WIDE ANGLE | Japan's About Face | PBS

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/japans-about-face/introduction/746 Original PBS airdate: Tuesday, July 8, 2008. "Japan's About-Face" is a remarkable window into the shifting role of the military in post-war Japanese society. WIDE ANGLE has acquired unprecedented access to the National Defense Academy, Japan's "West Point." We follow Defense Academy cadets preparing for a future that may involve overseas deployment, and meet with a group of peace activists ‹ some of them atom bomb survivors ‹ on a grueling two month, 750-mile protest march from Hiroshima to Tokyo. We also witness joint maneuvers with the U.S. Marine Corps, a surveillance flight over the Sea of Japan, and the DDH Hyuga ‹ the first Japanese aircraft carrier built since WWII. "Japan's About-Face" offers new insight into the future of Asian geopolitics. For more information visit http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/japans-about-face/introduction/746/