They are: So-hara, Seka-Hara, Rei-Hara,
Sweets harassment? - That's right.
Hey guys I am the director of Ask Japanese - And Cathy Cat and today we're gonna talk about...
Japanese weird harassments. Start! - Ok start
So-hara. - So hara???
The first thing I can think of is Japanese Samurai Sword-Harassment.
That's not harassment, that would kill people!!!
Guess so. - Socccc - Social Harassment? Social Network?
Harassment? - That's it. - I see.
That we all know about, social networking harassment!!!
I think it exists abroad. - It's a real problem!!! - In Japan there is a new side to it
In Japan, if you have Facebook and your superior ...
and you become friends on facebook...
you have to LIKE your superiors posts.
What? THAT's what you mean? So it's not bullying online
with comments ... It's a different type of harassment. - The one you mentioned is just bullying.
You have to like your superiors posts....
I often get asked why I didn't befriend colleagues (though I don't use facebook anymore either)
Colleges and superiors will be angry if you don't like their posts. It might affect your work,
A hobby like Facebook turns into work if you do that.
It's similar to Alcohol-Harassment. Higher ups in companies pressure the lower ranks.
It's part of power harassment. Japan has a high hierarchy environment.
In Japan we call it "buttering up the higher ups"
We have to lift up the higher ups
And this problem reaches our social networking services now too
We have to "like" their posts to keep them happy
If you feel like you HAVE to it's no fun
"Why do I have to like it, when though I don't want to?" That's So-Hara
Or forcing workers to do TikTok because the higher up wants them to
Even if you don't want to
But higher ups make the lower workers do it. Same for Youtube maybe
"I have seen one person succeed on YouTube, so you have to do it too now."
"Why are you not following that one person?" - That power over others is very Japanese.
I wonder if that's the same abroad. - The generation of our parents
will expect us to follow and like even though we don't want it... it's the older gen
If this problem exists in your country leave us a comment!
Yes leave us a comment.
Seka-Hara.... - Seka? To hurry someone? - Wrong.
The Seka stands for Second Harassment. - Second Harassment???
Getting harassed and then harassed by someone else who sees it??
Close! Second stands for the second time a harassment occurs.
For example. A worker is made to work too much.
He will complain to HR about this harassment.
But because he reported it, others will say...
"He's a looser for complaining like that."
And then his salary will get reduced because he reported the harassment.
Harassment for reporting harassment.
So the company won't really help a struggling worker.
And such. - A company or superior not understanding the situation properly
For complaining about power or sexual harassment....
you get bullied at work for it. - It will impact a workers life a second time
That's the most awful outcome.
Makes you want to quit the job. - All types of harassment are awful
I am Cathy Cat!
Rei-Hara... - Rei? Like Layer? Cosplayer?
Oh noooo not Cosplayer harassment. What would that be?
That person cosplayssss - Cathy you know that harassment a lot. Racial stereotypes
Oh! Ok ok
I think you have been told some of these things at work
Using the fact that you are German for whatever. - Happens all the time
Oh man yeah. - You are German so you like beer right?
You prefer wine. - Well yeah
Prejudice, racial stereotypes. - Those stereotypes/
People will file you away for being a certain type of person. That harassment.
Because you're from another country. - The image Japanese have of another country
will decide how they treat you. Even though it depends on each person.
Germans like beer and sausages. Japanese people like sushi. Like that? - Yeah
There is a similar harassment like Racial Harassment within Japan too.
Judging people for what area they are from? - Right. - Kansai people ....
"all like Okonomiyaki" like that? - I don't like it that much though
I hear "You're from Kansai so you can do Okonomiyaki" but I am from futher out Mie
Not really. I didn't have a Takoyaki grid at home ....
"You are that person because you come from this area" - Also...
Half Japanese people struggle from that even more.
"Because you are half XX country you can run faster."
We have done a street interview about that on this Channel
Wow close... - Tiny!
In our interviews many will say "Foreigners are pretty because they are foreigners"
things like that. But that might be Racial Harassment too.
I often hear "Foreigners have nice long noses" - Yeah
Japanese beauty ideals of foreigners are long noses and eyelid creases
and that's said to be cute. Some foreigners might not think so
right. That's a Racial stereotype many Japanese still have though
Some foreigners might get hurt from these comments. - Even if they're meant positively
Some Japanese people might use Racial harassment without knowing
Sui-Hara. - Maybe Sweets Harassment?
That's true!!! - I love sweets. How can you harass others with sweets??
Well ... - Forcing others to eat sweets???
True. - Even though you don't eat many sweets,
I often put a lot of nice sweet for you on your desk... - That could be harassment. - WHAT
I just wanted to be nice.... - And might have harassed me without knowing.
Scary right? Especially with people who are on a diet.
Giving people on a diet many sweets and such...
That's sweets harassment. - Someone did that to me...
Or knowingly eating sweets in front of the person who is dieting. - YOU did that
to ME when I tried to diet!!!! - Sorry. - Next time I will call you out on it!
I'll say Sweet Hara! - It's called Sui-Hara the one with sweets
That's a common thing. I bet that's happening abroad too!!!
Everytime I am dieting, the friends around me knowingly eat sweet things!!!
It happens! - Yeah. - That's a real thing that Suihara! Stop it!
So guys let us know harassments that are in your country
that might be a very cultural thing. These all seem to be very cultural to Japanese culture
and not bothering other people. - We care for others
a lot in this country and that's why we can bother other more.
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hit that subscribe button. Wait is that "Subscribe Harassment? - Sub-Hara?
I guess that goes into the "So-Hara" category. - Social Harassment right.
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