Japan Looks for a New Path to Security in an Uncertain Era

“Behold the tyranny and inhumanity! The demonic Americans and British finally reveal their true nature.” A headline from a 1942 issue of Dōmei shashin tokuhō, an illustrated bulletin on Japan’s wartime advances. (© Kyōdō)

Approximately 200,000 people lined the streets to bid farewell to Douglas MacArthur following his six years in Japan. (© Kyōdō)

A contemporary print shows two of Perry’s “black ships.” (© Kyōdō)

Professor Yoshimi Shun’ya. (© Yokozeki Kazuhiro)

Tokyo Disneyland celebrated 40 years in business in 2023, and remains crowded to this day. (© Jiji)