Japanese People are Miserable

Joey Bizinger
8 Jun 202419:15

Summary

TLDRこのビデオスクリプトでは、日本は表面上では素晴らしい国のように見えますが、実際には日本人の幸福感は世界で最も低い3位に位置するとの研究結果を紹介します。経済力、健康、安全、文化の多様性など多くの良い点がありますが、経済成長の停滞、高齢化、自然災害、性别平等の問題などが存在します。日本人の幸福感の低下は、仕事や友人関係などの外的要因だけでなく、自己肯定感の低さという内面的な問題もあります。特に若者や子供の間で、友人作りや自己肯定感の低い傾向が顕著です。日本人の不幸は、社会的な問題や文化的差の認識、そして個人主義と集団主義の間の葛藤が原因で考えられています。

Takeaways

  • 😌 日本は表面では素晴らしい国のように見えますが、深く掘り下げると理想的なわけではありません。
  • 📊 調査によると、日本人の幸福指数は世界で最も低い3か国の一つであり、子供の幸福指数は最も低い2か国の一つにランクされています。
  • 🌏 日本は経済規模は世界第4位であり、高い健康率や低い犯罪率、清潔な街並み、美しい自然景観、多様で豊かな文化を持っています。
  • 💼 しかし、日本には経済成長の停滞、高齢化社会、出生率の低下、自然災害の増加、性别平等の問題など、避けがたい問題があります。
  • 📉 一般の幸せ指数だけでなく、日本人の労働環境や生活のバランスに関する指標でも、日本は低い順位にランクされています。
  • 👶 15歳の子供に関する調査では、友人作りの容易さや自己満足度の低いランキングに日本が位置しています。
  • 🤔 社会的な問題や文化的差異、そして比較心理が日本人の幸福感に影響を与える可能性があると分析されています。
  • 📚 特に、集団主義社会である日本では、個人が他の人と比較することで自己評価が低下する傾向があると指摘されています。
  • 🌐 グローバリゼーションやインターネットの普及により、日本人は他の文化や社会との比較を通じて、自己の状況に対する認識が変わってきていると推測されます。
  • 🤷‍♂️ 個人の幸せは多様であり、社会の基準や他の人の意見にとらわれず、自己の方法で幸せを追求することが重要だと述べています。
  • 👋 ビデオの最後に、視聴者がコメントで意見を共有し、日本文化を尊重し続けることの重要性を強調しています。

Q & A

  • 日本の表面的な印象はどのようにですか?

    -日本は表面では人々が親切で尊重的で、街が清潔で、食べ物が美味しく、文化が多様で壮大に感じられます。

  • 日本の表面的な良さと裏腹にどのような問題がありますか?

    -表面的な良さの裏には、経済成長の停滞、高齢化社会、出生率の低下、自然災害の増加、性别平等の問題などがあります。

  • 日本の幸せ指数は世界的にどのくらい低いとされていますか?

    -日本の幸せ指数は世界で最も低い3か国の一つであり、子供の幸せ指数は最も低い2か国の一つにランクされています。

  • 日本の経済はどのような状況ですか?

    -日本は世界で4番目に大きな経済大国ですが、経済成長は停滞しており、バブル崩壊以降の長い期間経済は成長していません。

  • 日本の職場文化はどのような特徴がありますか?

    -日本の職場文化は非常に厳しく、特に他の西洋文化と比較すると、労働環境は非常に厳しいとされています。

  • 日本の若者と子供の幸せ指数はどの程度ですか?

    -日本の若者と子供の幸せ指数は他の国と比較して低いとされ、子供の幸せ指数は53%と世界で2番目に低いランキングです。

  • 日本人の自己評価はどの程度ですか?

    -日本人の自己評価は非常に低いとされ、10.4%の人が自信を持っていると答えています。

  • 日本人の不幸は外部の要因だけによるものですか?

    -日本人の不幸は外部の要因だけではなく、内部の自己評価や友人作りの難しさなどにも関与しているとされています。

  • 日本人が不幸になる原因として考えられるものは何ですか?

    -日本人が不幸になる原因として、社会的問題や文化的差、社会的比較、集団主義の精神などが考えられます。

  • 日本人が幸福感を追求できないと感じる要因は何ですか?

    -日本人が幸福感を追求できないと感じる要因は、社会的に期待されるロールに適応する必要がある集団主義の文化があるとされています。

  • 日本の文化を楽しむことはどのようにですか?

    -日本の文化を楽しむことは、日本の文化を尊重し、共有し、愛する人々にとって幸せをもたらすことがあります。

Outlines

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😔 日本人の幸福感が低い理由

日本は表面では素晴らしい国のように見えますが、実際のところ、日本人の幸福感は世界で最も低いランキングにあると最近の研究によれば示されています。経済規模は世界4位にのぼり、健康や安全、清潔さ、文化の多様性など多くの良い点がありますが、経済成長の停滞、高齢化、少子化、自然災害、性别平等の問題などが存在し、日本人の幸福感に影響を与えています。

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😞 仕事とプライベートのバランスが日本の弱み

OECDによると、仕事とプライベートのバランスに関する「Better Life Index」では、日本は35カ国中27位と低く、仕事と生活のバランスに関する指数でも18カ国中最後とランクされています。日本の労働環境は厳しいことが知られており、成人の不満だけでなく、15歳の子供たちの幸福感も低いことが同じく示唆されています。

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🤔 日本人の不幸は社会的な要因か?

日本人の不幸は単なる外的要因だけではなく、内面的要因も大きく影響しているとされています。自信や自己評価に関する別の研究では、日本人の自己評価が非常に低いことが示されています。これは日本人が他人と比較し、集団社会である日本での個々が求められるコンフォーマンスに影響されることが考えられます。

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🌏 世界との比較が日本人の幸福感に影響

日本人の幸福感の低下は、世界との比較や社会問題、そして集団社会である日本の価値観とのギャップが関係している可能性があります。特に若い世代は、インターネットを通じて世界中の文化や生活スタイルに触れ、日本社会の個々に対する期待やコンフォーマンスに疑問を持つようになっています。しかし、日本人の文化を尊重し、共有することは彼らにとって喜びであり、文化的交流は続けていくべきだと結び付けています。

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Keywords

💡日本

「日本」は本動画の中心となる舞台であり、その文化や社会が評価される主題です。日本は表面上では魅力的で秩序がとれていると思われる一方で、深く掘り下げると理想とは程遠い現実が垣間見え隠されています。例えば、脚本では「日本は世界経済の第4位であり、高い健康率や低い犯罪率を持つ安全な国である」と述べていますが、それでも日本人の幸福感は世界的に低いと報告されています。

💡幸福感

「幸福感」は本動画の核心概念で、日本人が他の国々と比較して低い幸福感を持つことが示されている点に触れています。幸福感は生活の満足度や個人の心の健康を指しており、脚本では「日本人の幸福感は世界的に低いランキングにある」と述べられ、その理由について考察がされています。

💡経済バブル

「経済バブル」は1980年代に崩壊した日本の経済現象で、その後の日本の経済成長の停滞を象徴しています。脚本では「バブル崩壊後の日本は経済成長が停滞しており、高齢化や少子化、自然災害の増加といった問題に直面している」と触れ、これが日本人の幸福感に影響を与える要因の1つと分析されています。

💡社会問題

「社会問題」は日本人の幸福感に影響を与える要因として動画で取り上げられています。特に、脚本では日本の性別平等の低さや、日本の集団主義文化が個人の幸福感を阻害する可能性について言及し、これらの問題が日本人の不幸の根源となるとされています。

💡集団主義

「集団主義」は日本人の社会性質を特徴づけ、個人が集団と一致することを重視する文化です。脚本では「日本の集団主義文化は、人々が自分自身の幸せを追求するのを妨げている」と分析され、個人が集団と異なる道を歩むことを避ける傾向が幸福感に影響を与えると指摘しています。

💡個人主義

「個人主義」は集団主義とは対照的な考え方で、個人の自由や自己表現を重視します。脚本では、日本人が徐々に個人主義的な傾向を持つようになり、それが彼らの幸福感に影響を与える可能性があると述べています。特に、若い世代が西方の文化や価値観に触れ、自己実現を追求するようになっていると分析されています。

💡若者の自己評価

「若者の自己評価」は脚本で触れられた統計データの中で、13歳から29歳の間の人々が自身に対する自信と自己評価を持つ程度を指します。日本の若者たちが他の国と比較して低い自己評価を持つことが示され、これは彼らの幸福感に直接的な影響を与えると動画で強調されています。

💡ソーシャルメディア

「ソーシャルメディア」は人々が他人と比較する場として動画で取り上げられ、それが日本人の幸福感に影響を与える要因の1つとされています。ソーシャルメディア上で他人の成功や幸せを見て、自分自身と比較することで、人々は自己評価が低下する可能性があると述べています。

💡文化差

「文化差」は日本人が他の文化や社会システムと比較することで、自分の文化や社会が提供する生活スタイルの不足を認識する過程です。脚本では、日本人が西方の個人主義的な文化に触れ、それと比較して自分の社会の制約を認識し始めると指摘しています。

💡自己実現

「自己実現」は個人が自分の可能性を最大限に発揮し、自己満足を得るプロセスです。脚本では、日本人が社会の制約に直面しているにもかかわらず、自己実現を追求していると分析されており、それが彼らの幸福感に影響を与えると述べています。

Highlights

日本给人的第一印象是礼貌、干净、美食和丰富的文化,但深入观察会发现并不完全是一个乌托邦。

一项研究显示,日本人的幸福指数排在世界倒数第三,孩子们的排名更是在最后两位。

尽管日本是世界第四大经济体,但经济增长停滞,面临人口老龄化和生育率下降等问题。

日本的自然环境优美,四季分明,文化独特,包括动漫、漫画和游戏等。

日本的工作文化非常严酷,与西方文化相比,工作生活平衡排名很低。

根据经合组织的数据,日本的工作和生活平衡指数在35个国家中排名第27。

日本的孩子们在幸福感调查中排名倒数第二,仅高于土耳其。

日本15岁儿童在交朋友的容易程度上排名很低,远低于罗马尼亚、挪威等国家。

日本13至29岁人群的自信心和自尊心调查结果显示,只有10.4%的人认为自己自信。

日本社会的高度集体主义可能是阻碍个人追求幸福的原因之一。

全球化和互联网的普及让日本人开始意识到其他文化和社会的不同。

日本年轻人越来越倾向于西方的个人主义,但传统的集体主义文化可能限制了他们。

日本人可能因为社会问题和文化差异而感到不幸福,这与表面的经济和健康指标形成对比。

社交媒体上的比较可能影响日本人的幸福感,但这并非唯一原因。

视频作者提出了自己的假设,认为文化差异和对西方文化的羡慕可能是导致日本人不幸福的原因。

尽管日本人可能不幸福,但观众不应因此忽视日本文化的价值和美丽。

视频结束时,作者鼓励观众分享自己的观点,并强调以自己的方式寻求幸福。

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anyone who's visited Japan will find out

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pretty instantly just how amazing this

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country seems like on the surface

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everybody is kind respectful the streets

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are clean the food tastes good the

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culture is diverse and Grand but when

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you look deeper underneath that surface

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it might not seem all that utopian and

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if you've been on my channel before then

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this is definitely something that you'd

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be aware of as it's a big thing that I

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cover here on this channel but I found

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this recent article that has actually

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Quantified just how much of a fce this

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surface happiness of the Japanese people

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really might be we got this article here

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that just reading the title here says

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that according to a study the happiness

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index of Japanese people in Japan is

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actually in the bottom three in the

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world with children ranking in the worst

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two of the world saying that Japanese

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people are not as happy as a lot of

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other countries out there which is

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surprising right like again when you

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look at it from the surface Japan does

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seem like a country where they've got

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their [ __ ] together and the people are

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satisfied and the people are happy so

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how did they get these numbers why are

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Japanese people not as happy as other

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people in other countries this article

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even starts off saying that well if you

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again look at it from the surface

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there's a lot of great things happening

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in Japan for example in the world they

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are the fourth biggest economy in the

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world which actually surprised me a lot

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I thought Japanese economy was kind of

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going to the [ __ ] but apparently they

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are the fourth biggest in the world on

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top of that you know uh people in Japan

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have a high you know Health rate like we

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have one of the highest life

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expectancies in the world it is a

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relatively safe country as well with the

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crime rate being very very low uh again

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as I mentioned the town is clean you

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barely see any rubbish let alone any

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bins outside uh and it's a country where

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you know uh the seasons are in order you

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know the summer is hot the winter is

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cold and the atmosphere and the nature

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changes with the seasons and creates

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some very beautiful sceneries on top of

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that the culture the subcultures that

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Japan is uh uniquely has you know things

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like anime manga and games is also very

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very prevent and there's a lot of

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benefits to moving to Japan you know

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like I love living in this country a lot

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of my friends who moved here love living

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in this country this country is great

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but on top of that we have a lot of

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unavoidable problems in Japan as well

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especially after the bubble burst uh the

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big economic bubble burst in the 80s you

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know we've had a very large stint of the

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economy not growing at all even though

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we are still apparently the fourth

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biggest economic uh Power in the world

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you know we have problems of an aging

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population a declining birth crisis uh

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you know the increased natural disasters

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that are happening you know we just

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within this year I can't even count the

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amount of earthquakes that I have

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experienced and you know there is a very

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very big and real problem of gender

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equality happening in Japan um and it's

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the government and the people still

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trying to figure out how exactly to

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solve it so when you take all of that

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into consideration when you take all the

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pros and all the cons into consideration

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what do we end up with well we end up

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with this graph right here this is a

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graph done by a study which shows the

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amount of people that uh answered in the

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survey as to how happy are you in life

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right now how they took this survey was

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they asked 2,000 people between the ages

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of 16 to 74 making sure that each and

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every person or at least as many people

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as possible were living in different

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regions different Lifestyles different

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jobs different family situations to try

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and get a broad perspective on the

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Japanese people and out of 30 people uh

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30 countries excuse me that they asked

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Japan ranks one of the lowest in terms

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of the rate of people who answered that

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they are happy they're happy with their

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lives or they feel somewhat happy with

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their lives as you can see at the top

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here 2024 out of the 30 countries that

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were asked the average amount of people

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who answered yes I am happy is 71% which

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is good 70% of people seven out of 10

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people saying that they are somewhat

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happy or very happy with their lives is

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always great to hear uh the number ones

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uh actually the top Parts here are the

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Netherlands which answered 85% I mean I

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mean I can I can see why you know the

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Netherlands is a great freaking country

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uh Mexico ranked pretty highly as well

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Indonesia uh India Brazil Thailand these

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are all in the top right here but all

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the way here at the bottom above Hungary

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and South Korea ranks Japan at

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57% and this has been a pretty steady

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decline of since 2011 as you can see in

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2011 70% of people in Japan felt happy

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obviously it dipped at the start of the

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pandemic all the way down to 52

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gradually increasing a little bit as the

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pandemic reached its end but now we're

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seeing another dip again and it's not

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just a general happiness index that has

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dipped in Japan as well uh the oecd uh

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did according to the better life index

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which is basically uh a way to show

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people like you know uh in in terms of

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the work life balance like are you happy

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with the work life balance out of 35

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countries that the oecd asked for the

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better life index Japan ranked as 27th

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and in terms of the well-being uh you

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know uh Global work life uh work life

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balance index uh out of the 18 countries

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that were asked Japan ranked dead last

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so as you can see it's not just general

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happiness it's also about the work life

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balance which might not be surprising to

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hear because if there's one I guess big

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de Merit thing in Japanese culture that

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a lot of people probably know about uh

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is that Japan's work uh environment

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working culture is pretty godamn brutal

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especially compared to other Western

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cultures out there I can say that you

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know uh wholeheartedly as someone who

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firsthand experienced that when I

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interned at a Japanese company [ __ ]

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wasn't fun it's what made me to drive

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myself to do what I do today and luckily

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I don't have to deal with Japanese

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companies as much anymore I'm I'm My Own

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Boss in that sense so I got lucky with

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that and I'm very you know happy that I

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managed to get into that point but it

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turns out it's not just the adults that

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are unhappy in Japan it's also the

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children there was the same study that

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was done here in this graph asking uh

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children around the age of 15 which I

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think is a good age because you know

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you're kind of right in the middle of

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puberty you're just old enough to not be

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considered like a a small child but you

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know you're kind of in your teenage

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years which is is always a you know very

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emotional time for anybody and according

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to the same study Japan ranked second to

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last above turkey at 53% the top ones

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again are the Netherlands at 90% Man

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kids in the Netherlands are [ __ ]

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happy Mexico Romania Finland Croatia a

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lot of Eastern European countries are

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considered the children there are

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considered very happy they're very

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they're very content and very happy with

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their lives Japan however is below the

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UK at 62 % that's saying a lot

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considering British people love to

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complain all the godamn time Japan is

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below that another index that was done

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by the same or rather a different uh you

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know research was they asked a bunch of

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15-year-old kids from all over the world

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how easy is it to make friends and this

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is the results right here Romania being

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the highest at 83% of children said yeah

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I find it pretty easy to make friends

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same with Norway Croatia uh the

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Netherlands again Europe just seems to

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have this [ __ ] together however all the

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way at the bottom here above Chile is

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Japan once again so with every single

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one of these

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statistics Japan seems to be ranking

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pretty godamn low on every single one

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the adults are unhappy the children are

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unhappy everyone in general in Japan

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seems to be pretty miserable and it's

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not just a matter of outside

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circumstances as well like work or

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friends uh it also is internal as well

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there was another study here uh that

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asked people between the ages of 13 to

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29 how confident are you in yourself how

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much how much self-esteem do you have

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and these are the results right here the

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left one being I am confident in myself

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and the right here being I'm not

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confident in myself and the Spectrum

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being here but look at this we look at

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things like America for instance and

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57.9% say that I have confidence in

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myself pretty high same with the UK with

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42% % with uh France 42.3% and then we

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have Japan 10.4% and when we look at the

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opposite side it becomes very worrying

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with

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24.2% one in four people say that they

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have absolutely zero confidence in

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themselves compare that to something

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like America where only 4.2% answered

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that even uh Germany 3.8% France

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2.2% the highest here after Japan being

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uh South Korea with 8.3% it does seem

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like it's not just a matter of an

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outside circumstantial happiness but

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also an internal circumstantial

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happiness it's causing people or maybe

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that a level of self-esteem is also

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reflective on the outside world either

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way there seems to be this intrinsic

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problem in Japan of Japanese people

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being miserable both from an outside

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perspective and an internal perspective

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too and the article here mentions that

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this is very fascinating again

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especially when you consider things like

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you know Japan having a pretty decent to

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strong economy especially compared to a

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lot of other countries out there being a

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relatively healthy and safe country to

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live in yet with all of these merits

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Japan and Japanese people are pretty

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miserable right now they don't feel like

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they're the happiest that they could be

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so why is that and this is a question I

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ask myself as well because it really is

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a contrasting perspective especially

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when you look at it from the surface as

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I mentioned at the beginning of the

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video you know Japan just seems like a

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very utopian country it seems like there

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are no problems whatsoever and yet the

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numbers here are telling a very very

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different story and there is very few

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conclusions or reasons as to why these

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numbers ended up being what they were

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but according to one particular uh

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professor at

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University she reckons that the reason

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might be is because Japanese people a

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lot of Japanese people are very heavily

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affected by comparing themselves to

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other people it says here that you know

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based on the fact that Japan is very

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much a collectivist society it's

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something that you know we don't want to

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be sticking out in any single way we

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want to be like everybody else if other

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people are doing it like this then I

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need to be doing it like that as well

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otherwise I might be socially a ized I

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might be looked weirdly I might get the

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bad end of the stick because I'm not

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fitting in with the crowd that

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collectivist mentality might be a reason

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why Japanese people are not able to

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pursue happiness in their own way

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because I think it goes without saying

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that different people seek and pursue

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happiness in different ways you know

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what might be something that is really

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shitty to one person might be an

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absolute godsend to another person and

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you know different personalities and

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stuff like that seek different things

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things in their lives that's just how

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humans are regardless of if you're the

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same race same gender same age it

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doesn't really matter people are

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different people want to pursue life and

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happiness in so many different ways and

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it's the fact that again Japanese people

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you know say for example they go onto

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social media and see that someone who is

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not them is being more successful than

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they are they are gting more attention

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they're seeking more happiness and that

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comparing of yourself to another person

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yet not being able to fulfill that

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because of circumstantial differences or

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the fact that Society itself is not able

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to provide that happiness to that

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particular individual is what's driving

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people to not feel as happy as they are

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and I think that's a pretty interesting

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hypothesis because concerning things

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like social media and comparing yourself

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to people on social media that are more

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successful than you is not a Japan

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unique problem in fact I feel any

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country that has a social media presence

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AKA basically the rest of the Western

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World also runs into that same problem I

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mean I don't know what race you are

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who's watching this video I don't know

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what gender you are I don't know how old

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you are but you're probably on social

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media and you've probably seen people on

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social media who are more successful

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than you are regardless of how you

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define success yourself and everybody

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I'm sure admittedly everybody I'm sure

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has seen a more successful person on

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social media and thought to themselves

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man why can't I have that and they

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stopped to compare themselves to it and

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they see that and they feel shitty about

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themselves I mean look admittedly I'm

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going to be real with you guys I felt

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that many times in my life I think

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that's just the way that social media is

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that's just human nature we're an

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attention seeking species right like we

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need that validation from the outside so

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this hypothesis of social media

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affecting Japanese people's happiness I

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don't necessarily think is a big reason

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as to why J Japan's happiness index is

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as low as it is because if that was the

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case if that was a big part of the

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reason then we wouldn't be seeing such a

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massive disparity between self-esteem or

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you know how easy it is to make friends

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with people or just the general

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happiness index of children and adults

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like these would be not that different

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so from here on out this is just my

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hypothesis obviously I'm not a [ __ ]

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Professor I'm not a I'm not an

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anthropologist I'm not anything like

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that I have no credentials whatsoever

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this is purely just my opinion on how I

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see it I think the biggest reason why

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Japanese people are not as happy as

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other people are is because there are so

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many social issues that are happening in

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Japan right now that are underlying and

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not talked about and as a result of

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globalization as a result of Japan

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opening up to the rest the world and

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learning about other societies learning

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about other cultures in the west that

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comparison I think is finally sinking

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into Japanese people that maybe they

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don't have it as good as the rest of the

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world does I would say that within the

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past you know 20s something years

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basically since the 21st century Japan

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and a lot of younger people in Japan are

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becoming a lot more open to the Western

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World they're seeing so much more of the

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western world and Western culture

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whether that be through direct uh

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contact with you know someone who lives

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overseas or maybe they're put in a

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position where they're able to visit uh

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overseas and you know see other cultures

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and again just the sheer access to the

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internet basically just opens the door

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wide to anybody who has an internet

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connection to see what the field looks

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like and I think to a lot of Japanese

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people the grass does look greener on

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the other side they see that oh they

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don't have to be in a particular work

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environment that is similar to theirs

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they don't have to be a a collectivist

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society they don't have to conform with

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how everybody else is you know like I'm

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sure a Japanese person will look at a

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culture like America or Australia or

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anywhere in Europe a lot more of a I

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guess uh non-collective society and

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think like oh well they're able to do

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what they want and seek happiness on

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their own why can't we do that in this

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country why do we have to conform with

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how Society views us why do we have to

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conform with how other people view us

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why do we have to be judged by other

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people and I think it's that realization

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of cultural difference that is finally

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sinking into Japanese people and

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realizing that maybe the way that we're

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doing it now is not the best way to do

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it I mean obviously that is a complete

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personal preference at that point that

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is a personal prerogative if you want to

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uh and you have no problem with

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conforming to other people's standards

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and Society standards then that's

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completely fine of course but if you

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want to be more individualistic and I

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think a lot of Japanese people are

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slowly starting to adopt more of an

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individualistic trait in their lives and

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the way that they pursue happiness and

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the way that they want to live life but

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Society of course in Japan being you

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know traditionally a very Trad uh

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collectivist Society rather I think is

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like stopping them is creating this

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massive wall for a lot of people to not

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be able to seek that individualistic

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life again this is just my hypothesis

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this is just from how I view it as

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someone who did you know grow up with in

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with a lot of Japanese Customs but also

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grew up with a lot of Western Customs as

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well I've seen both sides of the coin

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and I think in this case a lot of

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Japanese people finally realize that

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there is another side to that coin and

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they're seeing it for the first time but

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again this is a a really interesting

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topic I think and of course I don't have

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nearly enough credentials to be able to

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like you know fully say that this is the

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reason why Japanese people are miserable

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in today's society so again I'm going to

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throw the question over to you guys what

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do you guys think about it please let me

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know in the comments below I'd be super

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interested to know and you know at the

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end of the day man seek happiness in

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your own way that's all I can say if

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you're going to take any way thing away

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from this is that just because the

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Japanese people are unhappy or maybe

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some of the unhappiest people most

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miserable people in today's world don't

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let that from stopping you from visiting

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Japan and appreciating Japanese culture

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and sharing Japanese culture because I

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think you know as a lot of Japanese

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people do have a lot of respect for

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their own culture seeing other cultures

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adopting that respectfully and sharing

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that respectively and sharing their love

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for it respectively I think makes a lot

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of Japanese people happy um and you know

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as someone who is half Japanese

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themselves I always love it when people

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are very respectable and love sharing

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and talking about Japanese culture so

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keep doing that you know keep spreading

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the love that's all that matters at the

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end of the day but anyways guys again

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let me know your thoughts and opinions

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