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Yuri, who runs the YouTube channel “Do-Konjo Yuri’s Mother-Child Journey” (ど根性ゆり, roughly “Gutsy Yuri”) and travels the world with her two children, kept traveling even after facing criticism for visiting Afghanistan despite an official evacuation advisory — and has now entered Iraq via Iran. On October 7 she posted “Peaceful again today” on Threads, drawing another wave of harsh comments. On 5ch forums, the focus wasn’t so much on the actual safety of her destinations as on where her travel funds were coming from and whether her posts were “designed to stir up controversy” — opinions were split.
Yuri, who posts about traveling with her two children under the channel “Do-Konjo Yuri’s Mother-Child Journey” (5,100 subscribers), has entered Iraq via Iran. On October 7 she posted “Peaceful again today” on Threads, and the replies are once again filled with harsh comments.
Criticized Over Afghanistan Trip
Yuri launched her YouTube channel in April 2025, documenting travels around the world with her two children under the “mother-child journey” theme. Her Threads profile states she has visited “153 countries plus 10 unrecognized states” so far.
Source: yutura.net / Original article here
What people said
That's just how Japanese social media works.
Is she rich or something?
Yeah, as long as you're not marked as "the enemy," Afghanistan, Iran, and Iraq honestly don't seem that dangerous.
Central Africa or South America probably have worse everyday crime.
Such a waste of energy trying to change someone like that.
It's because rescuing people costs taxpayer money.
If she wants to dodge the backlash, the only way is to give up her Japanese citizenship.
Honestly, I'm curious about it as a kind of reference material.
Making noise about it now just means you've got too much time on your hands.
Exactly.
Can't wait for this to become actual news.
So dumb.
Still doesn't seem like a place to visit casually.
but I bet everyone who is watching is secretly hoping something happens.
Back when Kōda and Gotō were killed (Shosei Kōda and Kenji Gotō, Japanese nationals killed abroad in 2004 and 2015), the internet was full of "it's their own responsibility" talk — but this time people might see it more as using her kids as a shield.
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It'd get found out immediately and turn into a huge deal.
That might be true for individuals after ransom money or ordinary criminal gangs,
but an Islamist fundamentalist group might specifically target someone live-streaming, just to publicize themselves.
Right, exactly.
It's about the kind of order in place — a society split into "us vs. enemy" is a different level of danger than one where murder, rape, and theft are just everyday occurrences.
https://hayabusa9.5ch.io/test/read.cgi/mnewsplus/1790999082/
Mother-son travel YouTuber takes 3- and 5-year-olds to Afghanistan, hits back at evacuation-advisory criticism: "The Foreign Ministry can't really be trusted anyway" ★2 [Laughing Gorilla★]
https://hayabusa9.5ch.io/test/read.cgi/mnewsplus/1791024226/
Making it a topic of conversation is already losing.
If people want to go to places labeled dangerous, that's their own call to make.
Some say "if something happens it'll cause trouble for the country," but that's really the government's fault for not banning travel there outright.
Isn't that exactly the same as you guys? lol
Same thought here lol lol
I've never once seen an idiot who treats even the Foreign Ministry's danger advisories as "legacy media" lol
Background and Key Points of the Debate
Japan’s Foreign Ministry issues travel advisories for each country and region on a scale of Level 1 to 4, and parts of Afghanistan and Iraq are rated at the higher levels. In the thread, many commenters invoked the 2004 killing of Shosei Kōda and the 2015 killing of Kenji Gotō to argue that travelers bear full responsibility for their own safety, while others focused on the fact that she brought along preschool-age children — ages 3 and 5. Yuri is an individual YouTuber with around 5,000 subscribers, and aside from her own explanations there’s no way to confirm where her travel funds actually come from, so the question of “where is the money coming from” kept resurfacing. Some also suspect she’s using the controversy itself as content. Overall, opinions split along two different axes — the actual safety of her travels versus the ethics of how she publicizes them.
*This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “Mother-son travel YouTuber who sparked outrage over her Afghanistan trip now heads to Iraq via Iran with her 3- and 5-year-olds, saying ‘I don’t take the news at face value’.”
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