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Does Japan need a military?

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18 November 2017

Episode 202

30 minutes


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Since the Second World War Japan has been a pacifist nation. But during that time it has built up an impressive defence force that, if it was a fully fledged military, would be the eighth largest in the world. In an ever more unstable region is it time for this global power to fight for itself or will that only add to the instability? Christopher Lord is joined by Alessio Patalano, Yuka Kobayashi and John Nilsson-Wright.

18 November 2017

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