Japan's pacifism hangs in balance as China and North Korea threats loom

2023-05-20 06:18

Each move to militarise leaves the country more divided over its post-war pacifist ideals.

Toshiyuki Mimaki says he remembers crying as he looked up at a blackened sunset after the nuclear bomb hit Hiroshima.

He was only three years old at the time, but he remembers the dazed and burnt survivors fleeing past his home in the countryside. He remembers heading into the city with his family...