It's usually got a lot of expats mixed in, primarily if it's in Tokyo. There's a shit ton of people who's main draw for things like streaming or youtube videos is they're in Tokyo Japan, so they make videos on the subject and can get loads of views from people who try to live vicariously through them with it. They have an abundance of free time, and usually are the type of people to talk about the "problems" of Japanese society and advocate for it's change despite the fact it's someone else's country they're just squatting in. They were also a large part of the blm protests in Tokyo after the Fentanyl Floyd incident, many of them tweeting about it on Japanese twitter as well. There's a whole leech-net of them on Youtube you can find who just hype and feed into each others audience.
Sometimes it makes sense if the protestors are trying to reach an international audience for whatever reason. The 2011 protests in Egypt come to mind since they wanted the West and the US in particular to drop their support for Mubarak. But yeah, it's absolutely manufactured in this case. It's about pushing an agenda here rather than giving a shit about people in Japan.
Japanese mask wearing is a bit different to other parts of the world. They've been doing it for years and only because it was more convenient than using scarves. A lot of Japanese people take public transportation which results in them being packed into trains like sardines and the Japanese work ethic means that taking a day off isn't something that really happens. So, it's really just to avoid hocking a loogie on the back of someone's head. There's also hay fever being much more common in Japan and the culture of politeness means you don't want to sneeze on someone.
There's also a cultural taboo regarding snot. There's a Japanese term for it that translates as "nose shit." Being caught with an uncovered runny nose would be really embarrassing for a Japanese person.
Ehhhh... a lot of Japanese people know a functional amount of English. Like, not enough for fully, grammatical questions but enough that you could ask "Where bathroom" and get a proper answer. With that in mind, the English language is honestly the language of the world and, when you want your protests to be seen by the world, it would make sense to include English words. Not to mention that kanji takes up less space than English words to mean the same thing, so you really couldn't have a large banner.
i always find it funny when these type of protests are in countries that dont speak much English , yet have English protest signs there . How strange.
No foreign interference at all. Nope. Totally organic. * sarcasm*
It's usually got a lot of expats mixed in, primarily if it's in Tokyo. There's a shit ton of people who's main draw for things like streaming or youtube videos is they're in Tokyo Japan, so they make videos on the subject and can get loads of views from people who try to live vicariously through them with it. They have an abundance of free time, and usually are the type of people to talk about the "problems" of Japanese society and advocate for it's change despite the fact it's someone else's country they're just squatting in. They were also a large part of the blm protests in Tokyo after the Fentanyl Floyd incident, many of them tweeting about it on Japanese twitter as well. There's a whole leech-net of them on Youtube you can find who just hype and feed into each others audience.
WAITO PIGGU, GO HOME
Sometimes it makes sense if the protestors are trying to reach an international audience for whatever reason. The 2011 protests in Egypt come to mind since they wanted the West and the US in particular to drop their support for Mubarak. But yeah, it's absolutely manufactured in this case. It's about pushing an agenda here rather than giving a shit about people in Japan.
Its either a psyop or a bunch of foreigners trying to force degeneracy upon the Japanese.
Theyre all wearing masks and some of them look a bit... African.
Japanese mask wearing is a bit different to other parts of the world. They've been doing it for years and only because it was more convenient than using scarves. A lot of Japanese people take public transportation which results in them being packed into trains like sardines and the Japanese work ethic means that taking a day off isn't something that really happens. So, it's really just to avoid hocking a loogie on the back of someone's head. There's also hay fever being much more common in Japan and the culture of politeness means you don't want to sneeze on someone.
There's also a cultural taboo regarding snot. There's a Japanese term for it that translates as "nose shit." Being caught with an uncovered runny nose would be really embarrassing for a Japanese person.
Ehhhh... a lot of Japanese people know a functional amount of English. Like, not enough for fully, grammatical questions but enough that you could ask "Where bathroom" and get a proper answer. With that in mind, the English language is honestly the language of the world and, when you want your protests to be seen by the world, it would make sense to include English words. Not to mention that kanji takes up less space than English words to mean the same thing, so you really couldn't have a large banner.
It's this one.