japanese → English transcript

I'm half Indian.

You know Japan is saying it will accept 50,000 Indians now?

I go back to India twice a year.

Even I, who have roots in India, am scared.

Of course I have family.

My family and relatives are kind to me, and I love them.

I also actually know there are good Indians, so I understand that.

But my dad always picks me up at the airport.

When I say I want to try going home alone someday,

even my father, who usually doesn't say no or get angry,

always says that's absolutely not okay.

I've even been given the middle finger by kids.

Sexual crimes are common there.

It's a sexist, male-dominated country.

For Japanese people, India is a place where those kinds of dangers

are still plentiful.

As everyone knows now,

Japan, because of foreigners,

is said to be experiencing a worsening of public safety.

I think the root of the root of the root

is that people aren't interested in themselves.

If people were interested in themselves and loved themselves,

if they truly loved themselves,

for their own future like that,

people would have gone to the polls sooner,

and there would have been many more people speaking up in some way.

Then the results would have changed, right?

But this is really difficult unless you truly care about yourself.

For people who don't value themselves,

we don't want to take action.

So what I'm trying to say is,

the day you learn something, you're the youngest you'll ever be.

Don't think it's already too late or that it's pointless now.

I think it's time to choose to love yourself.

I've just shared what I'm feeling now.