NHK WORLD PRIME
Season 6 Episode 3 - Emperor Showa Speaks: The Path to War - Part 2 (1937-1941)
Soon after Japan's defeat, Emperor Showa spoke at great length about the path to the Pacific War. This discussion was recorded in the Haietsuki (Records of Imperial Audiences). The emperor spoke of his remorse over the inability to restrain the Japanese military during a time of international upheaval. In addition, the journals of the emperor's grand chamberlain Hyakutake Saburo were made public in September 2021. In 1941, the emperor had high expectations for negotiations with the US. Japan's advance into southern French Indochina (now Vietnam) brought unforseen American economic sanctions. In the end, the emperor ordered Tojo Hideki to form a Cabinet, and went on to sanction the beginning of the war. The journals record his anguish in great detail. These newly available historical documents, coupled with dramatic recreations, are used to examine the decision-making of the emperor and his close aides in the period leading to the outbreak of the Pacific War. (Excerpt)
Episodes in Season 6
Heirs of the Red Gene: A Century of Chinese Communist Rule
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Emperor Showa Speaks: The Path to War - Part 1 (1928-1937)
50 min
Emperor Showa Speaks: The Path to War - Part 2 (1937-1941)
50 min
FINDING SATOSHI
49 min
A Monk’s Lessons: Living Amid Death From COVID
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Carbon Farming: A Climate Solution Under Our Feet
49 min
Reviving Tezuma: Japan's Traditional Magic
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The Unknown Master of Restoration
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Fukushima Monologue II
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Fukushima: The Curse of Groundwater
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Ukraine: Prelude to a Crisis
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Rainbow Family
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A Teacher's Life Lesson
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Karl and Tina: Village Life in the Deep Snow
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Daily Life in Times of War
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Kyiv, the Resistance of Citizens
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Art of the Inland Sea
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Art is Our Voice
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Karl and Tina: Bountiful Autumn in the Village
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Mississippi Revealed
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JAPAN-NORTH KOREA SUMMIT: Behind the Curtain
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Mountainous Traditions
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Stopping the Next Pandemic: The Virus Hunters' Mission - Part 1
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Danjuro: A Kabuki Star for Three Centuries
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Stopping the Next Pandemic: The Virus Hunters' Mission - Part 2
49 min
