The Rise and Fall and Rise and Fall (and Rise) of Japan

Japan is a country which has gone through many phases of power and decline. Here are the last (and future) 5 of those phases. Why does Japan go through these, and what will happen in its future?

#h0ser #history #japan

0:00 The Story of Japan
0:33 Rise 1 - Meiji
3:49 Fall 1 - Empire
7:20 Rise 2 - Miracle
10:40 Fall 2 - Lost Decades
13:12 Rise 3 - Desourcing

[JK-stse]

I went to Japan a few years ago and it is hard to notice the demographic crunch until you leave the city, if you go to any suburban or rural town they are entirely filled with old people, with few children to be seen.

[Glutoncito]

i absolutely love the use of national animals of each country as the representation

[SamAronow]

Baseball had been introduced to Japan during the Meiji period. The Japanese spread it with their empire and it was already the most popular sport by World War II.

[doge.a.cat]

I'm reading a book that talks about Japanese history called Pure Invention. It primarily talks about their pop culture's influence on the world stage

[kiryuchansboyfriend]

I would point out that unlike America, China, Europe, India, and (now most definitely) Russia, Japan is not faced with nearly as many potential major divisions, separatist movements, wars, and/or revolutions and enjoys a relatively much higher level of political unity and stability than these other nations. Obviously because of globalism and alliances, if one of these countries crashes, so will Japan and the rest of the world to a degree. I’m just saying Japan’s far less likely than Western and authoritarian nations to completely tear itself apart in the event of a major social upheaval.

[PakBallandSami]

"Japan is the most intoxicating place for me. In Kyoto, there's an inn
called the Tawaraya which is quite extraordinary. The Japanese culture
fascinates me: the food, the dress, the manners and the traditions. It's
the travel experience that has moved me the most"
--Roman Coppola

[vetabeta]

4:10 as someone whose read hirohito's biography, i think the assessment that HE personally liked or supported the expansionism is false, he was compalcent with it to a degree, but numerous times he tried to limit or outright stop it, but failed, A faction of the Imperial japanese army even wanted to repalce him with his more militarist brother, Prince Chichibu. Kominka was also started during ww2 (mass japanization) prior to that it was more autonmous, specifically in taiwan/formosa

[konosaki]

As a Japanese citizen, I would like to mention a few things.

It is no secret that Japan is experiencing an aging and declining population. On the other hand, this is a common issue in most developed countries.
These countries are accepting large numbers of immigrants, and at this point, the challenges are not as apparent as they are in Japan. However, it will create a different kind of challenge. Many Japanese expect the challenges to be more difficult to solve those challenge than the mainstream opinion in the West.

Many also argue that population decline itself should not be viewed so negatively, given Japan's limited land and resources. This is because the industry of the future will be the age of automation, and the world will be a place where cultural values are more important than the number of human beings.

Strategies for the next era are moving in various aspects.
For example, the number of consumer electronics products bearing the logos of Japanese companies has decreased compared to the past, because Japanese companies have shifted to the production of core parts. For example, 95% of the core parts of wifi are made in Japan, and the key materials for high-end semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing equipment are made in Japan, creating a system in which the global supply chain stops when Japanese industry stops.

In addition, although China is perceived as the rising power in Asia, Japan still exceeds China in the amount of infrastructure development assistance to Southeast Asian countries.
Japan has been investing abroad the huge amount of assets it built during 70-90s, and is reinvesting the money it earns from the return profits back into Asia.
This is not just charity, but a return on investment, and a great game to bring many Asian countries into the democratic camp.

[mrpayAYypIgEDLbwfZmkjaQk]

Japan could easily increase its population with less work hours and bigger houses with minimal cost to its economy. Cutting the work day by 2 hours and building houses that aren't the size of test tubes will make Japan based again. The cost to the economy can be mostly covered by automaton.

Unfortunately Japanese politicians blame their problems on cultural changes, despite them being a symptom of decline. Also on oil, electric cars are the future, so oil will be reserved for more critical components.

[kid_doonski]

I appreciate that you've made the change of using animals with the flag pattern on them rather then the WILDLY overused 'countryballs'

[Peta_CHAD]

I love how you said "US put the democracy back up" as, up until the Tojo and his rag-tag gang of infuriatingly incompetent officers took over there was an imperial code called,
「憲政の常道」which means the emperor chooses whoever that was picked by the people through election, as the prime minister of Japan, whether the emperor himself likes the guy or not.

He COULD choose whoever he likes but, chose not to as that would degrade the country into a Chinese empire-like absolute monarchy which, made apparent that they were a failure of a system through the war in 1894 and the consecutive events.

Yes, the Japanese empire, practicing democracy, what a shocker.

[TheBlindingStorm]

3:10: I think you mean the Ryukyu Islands here. Japan took Taiwan in 1895.

8:49: Baseball entered Japan in the 1870s and was already nationally popular by the 1910s.

[sjajsjsja]

There are a lot of inaccuracies in this video. Japan loved baseball since long before WWII, believe it or not. It was introduced there around 1900 (I forget exactly when) and stuck.

It's super easy and natural to assume baseball became popular during the American occupation, but that's why you always need to do research.

[youngwillow]

I also think Japan followed the Germany way. Once they sent someone to Germany to learn from a philosopher. (Neither of their names I can recall.) Then they decided to declare some wars to gradually rule Asia.

[thomaszhang]

Now I’m a little worried for China. Can you do a video on possible trend of the Chinese economy in the next few decades? Will it gradually shrink? Or will it stagnate? Or grow slowly? Or maintain its current pace?

[geelongstrong]

As someone who lives in Japan, I suggest enjoying it while you can. With an oppressive society and a culture that does not lend itself well to innovation or change, the future for Japan is whatever the opposite of "bright" is. The sad thing is, the people realize this but are too afraid to rock the boat to do anything about it.

[lucianoosorio]

3:14
France: Hey cut that out.
Japan: Ok, I guess we’ll just go home. WAIT A MINUTE! What are you doing?
Germany: Taking advantage of a weaken China.
Japan: But I was the one who weakened them.
Germany: We know.
Japan: And you guys didn’t let me have anything.
Germany: We know.
Japan: That seems unfair.
Germany: We don’t think so. Ok Cya
Japan: Screw this! *Goes to war with Russia.*

[nisenobody]

The demographic collapse will undoubtedly put the entire world in an unparalleled crisis. Completely agree with you that automation is basically the only way to mitigate this, Japan will certainly be an early adopter of these new technologies (which, hopefully, will be developed, or else we'll be back to the middle ages, but with nukes :/ )

[noahengelstad]

The need for raw materials has always haunted japan since Meiji times.

[superchicken]

Love these videos!! I really like how it is very educational with a few comedic bits that make it much more interesting