【海外の反応】「韓国人でもなく中国人でもない…私が驚いたのは日本人だった…」アメリカ人の研究で日本人と韓国人と中国人の異なる対応に世界が困惑w【日本のあれこれ】

I'm not Chinese, I'm not Korean. I was surprised to find out that I was Japanese. Hello, everyone. I'm Yuri of Personality. China and Korea are the neighboring countries of Japan. They belong to the same country, East Asia, and are close in distance. It is said that China, Korea, and Japan have very similar faces. In fact, people from Western countries far away from Japan often cannot tell the difference between Japanese, Chinese, and Koreans. Sometimes it is difficult for us Japanese to tell the difference. In this way, it is said that Japanese, Chinese, and Koreans with similar faces have very different personalities from their historical and cultural backgrounds. In this episode, I would like to talk about the differences between these three countries. Let's talk about what an American woman felt. This is the result of an interview between an American woman in Japan, China, and Korea. My name is Catherine. I am currently studying to become a doctor at a university in the United States. My research theme is homeless. In recent years, the number of homeless people has increased rapidly, mainly in developed countries. Why are there so many homeless people? I am investigating the causes from various perspectives. For example, the number of homeless people is increasing in Japan and the United States. This is a little old data. According to the Evaluation Report of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, there are about 570,000 homeless people in the U.S. as of 2019. The U.S. is the world's largest economic power. Of course, the U.S. is not more fortunate than the U.S. in terms of GDP, national income, and military spending. There is other interesting data that shows that there are so many homeless people. In 2015, the world ranking of homeless cities was announced, and 6 cities in the U.S. were among the top 15. The number is 63,052. In addition, only the U.S. was ranked among several cities in the same country. The U.S. is an advanced country that leads the world, but it has such a side. It's a little disappointing. And as I looked at this ranking in detail, I noticed something. China and South Korea, where the teachings of Buddhism are rooted, are not in this ranking. In addition, the concept of Buddhism still remains in Japan, which is known as a Buddhist country. Does this mean that there are few homeless people in countries where Buddhism is deeply rooted? I made a hypothesis that there is some relationship between the number of homeless people and Buddhism, and decided to conduct a study on this hypothesis. But there is a limit to just researching and reading books on the Internet. I have to go to the site and check this out. So, I actually decided to visit China, South Korea, and Japan in order. First, I went to Beijing, China. According to the previous ranking, there should be few homeless people in China. But there was a strange sight in front of me. When I visited the station in front of Beijing, there were obviously a lot of homeless people. They were begging. Chinese beggars seem to be a little different from the Americans. They had something like a poster written in Chinese and English and showed it to people on the street. And they said something quickly while pointing to the QR code printed on the end of the poster. There was a picture of a young child on the poster. They were probably saying something like, Can you give me some money for these children? Surprisingly, they were asking for money by e-payment. But that's not the only thing that surprised me. When I was eating in a food court in Beijing, I found two old ladies. One of them was collecting the leftovers of each table with a plastic bag in one hand, and the other was collecting the bottles of juice he had finished drinking. I was eating in the same space as the old ladies, and I was worried that the food would be taken. I was wondering about various things, so I decided to visit a private organization in China and listen to their stories. So I heard that the number of potential homeless people in China is more than 3.5 million. Moreover, in China, homeless people are subject to incarceration, and if they are found homeless, they are arrested and forced to live in a shelter. There are 2,000 shelters in China, but even if there are so many, there are still so many homeless people that they can't accommodate all of them. I suddenly feel that there are less than 570,000 people in the United States. There are so many homeless people in China, the country of religion. I soon realized that my hypothesis was wrong. But I have already booked air tickets to Korea and Japan, so I decided to see the situation of Korean and Japanese homeless people. Then I went to Korea. According to the data I researched in advance, Korea is also a country where there are overwhelmingly fewer homeless people like China. But when I actually visited Seoul, the opposite scene was spreading. In front of Seoul Station, there were countless homeless people, but not all of them were homeless. Some of them were drunk and lying on the ground. In addition, there were people who looked like they had seen them in China. When I was taking a break at a cafe in Seoul, the homeless people with their parents and children were running around the tables and asking for money. There is a subway running in Seoul, but there are a lot of homeless people on the subway platform. I was talking to a passer-by to get some money. So I visited Seoul City University, which is affiliated with my university. According to the professor of the university, in the first place, there is no reliable data about homeless people in Korea. It seems that Korea's stance is not to release negative information that leads to our shame. According to what I heard from the university, the number of homeless people on the street in Korea is less than that in China and the United States, but instead they are staying in internet cafes. It is said that there are hundreds of thousands of so-called necafe refugees. Considering that the population of Korea is about 50 million, there are hundreds of thousands of necafe refugees. Isn't that a pretty strange percentage? I was told that religion and homelessness have nothing to do with each other. I visited Japan, which is the last destination, with some complicated feelings. I'm sure there are a lot of homeless people in Japan. Because Tokyo, Japan, was ranked 19th in the world ranking of homeless people. According to 2019 data, there are more than 1,100 homeless people in Tokyo. But based on experience in China and Korea, there may actually be tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of homeless people. I thought that Japan was also improving its data. But I was surprised to come to Tokyo Station in Japan. Unfortunately, there are no homeless people who are my research target. In addition to the station, I went to underground streets, parks, back alleys, etc., but there are no homeless people anywhere. I came to Tokyo, which is the most popular tourist destination in the world, but what am I doing to look for homeless people? I'm getting more and more stupid. So I visited a private organization in Tokyo. The people of the organization told me the information I wanted to know. According to them, there are 458 homeless people in Tokyo in 2022, and most of them are in big parks and rivers. For example, if you visit Ueno Park, one of the big parks in Tokyo, there are several homeless people, and they all live in a simple hut with a blue vinyl sheet. There are homeless people in Japan, too. I was a little surprised or relieved. I had a strange feeling. But strangely enough, even when I walked around the station or in the back alleys, I didn't meet any homeless people. In China, there were people calling for an electronic festival. In Korea, there were people coming into the store, but there was no one in Tokyo. For me, who was born in the United States, it was strange that there were no homeless people in the city. After returning to the United States, I asked a friend of mine to introduce me to a professor who seemed to be familiar with the field. The professor's story was beyond my imagination. The reason why there are so many people in China and Korea is because Buddhism has spread widely. Buddhism was born in China and spread to Korea, and in China and Korea, the way of life, the way of life, the way of the world, everything is based on the way of thinking of Buddhism. A long time ago, Buddhism came to Japan, but in Japan, Buddhism was considered to be one of the academic disciplines, so it's a big deal that it wasn't considered to be a religion. That's because in Japan, there was originally a religion called Shinto, and there was a different way of life from Buddhism and Shonin-do. You can interpret Buddhism as you like, but the basics of Buddhism and Shonin-do are very different from Buddhism because they are based on your own understanding. Buddhism has a somewhat strict image, but Shonin-do is also quite strict, and the Shonin in Edo thought that they had to be pure and pure in order to gain the trust of their customers. Religions sometimes ask God for help, but the big difference is that Buddhism and Shonin-do don't allow themselves to be spoiled. And about Japan's homelessness, it's true that there is a strict system called life protection in Japan, but most of the homeless people in Japan don't use this system. That's because their lives are ruined for various reasons, and as a result of running away from society, they become homeless. In Japan, there are few people who are born homeless, and in the past, there were only a few people who had a decent standard of living. They are desperate for life and society, and when they become homeless, they don't want to be involved with people, and they want to be left alone. Even if they apply for life protection, and the people around them advise them to start a new life, they don't seem to accept the proposal. No matter how desperate they are, they don't want to embarrass their family anymore. They don't want to be left alone until they are embarrassed. In Japan, there is a culture of embarrassment. By the way, Japanese homeless people live on their own instead of doing housework. They collect aluminum cans and earn a small amount of money, and they live in a narrow gap in society. In the past, the statement of Chinese homeless people who do housework became a hot topic. They say, We are honest and fair. There is no reason for ordinary people to complain about us. In China, there was a homeless person who made such a statement, and it is said that the monk is aiming deeply for life from the point of expressing his hateful behavior. On the other hand, Japanese homeless people are not fair. They always act in a way that avoids people's eyes, and when they leave, they leave in a cleaner state than before. They understand their position well and try not to bother others as much as possible. Homeless people have a lot of complicated problems, but one of the reasons why we don't see many homeless people in Japan is that there is a culture of embarrassment. The homeless people in Japan and the homeless people in the United States are very different. The homeless people in the United States are always dissatisfied with society, and they are shouting in the city to get money to buy alcohol and tobacco for the citizens. The homeless people in China and Korea are also proud in the city. But the homeless people in Japan are completely different. Even the homeless people in Japan behave like samurai. My next research topic has been decided. It is about the way of being homeless, which arises from the difference in values between the world and Japan. I used to live in Japan, but I only saw homeless people three times in the meantime. I was under a small bridge in Shibuya. Most of the homeless people in Japan are in cheap internet cafes with entertainment, food and showers. This is a much nicer environment than an abandoned hut. One night, I was walking under the bridge in Shinjuku, and I saw a homeless person. He was living in a cardboard box lined up properly. I live in San Francisco, but the homeless people here are very different from the homeless people in Japan. In Japan, it is not scary even if a homeless person is nearby, and in the first place, there are few cases of meeting a homeless person. But in San Francisco, many homeless people are on the train or on the street, and many of them are doing drugs, so it's pretty scary. When I visited Tokyo, there was an old lady who was probably a homeless person. I tried to give her money, but I couldn't get it just because she said thank you. In Okayama Park, homeless people cleaned the park every day. When I went to Ehime, I saw the same scene. While I was in Japan, I went to the park every day, so I thought I was in trouble. I once got food from homeless people. Summary Many of the foreigners who visited Japan have a deep impression of Japan's homeless people, so I heard that Japan's homeless people are a little different from other countries. By the way, according to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, there are about 3,500 homeless people all over Japan in 2022, and the number is declining year after year. Especially in big cities, you can sometimes see homeless people. Japan, China and Korea, which are sometimes called similar countries, You can see that the behavior and attitude of homeless people are very different in three countries. How was it? I would be happy if you could tell me your impressions in the comments. Please also like and subscribe to the channel. Thank you for watching until the end. See you in the next video.