The Japanese All-Girl Band and Their Older Male Fan Base (Extra Scene From 'Schoolgirls for Sale')

another stupid video from westerners who don't understand sh... about Japanese culture and therefore trying to sell it as creepy and weird, but you can see young people and even young women amongst the fans too, while you have sexualized children in your disney channels as well, now keep trying to tell the world only your way to do things is normal, idiots

Cute girl 💞💞💞

This is C-R-E-E-P-Y

Those little girl they dont do nothing illegal of govt dont banned so.. She can just answer frankly
" Senior men who have more desire for younger body girls they come here to satisfy their fantasy by watching chatting physical touch. Music is just namesake to hide the hardcore.."

Shut American troll, all older men are not predators!

Disgusting

Are they 15 or 16? Where are their parents?

I think Japan has a problem of sexually exploiting young girls just like here in the west there are so many druggies.

didn't know i was subscribed to this channel but unsubscribed it after watching this video, biased, agenda pushing news is hardly constructive, it's like they try to force you on their personal opinions,reminds me of sjw culture.I'm not saying school girl idols are good or bad,but this channel clearly isn't one to take into consideration

This is just beta male, male shaming.

looks like a interrogation rather than a interview.

Why judge these old Japanese men. They are old but they are not bad people.. They are just deprived of relationships in their younger days.

I love the irony of a vice news reporter condemning the exploitation of these young girls when vice was outed for rampant sexual harassment/misogyny in the workplace. Also, i watched this vice news "hit piece". None of these girls were being exploited in any way. They all seemed to be there of their own free will. How about you do an expose about the creepy vice offices and the pervy male bosses that work there, instead of coming to a country you don't understand and judging their culture based on your narrow preconcieved notions of right and wrong?

Damn bizarre. Grown ass fart men looking at children. You'd think those were their babies. Their legislation I heard from another documentary is extremely lacking.
I hope they get it fixed because this is on the tip of the borders of unethical.

That's why Vtubers and Virtual idol are Born in Japan. So the Western Media never talk about like this.

They do not view men as demons. Stop trying to impose your feminazi perspective upon them.

Why the interviewer doesn’t speak Japanese in Japan, and very mean questions with English. Seem like a typical American

Why do you ruin their innocence redpilling them? itš like showing children rule 34 with their favorite cartoon characters.

Not all old man is dangerous as you can see some old man using dress maybe his teacher and with hairless is maybe his father.

I am very sad to see minors working in parts that can be said to be illegal and on the other hand they work for their families and survive and it's better than those on the streets and neglected if they can be kidnapped and so on.

As a fan of idol groups, I don’t see this as a problem as long as no one is getting hurt and they’re happy with it.
Btw I’m reporting your video for spout full context towards idol fans and Japanese people.

I can see the girl in the video was uncomfortable with the interviewer question.

Looks like alot of creepy ol men. A haven for pedos.

This is such a waisted opportunity, it was so disappointing. Him interrogating her like that is really uncomfortable to watch.

Im from indonesia and we have our idol group here, JKT48, and i agree with the host. You dont have to be a westerner to know that this older men fan base thing is wrong. And also the handshake part, i also find it hard to make sense of. If we're not allowed to touch them, will we still be infatuated by them?

the reporter should have said older like him

this guy is very cool

Vice news unironically trying to make men look like perverts for watching teen girls perform by using a guy that looks like he was surgically altered to look like a creeper pedo.

Only Japan could have given the world Babymetal.

What's "JK Walking"?

Thats creepy old men watching you girls perform its creepy

Real life hentai haven

Araa araa

"Aki-abara" the White way to mispronounce names.

Simon seems so cringed out in this video. Welp at least there are not bullets flying around (talking about the videos of when he was in ukraine)

Duh. Than again, the US is the world's biggest demoralizing agent, pimp, john, debt-slaver, mass-murderer, etc.

Love it how "Vice" sounds so genuinely caring. ああああああ 可愛い！

But how do we know if these girls are really giving sex to these guys? Maybe their just talking with them and hanging around, helping lonely guys to feel appreciated or so.. Not in a sexual way. But it's hard to trust that.

There really aren't that many girls. It's just like that in Japan. Like in the West if you were a guy you weren't supposed to like Backstreet Boys... but you weren't supposed to like Spice Girls either, though it was more passable You weren't supposed to publicly like "shitty" pop music groups despite it being a guilty pleasure for many. In Japan most pop acts are pretty well gender split. Rock acts have more mix of audience. But the pop, I remember seeing 2 girl 5 guy AAA and the audience was apx 2/7ths guys and 5/7ths girls.

But there's still a variety. Some are very popular with girls and probably pull 30-40%. (Zenkimi, Yumeadol, Bandjanaimon). Zenkimi and Bandjanaimon also pull a young <30 audience. A lot of the super indie stuff, there are few female fans. It takes a big commitment, and it's a lot easier for guys to go to a show after work before returning home than for a girl to go into the city every night. So the ratio leans heavily toward guys for regular vs-bands, but they get quite a few more girls in audience for bigger shows. And the younger girls? There are 10,000 female idol fans. They're called idols.

Wait, these are official subs? I just looked her up because Sukawa seemed really strange, and, as it sounded like, her name is Natsumi Ishikawa, not Natsumi Sukawa. %^#%ing lazy to get an interviewee's name wrong.

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AKB 48..

if older men/boy go to see a performance like this in any western country they would be considered either gay or pedophile 💀 culture wow

What do you expect form VICE or for that matter AsianBoss, Find Your Love etc... Yeah their are older guys in the audience, but they are mixed in with the younger guys and girls. It's not a sexual thing as they arte trying to imply - no more sexual than how Americans adored Shirley temple. Evil YouTuners sensationalizing Japan to popularize their channels.

preconceptions ruined the whole interview, all we learned is the interviewers opinion and didn't learn anything about how the Japanese think

This comment section is fucking cancer. A bunch of people here saying other cultures are different so just deal with it. Other's are genuinely worried, others hate the Journalist and some are even calling these underage girls "sexy." Wtf is this planet at this point. All of that journey through ethics to end up with this shit.

I don't get how being weirded out this is controversial. I don't believe that every man there has some weird hebephilic fixation on the girls. I'm sure many just wanna have fun and feel very strongly about seeing their idols thrive. However, this doesn't mean that Japan's fixation with young girls and school girls for that fact isn't alarming. There are literal cafes where men can pay young girls to hold them in ways that girls have found horrid. There are vending machines that sell used schoolgirl panties...

Fetish or paraphilia, you choose. There are alarming and at times disturbing elements to all of this BUT it does not mean that everyone is a creep and wants to hurt young girls. I do want to clarify that there is a difference between a bunch of teenage girls at a boy band concert to older men at a young girls concert. It IS bizarre but not criminal and not anything to really be worried about as these men tend to never pursue the girls outside of their idolized forms anyway. However, our interviewed girl "Abu-Chan" gets quiet frankly worried when our interviewer asks her about why she thinks men are their main audience. She almost looks worried about expressing her actual opinion about the subject. Her voice becomes quiet and her fellow idols turn to look at her and she speaks softly in regards to it. Obviously, she can't actually talk about anything involving her thoughts towards her audience, it could jeopardize her career. Id love to see anonymous idols be able to talk about this. We'd see a true perspective then.

Disclaimer: I hate how Japan views children and young girls. To ME lolicon/shotacon-manga/hentai is horrible and should not exist. Up until a few years ago, certain erotic material involving 12-year-old girls was allowed (such as bikini shots of girls and other questionable material.) I'm sure the idols are grossed out sometimes (because It can be bizarre to have an older sweaty man shake my hand and idolize me) but as far as I can see they're safe and If anyone tried to hurt them they'd immediately be protected.

However, that is just MY opinion. Ethically it doesn't align with me and honestly, it's not like the Japanese government isn't aware of this and isn't trying to fix it.

Searched up hoop band with middle aged men & this showed up

She may be naive, but she is protected by powerful people.

He certainly has the Western stalker look down.