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Yuri, the YouTuber behind “Dokonjo Yuri’s Mother-Child Travels,” who documents trips with her two kids, reported on Threads that she had entered Afghanistan with her 3- and 5-year-old children. Japan’s Foreign Ministry has issued an evacuation advisory for the entire country, but when criticized, Yuri shot back, “The Foreign Ministry? Can’t really trust them~”, sparking a wave of backlash. On a 5ch Geinou/Sports Express+ (entertainment and sports news board) thread, users debated the security risks under Taliban rule, comparisons to past Japanese hostage incidents, whether it’s right to bring kids along, and the question of personal responsibility.
On September 30, Yuri of “Dokonjo Yuri’s Mother-Child Travels” (4,600 subscribers), who posts about traveling with her two kids, reported on Threads that she had arrived in Afghanistan with her 3- and 5-year-old children. After facing criticism for bringing children into a country under a nationwide Foreign Ministry evacuation advisory, Yuri shot back, “The Foreign Ministry? Can’t really trust them~”, which only fueled the backlash further.
A “mother-child journey” around the world with two kids
Yuri launched her YouTube channel in April 2025, documenting trips around the world under the theme of a “mother-child journey” with her two children. In her very first self-introduction video, she revealed that alongside running a photo-candle brand, she had “recently started working as a hostess at a cabaret club too,” and said her dream was to visit all 196 countries in the world.
Source: yutura.net / Original article here
What people said
That's just a universal law.
In the actually dangerous zones, Saruganseki took a plane though.
I wish the media would just stop covering her.
But if she's going to talk that big, then if something does happen, don't go asking for help — that's our tax money.
And here comes the "muh taxes" guy, right on cue~
there used to be people called the "Three Idiots" (nickname for the 2004 Japanese hostages in Iraq)
I wonder
if they're still doing okay these days (´・ω・`)
Wasn't that Imai?
well, if it's just a "just kidding" fake, I guess that's fine.
Yep. Case closed, everybody go home.
Background and key points of the debate
Japan’s Foreign Ministry overseas safety advisory has placed all of Afghanistan at the highest risk level, meaning travel to the country itself is widely considered a high-risk act. The 2004 hostage-taking of Japanese nationals in Iraq referenced in the thread (the case of Noriaki Imai, who survived, and Shosei Koda, who was killed) was the incident that first sparked widespread debate over “personal responsibility” for Japanese citizens traveling to dangerous regions, and the same framing was repeatedly invoked again in this controversy. Whether it’s acceptable for the YouTuber herself to travel there, and whether it’s acceptable to bring minor children into a dangerous region, are technically separate questions — but within the thread the two got tangled together, which is largely why opinions ended up so split.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports Express+) thread “Mom brings her 3- and 5-year-old to Afghanistan — when called out over the government’s evacuation advisory, YouTuber claps back: “The Foreign Ministry? Can’t really trust them~”.”
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