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it's because I actually hope to leave
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Japan in the near future but there is
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also a risk of the eruption of Mount
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Fuji then is Japan an unsuitable country
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for anyone to live in of course not
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yes and welcome to Lots ask shogo I
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often receive comments and DMS saying
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that my dream is to live in Japan as a
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Japanese living in Japan on one hand I'm
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very happy and honored about it but on
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the other hand I have mixed feelings too
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it's because I actually hope to leave
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Japan in the near future but how did a
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Japanese man like me end up thinking
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this way so today I'll talk about the
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three main reasons why I personally
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cannot recommend you to live in Japan
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the three reasons will get more and more
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important towards the end so I hope you
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can stay with me until the end lastly I
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will also like to list the kind of
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people who are suited to live in Japan
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before I move on I need to make it very
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clear to you that the purpose of this
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video is not the lessen the number of
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people living in Japan my life's goal is
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to try to make as many people happy as
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possible so I wish that the information
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I share will be useful for anyone trying
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to plan their future after watching this
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video if there's anything else you'd
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like to learn more about living in Japan
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please let me know in the comments in
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this channel I can take a closer look at
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one many natural disasters I'm going to
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introduce this first because there's
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nothing we can do about it as I've
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explained many times before Japan is one
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of the countries in the world with the
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most amount of natural disasters despite
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the fact that Japan occupies only 0.28
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of Earth's land area we have seven
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percent of all active volcanoes 10 of
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all earthquakes 20 of all earthquakes
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stronger than magnitude 6.0 average of
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26 typhoons passing year or over every
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year average of 2 000 landslides
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disasters every year as a result about
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18.3 percent of the worldwide cost of
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disaster damage is spent in Japan but if
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you've been watching my videos I'm
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pretty sure this is nothing new to you
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so let's talk about some specific
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natural disasters that can actually
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happen in the near future 1. nankai Mega
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thrust earthquake two Capital Inland for
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earthquake 3. Mount Fuji volcanic
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eruption the nankai trough is a plate
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boundary located south of the shkoku
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region of Japan an earthquake that
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occurred there are called nanka trough
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earthquakes such earthquakes repeatedly
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occur at intervals of 100 to 150 years
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and are very large in the magnitude of
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eight to nine class more than 70 years
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have passed since the last one occurred
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in 1946 so the danger of the next
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nankaichuv earthquake is increasing it
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has been noted there is an extremely
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high 80 percent chance that it will
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happen within 30 years and even if it
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doesn't it will certainly happen someday
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in the worst case scenario it is
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estimated that the next nankai
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megathrust earthquake will be magnitude
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9.1 which is about 1.5 times stronger
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than the Great East Japan earthquake in
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2011. thus the total damage is expected
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to be around 200 and 20 trillion yen ten
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times the amount of the Great East Japan
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earthquake and that is not it there is
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also the threat of the capital Inland
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earthquake that construct the Tokyo area
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in the next 30 Years at his 70 chance it
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is estimated to kill more than a hundred
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thousand people and the total damage
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will exceed a hundred trillion yen
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earthquakes alone are frightening enough
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but there is also a risk of the eruption
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of Mount Fuji Fuji is an iconic Japanese
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Mountain but it is also an active
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volcano terrifyingly is not erupted in
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over 300 years and the risk of eruption
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in conjunction with these earthquakes is
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very high it is estimated that the
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Cinders power classic flows and lava
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flows will force over 800 000 people to
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evacuate but imagine this happening
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after an earthquake that is big as mac27
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or stronger the damage that could be
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caused is immeasurable there is no way
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to escape these natural disasters if you
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choose to live in Japan
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two Elders always have priority although
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this is gradually changing Japan is
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still a society where hierarchical
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relationships are very strong many of
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you must know about the relationship
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between seniors and juniors in Japan
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from watching anime and movies and if
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you have studied Japanese you'd also
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know about the difficulty of Kegel the
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positional relationship is severely
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divided after only one year of age or
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experience or possibly even just a few
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days and lower people are taught to be
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silent and Obey those who are above them
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basically believing that they do not
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have the authority to express their
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opinion to those who are higher than
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them even a saying expresses this if a
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superior says crows are white they are
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white there are many cases where you
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know that something is clearly better
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for a rational standpoint but you cannot
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do it unless someone higher up gives
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permission although in Japan we often
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discuss lumine any fax machines paper
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business cards seals and other outdated
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systems and rules and companies this is
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the reason why there are still
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unresolved if you repeatedly leave the
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workplace before your boss express your
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own opinions clearly Etc you will often
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be labeled as uncooperative in Japan and
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treated as a disturbance in the
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organization for me who likes to do
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things rationally and efficiently this
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is really a painful culture and
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unfortunately young people raised in
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such a culture often stop thinking and
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give up assuming that their opinions
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will not be heard anyway this can be
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confirmed by the data showing the lowest
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voting rate among all generations are
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among those in their teens and twenties
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I am 28 years old but I have hardly met
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anyone in my same generation who have
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high aspirations to change Japan
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what is even worse for Japan today is
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that it has the worst case in the world
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of a declining birth rate and aging
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population the average age of Japanese
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people is 48.4 years old and more than
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29.8 percent of the population is older
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than 65 years old so there is a big
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number of Elders who believe they have
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absolute control over the people lower
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than them and the few amount of young
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people suffer because of it politicians
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also want the votes for the many elderly
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people so they're promoting policies
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that favor the elderly more and more
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which in turn reduces the amount of
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money available for child care and
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education it is said that one in seven
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Japanese children lives in relative
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poverty on average living on less than
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140 000 Yen per month if they live alone
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with a single parent a 2018 survey also
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found out that Japan ranks last among 34
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oecd countries Series in terms of the
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percentage of money the country spends
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on education even today there are still
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full of young people who are struggling
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to repay millions of yen in tuition
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loans from the time they enter the
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workplace when I talk about these things
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I'm often asked the question why do the
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elderly in Japan abandon the young I
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think that it is undeniable that in any
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country if the birth rate declines and
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the population starts to age priority
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will be given to the elderly to some
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extent but even so the situation in
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Japan is terrible I suspect that this
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may also be influenced by the
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hierarchical relationship we've been
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discussing they believe that since they
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follow their superiors silently when
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they were in a lower position that now
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they are in a higher position they
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should be treated like kings and queens
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many superiors think that the people
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lower than them should have a hard time
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just like they did I know that there are
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many proposed muscles to make Japan a
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better place however the current
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democratic system requires that the
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elderly be convinced of these proposals
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so they are not easily implemented
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three the National Power is determined
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to weaken Japan has the most rapidly
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declining population in the world and
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the government is hardly doing anything
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to try to solve it Japan's population as
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of October 1st 2021 was
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125.5 Million down by 640 000 from the
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previous year it is expected to reach
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106.42 Million by 2045
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88.08 Million by 2065 and 60 million by
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around
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2100. the decline in population means
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decline in economy because it will
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result in smaller markets lower GDP and
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lower tax revenues so Japan is a country
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whose natural strength is certain to
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weaken in the near future due to the
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Asian of the population about 30 years
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from now the working age population is
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expected to be about 50 percent with
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only one out of every two people able to
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work Solutions such as accepting more
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immigrants approving dual citizenship
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and providing financial assistance to
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the child raising generation remain
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unadopted and the elderly are still only
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concerned with getting away with their
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lives happily and keeping things the way
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they were wages will continue to fall
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and taxes will continue to rise as it
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has for the past 20 to 30 years and
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there are concerns that crime rates will
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also rise as people's quality of life
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declines I explained this in detail in a
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different video so if you're interested
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I hope you can check it out there
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then is Japan an unsuitable country for
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anyone to live in of course not I'm sure
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that my exclamation so far may have
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given you the impression that Japan is
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the worst country in the world however
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every country has its problems and of
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course Japan has its good points too it
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is wonderful to live surrounded by
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unique history and culture delicious
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food beautiful cityscapes and nature so
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the people I think that are suitable to
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live in Japan are as follows one people
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who can earn foreign currency people who
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are wealthy enough to live regardless of
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their government's intentions and
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declining wages and people who would
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rather benefit if the Yen continues to
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weaken two people who are well prepared
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for natural disasters in their worst
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case scenario people who can temporarily
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flee abroad three people who can work
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freely without belonging to an
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organization if you can live your life
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only involved with people you choose you
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can ignore Japan's annoying rules in
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other words I think that foreign
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YouTubers living in Japan can live in
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very good conditions so PewDiePie great
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choice
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but shogo don't you fit these conditions
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too it may seem that way just looking at
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the conditions however the biggest
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problem for me is that continuing to
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live in your pen will interfere with my
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dream and my dream is to pass on
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Japanese traditional cultures to Future
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Generations around the world however in
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Japan the risk of natural disasters
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enforce my activities to be suspended
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there are many people who do not feel
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comfortable with my work like this
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YouTube channel due to the hierarchical
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culture and there are very few young
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people who are willing to carry on the
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traditional culture I would like to move
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abroad so that I can spread my culture a
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little more freely and teach the young
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people there so please do not
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misunderstand me I am not leaving
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because I hate Japan I intend to return
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to Japan frequently for my training even
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after moving abroad and I plan to
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continue some kind of business in Japan
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too to help the younger generations of
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Japan and lastly please let me know your
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recommendations of places is our
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countries I should go to to make my
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dreams come true
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then lastly today's conclusion I
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explained the three main reasons why I
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want to leave Japan in the near future
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1. many natural disasters despite the
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fact that Japan occupies only 0.28 of
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the world's land area about 18.3 percent
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of the worldwide cost of disaster damage
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is spent in Japan there is also a very
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high chance of two huge earthquakes
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happening within the next 30 Years and
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Mount Fuji may even erupt in conjunction
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with these earthquakes two Elders always
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have priority Japan is still a society
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where hierarchical relationships are
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very strict so even when you know that
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something is clearly better from
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rational standpoint you cannot do it
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unless someone higher up gives
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permission young people race in such a
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culture often stop thinking and give up
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assuming that their opinions will not be
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heard anyway the declining birth rate in
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your aging population is making the
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situation worse because politicians are
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promoting policies that favored elderly
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more and more 3. the National Power is
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determined to weaken Japan has the most
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rapid declining population in the world
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and the government is hardly doing
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anything to try to solve it wages will
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continue to fall taxes will continue to
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rise as it has for the past 20 to 30
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years and there are concerns that crime
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rates will rise as people's quality of
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life declines the people I think are
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suitable to live in Japan are as follows
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one people who can earn foreign currency
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two people who are well prepared for
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national disasters three people who can
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work freely without belonging to an
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organization
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that's it for today thank you very much
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for watching if you thought this video
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was useful for you to plan your future
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description box thanks again and I'll
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see you in my next video
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so I'm thinking of maybe moving out of
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Japan in within the next 10 years it'd
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be great if I could move out of Japan
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somewhere in between 35 to 40. yeah it'd
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be great I'm 28 years old right now so
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maybe in the next seven years and the
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countries I will be able to go to the
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conditions on it would be better if the
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time difference is not so big compared
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to Japan like if it's like 12 hours or
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13 hour difference for example there are
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some on training that can still take on
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over on the internet you know over
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Zoomers Doom over zoom and such so uh it
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would be great if the time difference is
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not so big it will also be very
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important that it's very warm um
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considering my uh sickness with my reyno
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sickness and my fingers it does need to
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be very warm too and I guess I guess
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those two are the most important
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conditions for us right now
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um very small time difference and it
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needs to be warm so if you can give me
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any ideas it'd be great thank you so
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much for your time guys
