On 7th December 1941, Japanese planes bombed the US fleet at Pearl Harbour. Programme looks at what caused Japan to...
The hospital created by the doctors and medical orderlies among prisoners of war of the Japanese in Thailand.
Through thrift, hard work and discipline, Japan and later South Korea enjoy economic miracles that bring growth, prosperity an...
Nuclear weapons make the world more dangerous than ever before. The destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 by atom bombs is...
Dramatic reconstruction of the devastating impact of the first atomic bomb to be used against people on the citizens of Hiroshima.
Film about the Japanese adaptability and flexibility in industry, shown through the organisation of the Mitsubishi company.
A look at the treatment of prisoners at one of Japan's largest prisons.
Looking at the life of two working girls in Japan, their opportunities and expectations as women in Japan today.
Baseball has been played in Japan for more than 100 years, and it's now the country's most popular sport.
Most people think of Japan as an urban, industrial country. In many important ways, however, life in Japan is still an extension of life in a Japanese village.
Sue Perkins enjoys a night out with Kyoto's geishas, goes free diving with some ama divers and visits Hiroshima. In Tokyo, she explores ho...
Documentary recalling 6 August 1945, when the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, with testimony from American colonel Paul Tibbe...
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