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2023-06-26 22:12:10
How Japan went from imperialist past to pacifist nation
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The war in Ukraine and an increasingly volatile situation in the Indo-Pacific region, with fears about China and North Korea’s next steps, have reignited the debate over Japanese “pacifism”.
Envisioned in the post-World War II Constitution, this concept is based on Japan’s “renunciation of war” as well as its promise that the country would never maintain offensive military troops.
In this video, our reporter Julia Braun explains what Japan’s imperialist past was like up to World War II – and how current geopolitics has led the country to increase its military spending.
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