Democracy Now! is broadcasting from Tokyo, Japan, today in the first of three special broadcasts. At a critical time for Japan and the region, we begin our coverage looking at the country’s rightward political shift under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was re-elected just over a year ago. As head of the Liberal Democratic Party, Abe is known as a conservative hawk who has pushed nationalistic and pro-nuclear policies. In December, he visited the controversial Yasukuni war shrine, which honors Japanese soldiers who died in battle, including several war criminals who were tried by the International Military Tribunal after World War II. The visit sparked outrage from China and South Korea, who consider the shrine a symbol of Japanese militarism and its refusal to atone for atrocities committed in the first half of the 20th century. We speak about Japan’s increasingly pro-nuclear, nationalistic stance with Koichi Nakano, professor at Sophia University in Tokyo and director of the Institute of Global Concern.
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AMY GOODMAN: We are on the road in Tokyo, Japan, for the first of three special broadcasts here. We’re here at a critical time for Japan and the region. Later in the show we’ll look at the crisis in Japan following the meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant that occurred nearly three years ago. Our visit to Japan comes less than a month after thousands of people rallied on the Japanese island of Okinawa to protest plans to build a new U.S. Marine base. Meanwhile, protests continue here in Japan over the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The TPP would establish a free trade zone stretching from the United States to Chile to Japan, encompassing nearly 40 percent of the global economy.
We’ll look at Okinawa and the TPP later in the week, but we begin today’s show looking at the rightward shift in Japan under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was re-elected just over a year ago. Abe heads the country’s Liberal Democratic Party, is known as a conservative hawk who has pushed nationalistic and pro-nuclear policies. In December, he visited the controversial Yasukuni war shrine, which honors Japanese soldiers who died in battle, including several war criminals who were tried by the International Military Tribunal after World War II. The visit sparked outrage from China and South Korea, who consider the shrine a symbol of Japanese militarism and its refusal to atone for atrocities committed in China and Korea in the first half of the 20th century.
For more, I’m joined in our Tokyo studio by Koichi Nakano, professor at Sophia University here in Tokyo and director of the Institute of Global Concern at the university.
震撼主義在日本：安倍晉三的右移，以軍國主義，保密福島的甦醒
現在民主！來自日本東京，今天在歷史上第三個特殊的廣播正在廣播。在關鍵時刻對日本和地區，我們開始我們的覆蓋面看之下首相安倍晉三，誰再次當選剛剛超過一年前該國的政治向右移位。由於自由民主黨的負責人，安倍被稱為誰推高民族和親核政策的保守鷹派。去年十二月，他參觀了爭議的參拜靖國神社，裡面供奉日本士兵誰死在戰場上，其中包括誰是第二次世界大戰後國際軍事法庭試了戰犯。這次訪問中國和韓國，誰認為靖國神社日本軍國主義的象徵，它拒絕贖暴行在20世紀上半激起民憤。我們談論日本的日益親核，民族主義立場與中野浩一，在上智大學東京教授，全球關注的所長。
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AMY GOODMAN ：我們是在日本東京的道路上，首次在這裡三個特殊的廣播。我們在這裡在關鍵時刻對日本和該地區。後來在節目中，我們將著眼於在日本危機後的危機在發生將近三年前，福島核電廠。我們訪問日本之前不到一個月，成千上萬的人團結在日本沖繩島，抗議計劃建立一個新的海軍基地。與此同時，抗議活動繼續在日本在跨太平洋夥伴關係。該TPP將建立一個自由貿易區從美國延伸到智利到日本，囊括近40 ％的全球經濟。
我們將著眼於沖繩和TPP在本週晚些時候，但我們開始今天的節目看日本在首相安倍晉三的右移，誰再次當選剛剛超過一年前。安倍晉三領導國家的自由民主黨，被稱為誰推高民族和親核政策的保守鷹派。去年十二月，他參觀了爭議的參拜靖國神社，裡面供奉日本士兵誰死在戰場上，其中包括誰是第二次世界大戰後國際軍事法庭試了戰犯。這次訪問中國和韓國，誰認為靖國神社日本軍國主義的象徵，它拒絕贖所犯暴行的中國和韓國在20世紀上半激起民憤。
欲了解更多，我被中野浩一，上智大學在東京教授，全球關注的學院在大學的主任參加了我們的東京工作室。
