Japan with the worst Geography has not hindered the Japanese to develop their country with insane infrastructure.

@alfianmuhammad1335

Жыл бұрын

It is actually because of their bad geography that they start developing their insane infrastructure. The bullet train, for example, it was built because Japanese cant build as many as US and many other countries have. It was a bet, and they made it.

@dico8199

Жыл бұрын

Its not the worst... Not even close

@balabanasireti

Жыл бұрын

That's the reason why their infrastructure is insane. They had to focus on other aspects than countries with a good geography

@draphotube4315

Жыл бұрын

Most of the time the nations with the worst geography or worst soils tend to be richest and have the roughest history. Seeing that they never get colonized, and that they tend to have strong warrior cultures to fit in the rough surroundings. And due to the fact that they have rough land they tend to need to expand outside of their borders for resources. The same can be said about Europe

@FOLIPE

Жыл бұрын

@@draphotube4315 Like Mali, Algeria, Namibia, Indonesia, wait...

When people say Japan is full of volcanos, they are forgetting the fact that Japanese archipelago is literally made by volcanic activities. Japan does not live with earthquakes, it is literately BORN from them.

@kappa5809

Жыл бұрын

BRON sounds like a total badass word!

@dannyzero692

Жыл бұрын

B R O N

@marten6578

Жыл бұрын

bron

@josvinke5656

Жыл бұрын

Bron means source in dutch, knowing that this comment still kinda works.

@mfaizsyahmi

Жыл бұрын

Not 100% true though. Tectonic processes sheared off the front part of continental Eurasia with Sea of Japan filling the gap. It's called back-arc basin formation. You can even do the Africa-South America jigsaw thing: If you drag the outline of Japan towards Russia, it fits!

I’d like add that unlike most territories in Europe, Japan does not have a steady flow of wind going in one direction throughout the year, which makes it less ideal for wind power generation. Even more, typhoons come in regularly and may destroy the turbines if cares are not taken. The typhoon would also blow away solar panels and the region along the coast of Sea of Japan experience some of the heaviest snow falls in the world, destroying the panels with weight. There are not a lot of land available in the flatlands and building solar farms on the mountains have caused some landslides.

@user-zj6hn4nb1m

Жыл бұрын

I am surprised at Japan's lack of Geothermal Power. It seems like they have quite an abundant amount of sources they could utilize.

@TheoDaJunk

Жыл бұрын

@@user-zj6hn4nb1m hmm I wonder way

@NitroCheng

Жыл бұрын

@@user-zj6hn4nb1m Perhaps huge earthquake may crack the pipeline?

@keinick4569

Жыл бұрын

@@user-zj6hn4nb1m Mainly because it competes with the tourism industry that have kept their business for hundreds and in some cases, more than a thousand years. But this trend might change in the future due to shrinking population in the rural areas. But then you still have to deal with the immense cost for boring holes and risk of potentially losing everything in case of volcanic eruption.

@user-zj6hn4nb1m

Жыл бұрын

@@NitroCheng I mean, I dont understand the technology behind it but countries like New Zealand and Iceland which are also very earthquake prone generate 15% and 30% of their power from Geothermal.

"There are four kinds of countries in the world: developed countries, undeveloped countries, Japan and Argentina" Simon Kuznets.

@Sean-tz6cm

Жыл бұрын

Nobody gives a shit about Argentina

@nrwhl_hsky

Жыл бұрын

@@ardaffarandra8260 Japan-nobody knows why it grows. Argentina-nobody knows why it doesn’t.

@hua_tetsu_cat

Жыл бұрын

@@ardaffarandra8260 Argentina has a lot of mineral resources while Japan hasn't.

@strikye7

Жыл бұрын

Argentina, fucked up economically despite all the geographical benefits

@jasastopar

Жыл бұрын

​@@ardaffarandra8260 japan - a succsessful nation with a bad geography argentina - a rather unsuccsessful nation with a great geography (in 1800 it had the potential of becoming a superpower like US)

3:49 The Japanese Houses are small, having only 1000 sq.ft. Me, a Hongkonger living in a flat only 300 sq.ft.: laugh in tears

@shonix123

Жыл бұрын

And me that lives in 350mt2 house in a city in Argentina :/ the 100mt2 for me makes more sense

Bro you're killing me with this stock footage - putting videos of natural gas plants on fire when discussing Fukushima, views of storm surge from a typhoon/tsunami when discussing river flooding, and the piece de resistance: multiple shots of Hong Kong. But otherwise a solid video.

@scintillam_dei

Жыл бұрын

It's the thought that counts.

@zimriel

Жыл бұрын

@@scintillam_dei Indeed, which is why Roberts is right there needs to be more thought.

@gary2smooth

Жыл бұрын

He completely ripped the video off from someone else

@scintillam_dei

Жыл бұрын

@@zimriel Quality above quantity. The quality thought is "Why give the best work to zimriel when he doesn't pay me to serve him?"

@zimriel

Жыл бұрын

@@scintillam_dei I agree, which is why I suggest he give the best work to Andrew Roberts.

Houses depreciate in value. Oh god no, this is terrible, how am I supposed to be afford a house now. Wish it worked like this where I lived.

@shinsenshogun900

Жыл бұрын

From where you live, you gotta appreciate what sort of disasters unfold in there that affects pretty much everybody’s livelihoods

@Liam-up2wm

Жыл бұрын

From the home owners point of view it’s not an asset that they can keep the value of their hard worked wealth with, instead is something that constantly require maintenance fee almost. In increasing number of cases it’s not even worth to pass down to kids because it becomes their financial burden.

@RyanTaylor2000

Жыл бұрын

The house is but not the land, so yeah unless you want to buy a floating house

@abracadabruh1313

Жыл бұрын

The value of the house depreciates because of advanced technology to withstand earthquakes but the value of the land is appreciating by the day my friend.

@lalaicast

Жыл бұрын

this is similar to where I live too , as I get older my savings can't even keep up with the rising cost of house here , probably would move to the village when I fully retired

"Japan has the worst geography" Well, at least it has access to sea, says Bolivia

@kappa5809

Жыл бұрын

Central Asia: *What is a sea....?*

@flying0possum

Жыл бұрын

@@kappa5809 Landlocked african states: ₩Ɇ ₵₳₦'₮ ₳₣₣ØⱤĐ ⱤłVɆⱤ

While Japan's geography is terrible in some ways, you need to note that it also bears sone gifts for development. Steep and rugged terrain means that it's easier to build ports, fostering a maritime network that has lasted a thousand years. Japan's sits right next to where two ocean currents collide, warn and cold, creating a feeding ground for fish that can be harvested as food. Placement of islands near the Setouchi region is best suited for ship building, because the island shields the ports from tropical storms. This region is home to Hiroshima and Kure, where most of the warship was built during the ww2. Its proximity to the cold war adversaries meant that it was a target for strategic development just like Europe was in marshal plan. Numerous volcanoes means that the geothermal energy can be exploited to generate electricity in the future. Japan is one of the largest in terms of EEZ territorial claims, and holds a great potential for sea bed mining in the future.

@chiritaalex

Жыл бұрын

good points, but i'd like to add: if japan was resource rich, such as afganistan, or congo, other powers would have wanted to conquer japan, or at least send them to the stone age. Lack of resources was a blessing, it let the japanese evolve their society and culture.

@vijaz5559

Жыл бұрын

@@chiritaalex yes and they give us the Greatest gift in the world. Their beautiful culture, Anime and JAV

@tonosan4696

Жыл бұрын

at least japanese can enjoy hot spa " onsen. too!

@Yutaro-Yoshii

Жыл бұрын

@@tonosan4696 I love onsen, I missed it so much back when I was in the US.

@user-or3xg2id6e

Жыл бұрын

Wouldn't the Setonaikai be a burden? Another person pointed it out earlier. I live in Hiroshima (eastern part), and ships are still being built there (Imabari Shipbuilding Co for example). Though the region is still prone to heavy rain.

There have been videos about countries like Poland and Japan having bad geography but those countries are like heaven compared to a country like Iraq, here is a small rundown of the problems it has: 1-it has water shortages due to low rainfall and global warming 2-it only source of clean water being its 2 rivers are both being dammed by turkey, Iran and Syria cause widespread droughts 3-it is suffering from massive scale desertification and it can't stop it because planting trees requires a ton of water. 4-not to mention the heat which makes it hard for most plants to thrive and in some cases even humans and animals die from it. 5-if u thought that Iraq could solve its problem using solar energy then think again, it's frequent sandstorms make it incredibly hard to maintain a solar energy driven society due to the massive amount of maintenance required to keep it clean 24/7 6-its located between 2 tectonic plates meaning that earthquakes are quite frequent. 7-it is entirely surrounded by countries that want influence over it and its only access to the sea is a tiny coast that is easily blockaded by any country with naval superiority. 8-it being situated in the intersection of 3 continents and in the middle of the middle east makes it a highway for armies marching across the area, any empire that is built in the area would have to be wary of constant threats from every direction, and those threats are made worse considering that it's the main way to get from one continent to the other. I am not saying that Japan and Poland have it easy but it as hell is easier to salvage the situation and find a solution to its problems, many countries don't have that luxury.

@anzarm.a8547

Жыл бұрын

But it's harsh desert forced people to form civilization and thus was born the most important and most fought over piece of land in the world and to inspire the planet "arrakis" in Frank Herbert's DUNE. And hopefully in the future the same way the desert forced humans to develop, the harsh conditions will once again force them to develop beyond expectations

@protolanhan9824

Жыл бұрын

Poland's only stand out "bad" geographical feature is that it's kind of flat which makes it easy for invasion otherwise it is a positive that makes it easier for farming and land development? What bad geography does Poland have?

@Liam-up2wm

Жыл бұрын

I’m not arguing that Iraq doesn’t face many problems and definitely have it harder compared to most countries. But unfortunately it’s because of what Iraq has been going through the country is not one of most developed place and the people on average doesn’t have the highest standard of living. I sincerely hope future of prosperity for all the people Iraq. Then when we look at Japan and what they had to go through and relatively quickly became the second largest economy in the world (at one point) and the people having a very comfortable standard of living, I’m genuinely still unsure of how that happened.

@ALIHQG

Жыл бұрын

@@protolanhan9824 there is a video I watched a while back about Poland bad geography

@ALIHQG

Жыл бұрын

@@Liam-up2wm hmmm u can't rly pinpoint it to the people, people are the same everywhere, although they have different cultures and religious beliefs, people are generally the same when it comes to intellectual capability. The problem can be directed to war and bad leadership, Iraq has been in continuous conflict for the past century, and alot of it can be boiled down to geography in some way or another. Iraq being surrounded by many countries made it naturally militaristic which allowed people like Saddam to come into power and later invade Kuwait for better access to the sea and more oil. Japan on the other hand is surrounded by water which is a massive advantage against any invading force, countries don't even bother invading them because of logistical problems. Not trying to say anything, just entertaining the conversation.

On the flip side, this terrible geography makes japan one of the most visually impressive countries in the world. So, you know, silver lining?

@epicamigo5395

Жыл бұрын

of course you have to have an anime pfp

@gunturjanuar4686

Жыл бұрын

Weeb being Weeb

@thewingedserpent5823

Жыл бұрын

@@epicamigo5395 regardless of me liking anime, it's true.

@thewingedserpent5823

Жыл бұрын

@@gunturjanuar4686 I mean, yeah. But liking anime doesn't really predispose you to like japanese landscapes.

@thewingedserpent5823

Жыл бұрын

@[GD] GagBot239 how come?

This is the same guy that said the US had to flatten the land to build grid cities. The last time I checked there's a lot of cities in the US that have a lot of Hills like San Francisco Seattle Washington Etc. Even here in Atlanta and the surrounding metro area have a lot of hills.

@las28314

Жыл бұрын

this guy is a hoax. Feel like he's a America hater, most of US cities are actually the best planning in tje world not the worst as he said at many times.

Japan's benefit from the geography 1. Being on an Island is good way to protect their land. For example, Japan's neighbor Korea invaded by China and Mongolia so many times but Japan isn't 2. Direct access to pacific Direct travel between US and Japan made US control Japan after WW2 and protected Japan from communism US made Japan as an outpost for Korean war and Vietnamese war which gave Japan huge economic and industrial development. 3. Clear cut between mountains and flatland Despite Japan has a lot of mountains, those mountains are separated from growing cities located in flatland. Also major cities in those separated flatland prevented overcrowded metropolitan area and accomplished balanced development. 4. Tourist attractions Due to strong warm current flowing off the coast of Japan all over the year made warm winter. Also the mountains in the north and west make a lot of snow fall which made Japan is the only country has a natural snow ski resort in East Asia. Also jet stream protects air pollution from China. I think South Korea has the worst geography in East Asia. It's neighbor China and North Korea is not friendly at all, has a complicated history with Japan, no natural resources, no flatland for growing cities, overcrowded metropolitan area, excess competition, fluctuating economy dependent on exports, aging economic population, birth rate is lower than Japan. OBF, If you are interested in Worst Geography series, please make a video about South Korea. I lived both countries but Japan's geography is better than Korea.

@flying0possum

Жыл бұрын

OBF is paid by the CCP to talk trash about other countries probably

@scintillam_dei

Жыл бұрын

"an island"

@krunkle5136

Жыл бұрын

Not to mention island countries tend to naturally enforce high population density, which forces people to get along.

@SmartPhone7

Жыл бұрын

@@krunkle5136 The reason why Japan has a high population density is not because it is an island, but because it eats rice. Rice-based Asian countries tend to be densely populated regardless of their location. This is because rice produces more energy than wheat.

@thomasgrabkowski8283

Жыл бұрын

@@SmartPhone7 And rice takes far less growing area to feed a large population than wheat and corn+is grown on hillside terraces rather than large open plains making it suited for the mountainous terrain of East Asian countries

Can you make a video on the geography of nepal/Bhutan, or the himalayas in general? I think that part of the world is very interesting

@andrewwolff7937

Жыл бұрын

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in fact, food in Japan is not expensive, at least compared to Canada. You can easily find cheap food in supermarkets and restaurants. Sure you can get super fancy fruit with a ridiculous price tag. But these are bought as gift mostly, as Japan has a long gifting culture. And these expensive fruits are grown in greenhouses with great care every day. Japan does not lack farmland, they lack farmers. A lot of farmland is abandoned because young people moved to the big city. People just don't want to be a farmer. Sure Japan lacks the big farmland like US that can grow food for cheap. That is why they select what is most beneficial for them to grow, like a square watermelon. Also, at 5:51, that is from Hong kong. Very different country.

@ibec69

Жыл бұрын

Yes, most people tend to think everything in Japan is expensive which is not the case. You can get a bowl of udon or gyudon from a chain restaurant for like $3.

@Theoryofcatsndogs

Жыл бұрын

@@ibec69 Japan pretty much freezes everyone's salary for more than 10 years. It is really hard to increase the price for anything. But interestingly, the food quality in Japan is still ultra-high.

@ibec69

Жыл бұрын

@@Theoryofcatsndogs I do hear prices are going up now from friends and also food at the supermarkets are still the same price but packed lighter to make up for the higher cost. Eventually salaries will have to go up too or there will be a lot of unrest. Japan will probably get a taste of inflation for the first time in maybe 30 years.

@shahan484

Жыл бұрын

square watermelon is not for consumption lol. It is a show piece and only a show piece.

@Theoryofcatsndogs

Жыл бұрын

@@ibec69 sad but true. But the increase in price is mainly because of the war and shortage due to Covid. But I have not read anything about increasing salaries.

According to all the videos KZread is suggesting me, something like 80% of the planet's surface is "the absolute worse place for a country". What if the absolute worse thing is our idea of a country and its economy instead?

@dannyzero692

Жыл бұрын

The absolute worse place wise is really dependent on what kind of civilization your country is, where is it, who are its neighbors. Poland geography for example would’ve been excellent if it weren’t for its neighbor who were Germany and Russia, it had flat plains, good natural environments and overall nice weather for a civilization to thrive in agriculture.

@DistributistHound

Жыл бұрын

Only U.S.A. is the perfect geographic location hironycally

@Beresunablle

Жыл бұрын

@@DistributistHound china , france, argentina, venuezeula. Brazil and mexico could also be consider, the problem is that mexico build there capital in a marsh land and brazil have steep difference in there land but with good infastructure both of this country can florish.

@Dudenier

Жыл бұрын

This channel only thinks Europe is perfect. Whilst America is the worst. ( ironic considering Europeans begs U.S daddy to protect them)

@DistributistHound

Жыл бұрын

@@Dudenier lol yeah it's another chanel that thinks U.S.s geography is perfect

Three things: 1. The reason Japanese farmers came up with square watermelons is because they thought traditional watermelons were too awkward by rolling around and taking so much space in the refrigerator. So they quite simply, started growing them in boxes. 2. 6:25 This map doesn't show the Hokkaido Shinkansen. The dual-gauge Seikan railway tunnel was built in 1988 to connect Hokkaido to the rest of the Japanese rail network. And since March 2016, the initial section of the Hokkaido Shinkansen from Shin-Aomori in Aomori Prefecture to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto in southern Hokkaido Prefecture has been operating. With an extension to Sapporo due to open in 2030. The map also doesn't show the Hokuriku Shinkansen, nor does it show the Kyushu extension of the San'yō Shinkansen to Kagoshima. 3. 5:52 This isn't Tokyo, this is Hong Kong. Which is identifiable with the Chinese writing and double decker tram.

@yann5489

Жыл бұрын

Sharp Eye

@danishzuhairi338

Жыл бұрын

hey 5:52 is Japan, there is some Hiragana writing on the white signboard above the red bus at the bottom left, so this is more probably to be Japan than Hong Kong

@AverytheCubanAmerican

Жыл бұрын

@@danishzuhairi338 nope. Japan doesn't have double decker trams, Hong Kong does. And that's not Hiragana, that's Chinese. The Japanese language literally BORROWED from Chinese, that's why it looks similar. I know, I speak Mandarin myself.

@leemarcus6123

Жыл бұрын

@@danishzuhairi338 HKer here, the B-roll in 5:52 is not Japan and those words aren't hiragana. You might've been correct had you said Kanji (since Kanji borrowed words from traditional Chinese as OP said) The green billboard literally says 大昌珠寶金行, which is a goldsmith/jewellery shop.(For older Chinese writings, you read from right to left) None of the characters appear in either Hiragana nor Katakana. But even did get the character part semi-correct, this shop only exist in Hong Kong...

@danishzuhairi338

Жыл бұрын

but I do see a "の" there though, which is Hiragana right?

逆に、この厳しい自然環境と共存しようと努力したからこそ今の日本が生まれたのだと私は思います。

@cdl0

Жыл бұрын

Adversity is the mother of invention.

6:50 The J-Alert system is amazing and should be the world standard for EAS

amazing vid as always, there was a incorrect statement at 8:15 as it was not a state level decision to block the exports rather it was some over zealous port officials who acted on their own behalf. polymatter has just releced a video on rate earth elements and he covers this in detail.

The greatest treasure of every nation is their people, resources are only secondary

@someoneinthecrowd4313

Жыл бұрын

Yep people can turn resources into products.

OBF: "Japanese homes are on the smaller side at 93sqm" Me, A European: "Those houses are huge"

@youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan6687

Жыл бұрын

we are lucky to have atleast 35sqm of home 😂

@Homer-OJ-Simpson

Жыл бұрын

That’s a little smaller than the average size of a house in Europe

@emiktra7929

Жыл бұрын

@@youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan6687 Migrantenhäuser

@socialcredit9480

Жыл бұрын

@@Homer-OJ-Simpson an urban house in Europe is probably smaller then a Japanese toilet lol

@Homer-OJ-Simpson

Жыл бұрын

@@socialcredit9480 and urban house in Japan is just a toilet. 😂 I watch KZreadrs in Japan and certainly in Tokyo the apartments for one person I’ve seen are usually 20 to 30 square meters

Japan’s geography is actually quite good: - very long coastline with many natural harbors protected from the open seas (the Inland Sea is especially ideal for trade and transportation) - long distances from potential invaders - temperate climate, extremely fertile volcanic soils, abundant rainfall, and some of the most productive fisheries in the world - it used to be a major world mining center (copper and silver for sure, and probably other minerals too) It does suffer from earthquakes and lack open space, but the lack of space is largely because of its large population, which only came about because its geography is pretty good to begin with

@scintillam_dei

Жыл бұрын

Japan is happy that it has a lot of space between it and the weeaboo zombie hordes.

@user-or3xg2id6e

Жыл бұрын

The Inland Sea isn't ideal for trade or transportation because, there are no waves and the water is flat. I live next to the Inland Sea (in the eastern part of Hiroshima, I see it everyday) and you don't see the same amount of trade as you would see in other parts of the world. As for transportation, not really either. The Seto Ohashi and the Shimanami were very expensive projects to connect Honshu to Shikoku. As there are still ferry boats that go between, transportation is not idea.

@zimriel

Жыл бұрын

Being an island does help keep invaders out. I'm British, so I know. (Mind you, Ireland is also an island, and that didn't save them...) I DO however wonder how come a massive mountain-chain hasn't got ores. Colorado has mountains and still produces ores.

@gatesofkilikien

Жыл бұрын

@@user-or3xg2id6eI didn't know about the waters in the Inland Sea being flat, thanks for the info. I'd imagine that even if the water isn't perfect for navigation, just having something there can still be helpful. This way at least all the settlements around the Inland Sea are only a short distance away from water. Regarding the need for ferry boats, that is a problem for us now because we have cars, but I'd think that in ancient times it's actually a plus, since ferry boats are still much faster than animal-drawn carriages.

@gatesofkilikien

Жыл бұрын

@@zimriel I know Japan, during medieval times, produced a lot of silver and copper, since China used to import large quantities of both from Japan. Not sure about other ores though.

Thanks to its geography, Japan had never been invaded for a loooong time. The US deployed nukes because an invasion was dangerous.

Japan and Iceland being small volcano filled islands with few natural resources: *Becomes highly developed.* Africa: No no no that's not how it should work.

@ripbozo706

Жыл бұрын

Africa was colonized and is still pretty much being robbed and controlled by western powers today dipshit definitely not the same situation as Japan

@att7364

Жыл бұрын

Hmmmmmmm i wonder why

@noa5317

Жыл бұрын

Maybe because Africa was colonized and exploited for generations.

I'm 54 and my wife and I are VERY worried about our future, gas and food prices rising daily. We have had our savings dwindle with the cost of living into the stratosphere, we are finding it impossible to replace it. We can get by, but cant seem to get ahead. My condolences to anyone retiring in this crisis, 30years nonstop just for a crooked system to take all you worked for.

@raphfelimax2713

Жыл бұрын

I feel your pain mate, as a fellow retiree I'd suggest you look into passive index fund investing and learn some more. For me, I had my share of ups and downs when I first started looking for a consistent passive income so I hired an expert advisor for aid, and following his advice, I poured $30k in value stocks and digital assets,Up 200k so far and pretty sure I'm ready for whatever comes.

@betheluktu7647

Жыл бұрын

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@raphfelimax2713

Жыл бұрын

@@betheluktu7647 My advisor is Arjun B Jagat ; I found him on Bloomberg where he was featured and reached out to him afterwards.

@raphfelimax2713

Жыл бұрын

@@betheluktu7647 The

@raphfelimax2713

Жыл бұрын

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Japan's geography isn't bad. The islands are secured, next to major population and civilization centers, extremely fertile and capable of supporting a large population, besides havin access to the global ocean. It has a temperate climate and it is located near many areas rich in resources while being itself rich in several important mineral resources for a pre-contemporary civilization

@kappa5809

Жыл бұрын

Funny how Japan and Iceland both are islands that have terrible geography with lots of volcanos yet they both are one of the most developed countries.

@someoneinthecrowd4313

Жыл бұрын

@@kappa5809 Hardships accelerate development.

@Gridianx

Жыл бұрын

@@someoneinthecrowd4313 not true opportunity’s do. Japan is so organized because every ten years they rebuild all their houses in a more effecient way along with infrastructure. If it were just hardships central Africa would be propelling forward

@scintillam_dei

Жыл бұрын

@@Gridianx He didnt' say "just hardships."

@someoneinthecrowd4313

Жыл бұрын

@@Gridianx Central Africa is going 20 mph, Japan is going 100 mph. Central Africa accelerates by 40 mph, Japan accelerates by 20 mph. Central Africa is now going 60 mph and Japan is going 120 mph, both are going faster than before. You get me? Also I won't deny that some hardships are total roadblocks, central Africa could break the sound barrier if it wasn't for the malnourishment roadblock.

Japan's geography has an unique advantage; it's extremely hard to invade due to thousand of island and mountain that you have to take, that's one of the reason the US nuked Japan and force surrender, because and invasión could've be very bloody and long, even worse than Vietnam.

@ericktellez7632

Жыл бұрын

No man, that’s just the official explanation used by the US government to justify the use of nukes. The only reasons was the US wanted to showcase its nukes to the USSR who were developing their own, it was a race. Japan was defeated and they could only set up a barricade in the main islands but the USSR was already in the west and north and the US in the east and south, there was no need for the nukes or an invasion just to simply blockade and wait until provisions ran out.

@zimriel

Жыл бұрын

@@ericktellez7632 no need unless you wanted USSR to take Hokkaido like they'd already taken 'Sakhalin' and those other islands mentioned here. WW2 was a war that needed to be over immediately, or else Stalin (and Kim; and soon, Mao) was going to win even more than they did. But that's probably it, innit?

@deadby15

Жыл бұрын

The US military estimates that having the sea of Japan is equivalent to having extra 100 divisions. So it is quite an advantage when it comes to defending the land.

We had this topic in school with focus on the geographical disadvantage and dangers… But these Japans have such a good way of fighting all of the issues its just incredible

gotta love the HK cameo at 5:51

@mokisan

Жыл бұрын

For a second i wondered where does tokyo have a tram system. Then i saw the crammed buildings and remembere dthat this is HK

@singlah

Жыл бұрын

I had to pause as well to take a second look... 🤣Glad I wasn't the only one seeing things. Well done, OBF, for forcing your viewers to comment 😉😉

@ninjaundermyskin

Жыл бұрын

I also came here to shout out the Hong Kong stock footage, lol. At first I thought, wow, Japan had the exact same mini buses as HK!

@albert1780

Жыл бұрын

@@ninjaundermyskin The best part of HK, the mini buses whos drivers want to game end themselves fr fr

@ninjaundermyskin

Жыл бұрын

@@albert1780 oh man, I remember once in college, I accidentally put in a $5 coin for a $2 ride, and I just sat down. The driver started yelling at everyone on the bus about who put in the $5 coin. I was so embarrassed I didn't say anything, I would rather lose the money and save myself the public embarrassment of being scolded by the minibus driver in front of my fellow students.

Japan reminds me so much of my country Greece in terms of geography and neighbouring states.

@DacLMK

Жыл бұрын

Your name sounds slavic. Are your ancestors slavs who were forced to become greeks? Vasili (Васили) is a popular name in Bulgaria and N.Macedonia.

@vasilisrousis

Жыл бұрын

@@DacLMK Vasileios or "Βασίλειος" in Greek comes from the Hellenistic Greek word "Βασιλεύς" meaning king. It's an Orthodox Christian name and very common among the Christian Orthodox countries. Similar names of Greek origin: Γιώργος/Georgiy, Δημήτρης/Dimitri, Ιωάννης/Ivan, etc. Slavic nations were influenced by the Greek culture , since the Roman times especially after the fall of the Western Roman empire and the rise of the Eastern Roman empire or Byzantine empire. Look it up for yourself, dont trust my words.

@SMGSpiritRT

Жыл бұрын

@@vasilisrousis and there you have it.jpg

@scintillam_dei

Жыл бұрын

@@vasilisrousis The "Orthodox" worship Mary, so they're idolaters, heretics and going to hell. The original Greeks are black-haired, and can tan brown, just like the original Romans and the original Iberians like me. You're a Slav, since you look more Russian than Greek.

Which channel was this video stolen from lol

@thelastdefenderofcamelot5623

Жыл бұрын

I know. how many of the same shit do we need?

@ReallyNoAlex

Жыл бұрын

Reallifelore’s “why japans geography sucks”

Well, one can do better. There are clips from Hong Kong (5:52 which the words shown are actually Chinese not Japanese) and the shinkansen map quoted is probably a JR map instead.

For those who are wondering what the messaage at 7:10 actually says: "Missile passing. Missile passing. There has been signs of a missile passing in the airspace of this region just now. Should you encounter a suspicious object, please do not by any means approach it and inform the police or fire department immediately." No mention of North Korea, but it still proves the point.

@shutorohaimu

Жыл бұрын

In Japan, after an alert is issued that a missile from North Korea may pass overhead, I get an email from my company asking me to come to work and be careful of the missile!

"Worst Geography" and yet they have one of the best high speed rail networks in the world, United States needs to stop making excuses and pass a Federal-Aid High-Speed-Rail Act of 20XX, similar to how they passed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956. Building infrastructure would be wonderful for the economy, job market, and investing in future GDP development.

@krunkle5136

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. I always thought if we could build interstate highways then we could also invest more in passenger rail.

@seanthe100

Жыл бұрын

Clearly, their geography is literally why they have the high speed rail there's very few places to build.

@samuelmorales2344

Жыл бұрын

Japan only has one megapolis to build a high speed rail network- Taiheiyō Belt. The US has many megaregions. There is Northern and Southern California megaregions, the Great Lakes megaregion, the Texas Triangle megaregion, the Gulf Coast megaregion, the NE megaregion, The Florida megaregion, and others I missed. Japan is densely compacted and all their urban areas are connected by relative proximity and within a single corridor that makes planning for rail seem like common sense. If you have a single corridor to develop transportation, rail makes much more sense. The problem with dealing with many megaregions, it makes it more complicated to connect them all and high speed rail requires a lot of upfront investment. Small countries typically have more high speed rail because it is easier to plan them. The US chose the highway system because it is a huge country.

@TheMazTheSpaz

Жыл бұрын

@@samuelmorales2344 Good observation, another opinion if I may share if the US can go to the moon, create the highway system, have the biggest military in the world, the number 1 GDP in the world ... Building high speed rail is not as difficult I know by the year 2100 the U.S. will have high speed rail, but for now I will advocate, invest, vote for it to come sooner than later.

05:52 Hey that's Hong Kong not Japan

As a Japanese guy, I'm accustomed to experiencing earthquakes. I'm not sure if this is good or not, though.

@bravomike4734

Жыл бұрын

It is if you can experience 100% of the earthquakes in your lives safely. It means the government has actually done a successful job at mandating earthquake proof houses.

@kendelion

Жыл бұрын

Come to Okayama and you'll see other prefecture rocking while Okayama is just sitting around :)

@scintillam_dei

Жыл бұрын

Meanwhile in Costa Rica....

6:29 this map of Shinkansen is not complete. The Tohoku line goes to Aomori, it doesn't stop at Hachinohe, and there's another Shinkansen from Aomori to Sapporo in Hokkaido.

Somebody take this mans channel away stop recommending me 😂

The third largest economy in the world, long lives, an ancient and enviable culture, the third most capable navy, excellent engineering, many products valued worldwide - they have done pretty well with "the worst" geography. What about defensible borders? Beautiful countryside? Natural hot springs?

@Slydime917

Жыл бұрын

I'm so jealous of people living in Japan

Japan has bad geography, but good climate. It's possible to be sucessfull with only one of the two, but nearly impossible without either. Geographies that are good, primarily allow for good defence from outside, and plenty of flat land for development. Good climates are mild year round and get a good amount of precipitation year round. So most middle eastern countries are screwed because they have both bad geographies and bad climates. The exceptions being Turkey, which has good geography and the best climate in the middle east. And iran, which has meh geography and meh climate in some parts but because their neighbours are so bad with both, they shine in comparison. The magreb is alright too, apart from libya which is completely artificial, and would naturally be split between tunisia and egypt. Israel has bad geography but an alright climate, same as lebanon. Almost all european countries have one or both as being good, with france being the best, with perfect climate and good geography.

@aidancollins1591

Жыл бұрын

Bruh it was 33 degrees in northern France last week what are you on about “perfect climate” lol

@9UaYXxB

Жыл бұрын

@@aidancollins1591 33 degrees is manageable. We get temps like that many summers in western Canada, not exactly a 'frying pan' climatically. If those temperatures persist for weeks, they can cause grief (crop failure, forest fires, grass fires) but they're not dangerous to human health (except for the very frail).

@henrytang2203

Жыл бұрын

@@aidancollins1591 In Sydney, Australia - summers hit low 40s. As someone who is acclimatised, I have to say that European summers are very comfortable. Although I wouldn't want to try summer in the Middle East.

@thomasgrabkowski8283

Жыл бұрын

Japan's climate isn't that good. Tons of snow and cold in winter, hot and humid during summer+typhoons

@samsonoluwatosinomoloyin9469

Жыл бұрын

How about Africa's climate and geography?

The new videos with the 30fps looks so good. Thanks for listening to the advice to shift from 24fps. Thankyou

Please note that the Shinkansen now also runs as far as the south part of Hokkaido, which was not shown on the map at 6:29.

@thelastdefenderofcamelot5623

Жыл бұрын

my god its a map from 2004.

There poor terrain inspires and challenges them make there accomplishments even more awe inspiring. The constant challenge breed a more tenacious people than we would find in other populations around the world. Lemonade out of lemons per say.

Japan has so many vacant houses not so much due to population decline, it is due to most young people moving to the cities for opportunity, and not moving back to the small towns. So the small towns have almost all the vacancy. Yes, older people that remain in those small towns are also dying and leaving houses empty, but the main reason for vacancy is that there is nobody to fill them. Another reason for high vacancy in small towns, is that with fewer people, local taxes are higher because there are fewer taxpayers funding the services in the same region. That's why you hear about houses being sold for 100 ¥, nobody wants to buy them because (like you said) the house needs to be redone or rebuilt, and also the taxes are high.

Honestly it makes sense that Japan really wants hydrogen fuel to work as a reliable energy source. Due to their geography setting up large solar or wind wouldn't be sensible because it would likely wear out WAY faster than many other parts of the world. Constant salt in the air & earthquakes do not make for longevity of complex outdoor equipment.

It can be both good or bad. Take typhoon for example. It batters Japan every year. But it also stopped the Mongolian invasion of Japan. Twice.

What's worse is Japan's aging population...less people in a workforce, the less taxes for the government to collect to pay for natural disaster recovery

Being a mountainous island with earthquakes, both snow and sweltering heat, and stationed near where China is is what made the Japanese what they are. Having tons of land and no natural disasters to bolster innovation is a curse.

5:35 interesting how this area is always the stages in fighting games or anime fight scenes

Japan lucky is an island nation therefore never had real border disputes and especially after been closed off to the world for so long to form mono ethnic population, never had to deal with multiethnic population troubles.

@anymea5159

Жыл бұрын

But now Japan must open up to immigration: it's the only solution to the problem of population decline

@tinienteabanil2922

Жыл бұрын

Because mono ethnic pop are xenophobic as soon as a foreigner comes they won't be welcome

@alaint

Жыл бұрын

Based

@donkeyking8727

Жыл бұрын

They have island dispute with Russian

@cloudynguyen6527

Жыл бұрын

They have island dispute with China and Russia. And they are extremely against Japanese Korean living in their country. Idk why would you think mutliethnic is a trouble. It's only a trouble when the system of the country doesn't treat the ethnic fairly.

My uncle bought a full family home in a tokyo subutb for 3000 dollars, since 1 out of 7 houses are vacant, and the landlords just want to get rid of them for tax and maintenance reasons.

@missplainjane3905

Жыл бұрын

You visited sir

Japan in the 90s had bigger economy than rest of Asia put together

@GodBimmer

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, but Japan have minimum earth resources. Unlike China dominated earth resources for made electronic products.

In my opinion, the best geography is the geography of the Mediterranean countries , thy have everything

@scintillam_dei

Жыл бұрын

¡Qué bueno que soy íbero!

The value decrease on japanese homes might be a key factor for Japans extremely stable economy. No major growth, no major recession past 30 years. High government spending, but almost no major inflation spikes. Japanese economy is very exotic.

@Dudenier

Жыл бұрын

And alot of debt

@krunkle5136

Жыл бұрын

Homes are a shitty investment and a plague on society where they are popular as such.

@aidancollins1591

Жыл бұрын

@@Dudenier Debt which is mostly owned by the government itself or by private citizens of Japan. That’s fine.

@koukidenhikaitu4990

Жыл бұрын

@@Dudenier

@spindle7397

Жыл бұрын

@@Dudenier ye it's a lot of debt but it's mostly internal debt so within the country

It's crazy how the countries that have to struggle for survival are insanely developed (for example, Japan and Israel) and some countries that have everything they need for development deem in corruption and waste their resources like Russia

@Monatio79

Жыл бұрын

Yes, a classic example of the ant and the grasshopper.

@hx3060

Жыл бұрын

The resource rich however poor countries you mentioned also include many countries in Africa and Latin America, in addition to corruption, because their mines and mining technology are mastered in western countries.

@scintillam_dei

Жыл бұрын

Israel struggles for survival? The US is its bitch. If Israel didn't produce any product, they would still be rich!

Merits are also gifted from the severe geographical condition. 1) The steep mountains block wet air evapolated from Japan sea and the most snow gives everflowing water to rice farm. 2) The world most snow is becoming popular as Japawder snow among winter sports fans. 3) The ample water and volcanos formed hot springs and sanitary character of the Japanese. 4) The long land from north to south provides wide variety of sightseeing atractions and food stuff. 5) The necessity to pack everything in narrow space is future trend such as downsizing, minimalism, etc.

"this why we have square melons and abnormaly large grapes here" 3:25 I never knew u re from Japan ^^

@darthnihilus4880

Жыл бұрын

I think that slipped out lol

@mwanikimwaniki6801

Жыл бұрын

@@darthnihilus4880 He's actually Finnish. Don't remember where I saw it. Somewhere in his first videos

@bastardofthecentury

Жыл бұрын

His accent sounds Danish, though.

@darthnihilus4880

Жыл бұрын

@@mwanikimwaniki6801 i could tell hes European but i think linus means he is based in japan

@linusswaghelp

Жыл бұрын

@@darthnihilus4880 true

If youtube still showed dislikes, your channel would be doomed

@silvastnf6427

Жыл бұрын

You can still see dislikes with web extensions. This video only has 232 dislikes at the moment.

@bee3467

Жыл бұрын

Fr!!! 😂

@bee3467

Жыл бұрын

@FN-1701AgentGodzillaRangerPrime Ω because it wasn't a good video and people are less likely to dislkike now that they can't see the numbers.

Some people seem to use the "terrible" geography which isn't actually that terrible as an excuse to either just assume the life there would be horrible or overrate and glorify japan's achievement that was in part helped by their "terrible" geography. It's just that every country has their own difficulties and in this case japanese geography happened to be challenging in some aspects.

@jinglinzuo9580

Жыл бұрын

I believe that you have a quite objective view of the case. Indeed, every country has its own challenges to overcome. Japan excelled in overcoming its geography challenges. Other countries simply failed to do so.

@Agent-ie3uv

Жыл бұрын

It's 2022 and ppl still romantized Japan, pretend it has no problem? 🤔🤔

@deadby15

Жыл бұрын

Japan is the most disaster prone nation on earth. Calling its geography terrible is not farfetched at all.

It’s pretty nice climate when you’re there! And Hokkaido gets the most snow of anywhere on earth so to us skiers and snowboarders there are some good qualities.

@yuanruichen2564

Жыл бұрын

it's very nice for crop production

Why did you show a stock video of Hong Kong at 5:54?

Hopefully you can create a geography content as well for my country. Philippines. Thank you

They literally sit on a geothermal hot spot...and they manage to have energy shortages. I'd say the problem is NOT only geography...

Japanese people are warriors, they were able to creat such big citys and such a good country with all these problems. I think now after watching this video I admire Japan even more than I used to do. I would love to know if there are other countries in similar situations and how they deal with their problems. Awesome video !

@rimondas6729

Жыл бұрын

What about Japanese imperial army atrocities

@bebebaba3442

Жыл бұрын

@@rimondas6729 is that a reason to stop loving Japan? Most countries have very bloody history. If you hate Japan, then you should hate US, UK, Belgium, etc. When you admire US or other country: *nothing happens* When you admire Japan: *always someone will write “what about their past crimes????”*

@user-co5ri6dp3c

Жыл бұрын

@@rimondas6729 However, Not as much as Russia, China, UK, the US, France, Netherlands, Germany, Korea, Spain and Portugal. Maybe you don't know but In Poland, Poles teach Japan's national anthem at school. Because they saved the Siberian Poles. There is a Bronze statue of Japanese soldiers in Indonesia, and many Japanese soldiers are buried in the graveyard of the hero. They were buried in Indonesia’s national cemetery by the hands of Indonesians. Japanese songs were sung at the parade of the Indonesian Declaration of Independence. There is a Kamikaze Attack Units memorial in the Philippines. In the Philippines to thunderous cheers and chants of "Nippon!, Nippon!". There is a memorial tower at the foothill of Maibam Lokpa Ching / Red Hill near Imphal (Manipur state). An Indian woman in the village of Mapao in the north of Imphal, compose a song in praise of Japanese soldier, and it has been sung for over 60 years. The Japanese flag is drawn on Cambodian banknotes. Palauans "Unlike Germans, the Japanese helped the Palauans." Jeep Island (Micronesia) in the Pacific Ocean is open to guests, but only Japanese people are permitted to visit.

@rimondas6729

Жыл бұрын

@@user-co5ri6dp3c What they did in Nanjing?

@user-co5ri6dp3c

Жыл бұрын

@@rimondas6729 Oh my gosh! lol .Are you still saying that?! You must study more. "What is cCp like?" yes, Ccp is good at Fabrication. There is a lot of evidence that the “Nanking Massacre (300,000 people)” was due to a false rumour/hyperbole by the Chinese government. Just as an example, - V. K. Wellington Koo "Nanking Massacre is 20,000 people!" → League of Nations Council "That can’t be true. reject." *In session: January 26, 1938. Above all, I think leaving a minutes record is a good point. - The New York Times “The EX-Chinese officers in the presence of Americans and other foreigners confessed looting in Nanking and also that one night they dragged girls from the refugee camp into the darkness and the next day blamed Japanese soldiers for the attacks.” published: January 4, 1938 - Neither the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences nor Mao Zedong say that the Japanese military is the perpetrator of the Nanjing Massacre. The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences said it was made by Chiang Kai-shek. - 鳴霞 (EX-CcP) “Until 1979, the Chinese Communist Party textbook did not mention the Nanjing Massacre. They have previously taught that it was KMT's work. My grandfather also said that NRA shot with a machine gun at the command of his superior.” - 石平 (Department of philosophy, Peking University) “The Nanjing Massacre is 100% lie. I was in China until I was 26, but I have never heard of the Nanjing Massacre at school. One of Peking University's classmates lived in Nanjing for generations, but in his story no grandfather, grandfather, or relatives taught him about the Massacre. If China continues to use this as a weapon, it can cover up China's mass murder."

Can you talk about the terrible geography of Peru and the bad planning of its capital city? And also the great challenge for its development. Saludos

its an island nation that can sustain itself without the need of foreign aid for thousands of years. even back in the Tokugawa Shogunate, before the UK went through industrial revolution, the population was around 30 million to 50 million Japanese which is like 4 to 6 times the population of UK. we don't need these rich people commodities like cars, electronics, luxury, etc. we can easily trade these off for just a bowl of rice and lots of weapons if Japan wants to increase its annual expenditure for military spending because the Japanese are prepared to endure additional increase in taxes. the problem is the foreigners living in Japan do not understand this concept of sacrifice.

@user-yt8oh4dn8t

Жыл бұрын

移住者に、文明の違い期待するのは困難でしょう(文明の衝突)。どのような言葉を並べたとしても、深層心理の理解には高度な知が必要。 優劣は高いアカデミックのアイデアを期待するのは困難でしょう。知性の低い地域からより高い地域への移動が

Japan: *Deemed as a worst geography. Philippines: How come?

@thomasgrabkowski8283

Жыл бұрын

At least Philippines has better natural resources

What I can say from me as a Japanese is that your country is loved by God. Japan has earthquakes, tsunamis, typhoons, heavy rains, heavy snow, and high humidity. The combination of climate change, summer and humidity is so hell. And since we have no resources such as fossil fuels and precious metals and are almost mountains, there are few flatlands. It is not suitable for large-scale agriculture, so the price is inevitably high when producing food. Also, the area of ​​a house is small and the price tends to be high. Due to the high population density, it needs to be quiet and feels closed. Japan's economy is bad due to the declining population and the global economy, and the birth rate is low, so the population will continue to decline. The working environment has an atmosphere of improvement, but it is still difficult. Therefore, the power of my country will decrease steadily. Moreover, since the neighboring countries are militaristic and many have nuclear weapons, there is also a military danger. As a reminder, I haven't given up on Japan's future.

@missplainjane3905

Жыл бұрын

Don't mind me asking. 1) Do you consider Japan as a highly developed and advanced country ? 2) How would you personally rate Japan (from culture to technology, architecture, food, local products, scenery/landscape, standard of living/quality of life, etc.) on a scale level of 1 to 10 ? 3) How would you describe the overall chracteristics of Japanese people ? 4) If you have 3 or more words to describe Japan, what would it be ?

@ahsanurr4219

Жыл бұрын

You can take more immigrants for boosting your economy.

Realy nice vide, thank you!

I didn't realize just how big the north American plate was that it stretches all the way to Japan, geez

it is an island country, so many cities are access to the sea. Sea transportation is much cheaper than land. Also, Japan is on a vital location of trading route from US to Asia. These are very good.

I've been watching a lot of "why X geography is terrible etc" It's always filled with interesting info and even the comments section has really deep insights. My question is: how do you guys know all this stuff; like what subject does this fall under? I doubt you study things like this in geography class at school or university, even human geography. So what does this fall under? Is this what "geopolitics" is? Or does is it one of the newer subjects like "security studies". I've become so interested in these kinds of videos that I kinda want to study it formally from a book, but I literally don't know what kind of book to buy. I have no idea what this content falls under! Thanks for your help.

Although everyone in modern world has completely forgotten, Japan WAS once famous for “mining country” which had produced abundant gold, silver, copper, iron and sulfur. It attracted Mongol Empire, Portuguese and Spanish Empire (Jesuit missionary), and Dutch (and British) East Indian Company. Khan needed sulfur to make gunpowder, and the Westerners mainly needed silver to purchase Chinese goods or Indonesian spices.

Japan needs a mass transit “Drone human bus” transport system linking between train lines and reaching land. It should link south to north. A train lines final stop to first stop stations running south to north. Keep the grid lines.

5:52 - sneaks a picture of Hong Kong in there…

To add a little about the China/Japan dispute over islands, since many people are prejudiced against China. At the end of WW2 Japan had to give back Formosa but they pulled a fast one on the American negotiators and said all of the smaller islands near Formosa had always been part of Japan, which is how they kept these islands. This, of course, is utterly untrue as they were largely taken from China in 1895. Thus why China is ticked about Japan keeping these islands.

That shinkansen map seems quite outdated, it doesn't show the extension of the Kyushu, Hokuriku Shinkansen and the construction of the Hokkaido Shinkansen.

Just a note, the footage at 5:55 is from Hong Kong.

didn’t know house value decreases due to strict building laws…i thought it was because of the decrease in rural population

that Hong Kong tram and double decker buses got me out of nowhere

Inb4 Real Life lore comes knocking your door to have a nice chat about "territory".

5:51 This is Hong Kong lmao, not Japan

@spacecraftcarrier4135

Жыл бұрын

Yea sometimes I really wish youtubers review their stock video footage before using them. I think once there was even some Beijing building or something in a Singapore video by PolyMatter. Like, whatttttt lmao

@jubberwocky63

Жыл бұрын

Yeah i'm pretty sure Quarry Bay isn't Japan

@idifjrivhjf5198

Жыл бұрын

i don't think most people would be able to tell Kanji uses tons of Chinese characters

I have a colossal realistic map of América for Age of Empires 2 HD which took me 5 months to create from painstaking attention to detail, and I included Japan in the west so that the samurais could fight the Aztecs. It's epic. I love Japan, and all of the world God designed. I could not make better maps than his. Japan's natural disasters help shape it into the beautiful thing it is. Compare that to boring South Florida which has only hurricanes. They said global warming was going to inundate the city, but nothing happened for decades.

6:30 Not sure why your map did not include a train line extending to the northern island of Hokkaido. Bullet trains go there since 2016

5:51 Oh, no. This particular footage is Hongkong (Hong Kong)!

5:52 taking about Japan shows Hong Kong

Min 1:20 "..Japan has little or no natural resources..." - Bloody hell, we know what that thinking led to in 1942.

Some of those geographical features actually are double edged sword that ironically also had positive effect tbf

The stock video used in 5:52 is Hong Kong......

5:52 is Hong Kong, not sure the purpose of that in the video

To think this small country was one of the most powerful and had one of the most brutal armies the world had ever seen just amazes me compared how Japanese people are so nice and polite

@Player-re9mo

Жыл бұрын

Same can be said about UK.

"Why Japan's Geography Is Absolutely Terrible" Kublai Khan whose army suffered heavy losses twice by typhoons when attempts to conquer Japan: A G R E E!

That's why Japan has good geography for big ports and big international trade, it also means that they won't specialise to farming.

Japan is blessed because it's located in East Asia which the centre of world for over 5,000 years. No other region match East Asia in term of wealth the past 5,000 years, that's why can always rebuild themselves after destruction.

5:50 clip of hong kong lol

@-SP.

Жыл бұрын

He copies other people's videos, so no surprise that he can't even be bothered to make sure that his stock footage is correct

5:51-5:54 looks like Hong Kong.

Japan is fascinating, with the worst geography .. but i want to add that it's geography made Japan very protected from foreign invaders and attackers .. and that gave them the chance to build a nation that is very hard working and innovative .. so their geography actually contributed to their success .

@ausbin6102

Жыл бұрын

That is true , Japan's geography made it hard to invade and well protected

It's somewhat like switzerland in bad terms with it's neighbors, earthquakes and typhoons

7:32 A powerful island nation, that historically has not got along with it's continental neighbors ... Britain: "You too?"