The SHOCKING Reason Black People Are Moving to Asia | Documentary [2019]

I grew up in Japan (Okinawa). I lived there from 1969-75 as a child and went back in 1982-83 while in the Marines. I have been to Tokyo a couple of times as well since them on business. Japanese society is a polite society. The punishment for being outside the norms are severe and immediate. People follow the law or else. Their almost monolithic culture is the driver. The cities tend to be very clean, crime free, you are very safe walking the streets etc. I have a loot of respect for their culture and still work regularly with Japanese companies and their employees.

Having said that, Japanse people are very polite but you will never be one of them. You can live safely, prosper, enjoy your freedom but you will never be one of them, period. I think anyone going from just about anywhere would feel similarly safe, secure and to an extent welcomed in Japan (I cannot speak for all Asian cultures).

Japan is a jus sanguinis state, which means nationality is deferred by blood, not by location of birth. Citizenship is attainable but it does take a lot of time, there are stringent requirements and significant paperwork and they do not recognize dual citizenship so you will have to give up your current one to get it as well.

I suspect that if I lived in Japan for 38 years that I would sound like and be saying the same things as the first black man being interviewed. Japan is "safer" for everyone. And if "safe" is what you're looking for, I likely would recommend it. Here, in the US, I am certain that I am not as safe, but safer than a black man living in the US. I am safe enough for my liking, and I can easily imagine that blacks are not. Could we ever make America as safe as Japan? Honestly, I don't believe we could inasmuch as Japan's security is based largely in a culture that extends into a feudal period during which samurai enforced politeness. Here in America, we tended to be more polite when we were universally armed. (An armed society is a polite society, as the saying goes), but it wasn't safer for blacks because they weren't armed. All that said, this is an interesting and well produced documentary. Thanks for sharing it...