Chapter 1 Rethinking Self-Defense (Part 3 of 3) ビデオ本編 NARRATOR: For all the constitutional restrictions, Japan has already built its Self-Defense Forces into one of the most powerful militaries in Asia. Japan‘s annual military budget …

Chapter 1 Rethinking Self-Defense (Part 2 of 3) ビデオ本編 NARRATOR: It’s a message that is increasingly popular in Japan. The nation rebuilt itself from the ashes of the war into the world’s second largest economy. Having achieved prosper…

Chapter 1 Rethinking Self-Defense (Part 1 of 3) ビデオ本編 TOMOHIKO TANIGUCHI: Deputy Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs “North Korea is openly saying that (it) is developing nuclear weapons, and some of the test cases have prove…

Chapter 3 D??j?? Vu? ビデオ本編 NARRATOR: Japan is asserting itself militarily. It is embracing right-wing nationalism. It is denying its wartime atrocities. And it is flirting with nuclear weapons. Is Japan on a path to repeating the mist…

Chapter 2 Historical Amnesia (Part 2 of 2) ビデオ本編 NARRATOR: One reason so many Japanese know so little about the war, the critics say, is that government-approved textbooks increasingly whitewashed Japan’s past. Textbooks often play do…

Chapter 2 Historical Amnesia (Part 1 of 2) ビデオ本編 AKIHIRO TAKAHASHI: “Hibakusha” witness, Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation “My name is Akihiro Takahashi and I’m 75 years old. And I’m a survivor of the atomic bombing. More and more, J…