past I really wanted to come to Japan to study and work, now I have been in Japan for over 10 years and I guess I will leave soon for me Japan is worth to live I really enjoy my life there

So far the first guy interview is amazing. I loved how his English was flawless, and then he broke into flawless Japanese. It was very wonderful interview.

Allot of my Japanese friends who live over seas say the same about a better work/family life balance. Keep up the awesome work Takashi!

I've been having a pretty damn lousy day, but the first guy really zenned me out (or whatever you want to call it). Really appreciate it!

Whenever people talk about life, they will say that work is for a better life. I quite agree with this.

I am from Sydney, Australia. The first guy integrated so much into our culture, lmao. I immediately knew he came here when he said he was at "uni". His accent and body language appear very Australian

There are SO MANY pros of living in Japan (Tokyo and other cities) but it gets very stressful and materialistic super quick, no matter how hard you try to be minimalistic. The daily grind there is not healthy and be prepared to be judged by your looks and background--the Japanese are very engrossed in one's outside appearance, for better or for worse. I speak from having been born, raised, studied, married, and worked in Tokyo for 25 years, and in various states in the US for over 30 years as a biracial, Japanese mom/White American dad.

Love your interviews. I always get so much information on your country and what it is like on both the local and foreigner sides. I have a friend who is from Japan and hope to visit her some day in her homeland. Keep up the good work. 👍

Kudos to the first guy for his amazing English. I've read from a lot of Japanese people online how Australian accents are challenging for them to understand.

That second woman interviewed was phenomenal! Loved her positivity about both countries without sugar coating or hesitating to speak on the negatives. Very well articulated and full of obvious appreciation for each culture, something that can sometimes be very difficult to express well without seeming naive or ignorant or privileged.

I should have contacted you when I went to Japan at the end of last year - I am Japanese born but lived in Australia for 30 years and would loved to have been part of this

The last guy never even went to an English speaking country and homeboy had the best English hands down!

Very interesting interview. The third guy is cool. Very open minded and genuine. 👍 I think the biggest barrier living in Japan is try to get over the japanese 本音と建前. It's really very hard to know what's in their mind except you are a good mind reader.

As a hafu and having lived both in the United States and Japan, I understand the young woman saying depends which language she's speaking. When I am around Japanese or back in Japan, I switch or shift gears. I go into Japanese mode and become more patient knowing that it is expected. There are things that I cannot express in Japanese because it would be considered rude or pushing the boundary. When I am speaking English or around foreigners I shift gears into American mode. Because Japanese mode would be seen as being passive and unengaged. There are things I can express openly and show openly in America that I can never do in Japan. But there are things that are Japanese that Americans and foreigners could never understand. Lost in cultural translation. In the same way, there are things that I wish I could express and share with Japanese, which would be completely lost in cultural translation. Although I don't call it a split personality, in some ways it can feel that way. But as my fiance points out, a lot of my Japanese traits come through on my American side. She says I tend to be overly polite.

Takashii's English has improved so much since his first videos

Australia has poisonous everything, so no place is perfect, but I hear you on the it’s too cold in Canada for some if you don’t have the right gear, but the high winds in winter are the worst part of the winter if you’re in central Canada like in the prairies, Toronto and Vancouver are a lot milder which is why everyone wants to live there but it seems a bit more expensive to live there but maybe wages are a bit higher to help counter this. Get yourself some merino wool mesh base layers, stay off the highways during winter storms and just stay inside if the wind is too windy.

I don’t drive either, but I take public transportation to places in the state. I am planning to visit Japan next month for the first time.

I'm going to Japan for the first time in a month. I CAN'T WAIT! (Thanks for all the videos)

The 2nd guy (14:15) had pretty good English skills. Living in Romania/Dubai, it sounds like he really found that direction in life, because you have to be successful to work in Dubai.

Interesting ❤and we plan to go to Japan 🇯🇵 in the future 🙏😇🥰

To all young people take it from soneone who's been through everything, the first guy gives many very correct life clues. I encourage to think about everything he has to say, this guy has excellent experience and life clarity, i predict he will turn out to have a company later in life.

LETS GO SAN DIEGO!

Daam good contents brother keep it up

wow its so impressive see a japonese speak with that level of fluency of the first guest

All of them have good points about the pluses and minuses of being abroad vs. living in Japan.

4:31 He gave such a mature and beautiful answer. A lesson for everyone in any country who believes no country is perfect and remain unhappy in their situation. You have a choice.

Takashii, as always, an interesting video! Here is a topic I would like to know about: How do Japanese people feel about some of the big and impressive science projects and successes made by Japanese scientists? For instance, the recent precise Moon landing and other JAXA feats (the Bennu mission), and the giant underground particle detector in Kamioka, and the many Japanese Nobel Prize winners.

In my opinion, It is definitely a huge challenge for a Japanese person to get used so fast to a new culture and language. Congratulations guys, and thank you Takashii for this new amazing and interesting video.

Nice video bro

Nice vid.

My mans in the beginning love some Outback Steakhouse!!!!

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When the last woman said "I can be honest with people when I speak in English" that blew me away. Anyone trying to learn Japanese, that's something they should think about, beyond the vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation - realize speaking Japanese involves self-censorship in order to be polite and fit in, but if it crosses over to dishonesty and deception, can you live with yourself. Maybe that's why some of these Japanese leave Japan.

I'm an American who grew up and went to college in Michigan. Then moved to Oregon 26 years ago. The distance is 2,000 miles (3,200 km) and the difference was almost enough to feel like living in another country without any change in language.

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I’m naturalized Japanese citizen and been living in Japan for the last 25 years ! However I’m leaving Japanese with all my half Japanese kids for good , even though we have very high income and lots of assets property’s , now we are liquidating everything and moving to Europe, honestly Japan is one of the best country to visit and the worst to live in specially if you earn high income!!! Taxes is too high 😂 we have to pay 5 millions in taxes between me and my wife!!! The fact is we have to pay for the elderly people whom choose not to have kids !!!! It’s really ridiculous!!!

Seems like people have very busy work schedules in Japan. It would be interesting to hear about what hobbies people have, how they got interested in them, and how they find time to pursue them.

My wife moved from rural Minnesota to NJ and for quite a few months she didn't drive a car. Once we moved to a more rural part of NJ she began to drive again.

I really appreciate the honesty of those interviewed.

Love 🇯🇵 from 🇺🇸

Welcome to Australia 🎉

I think it would be good to talk to people about their experiences with trying to learn the language. I'm in Japan now and one of the things I really try to do is to speak Japanese, though I know I have a long way to go. Sometimes it's appreciated, sometimes not so much. And sometimes I completely forget words and resort to translation apps, which is very embarrassing. I wonder whether people are more happy or annoyed overall to hear people try to communicate in their language.

The Aussie is strong in this one

このチャンネル凄いな。 質が高いわ

Shout out to Nanako 🇯🇵

Moy, you're hilarious, got me cracking up! 😂 Thanks for the laugh. God bless!

“Rest in peace Chandler” 😭

Tarosack!

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Excelente canal, fascinante ventana al mundo de Japón y la transculturalidad.

I love his Aussie accent! ❤😊

ありがと

I love the first guy has an australian accent sometimes considering he moved there as an adult. Very impressive!

The guy that went to Romania, that saved someone in japan from suicide. Thats the differnce between Japan and Romania, here we care more about completly strange people, we dont let them comit it. Im happy he asimilated our kindnes for others. Im really proud of you hommie.

😊👍🏻 Good Topic. Leaving the comment here and watching the video in the Appt KZfaq in TV. Very Good Topic😊👍🏻

I like the first dude attitude. Working in a company or boss like that is like torture.I like dude #2 too, his outlook is very open. I do like to visit to the Japanese country side as he advised .Must practice Nihon-go more 😅

aussie mike says, glad the 1st speaker chose oz. and yes, he has a bit of an oz accent. where in sydney?