81 years have passed since the end of the war. News23 anchor Ayaka Ogawa conducted an exclusive interview with journalist Soichiro Tahara, now 92 years old.

"Why did we plunge into a war we couldn't possibly win?"

When the Pacific War began, Mr. Tahara was a first-grader. On the day the war ended, at the age of 11, he witnessed the complete 180-degree change in attitude of the adults around him.

"I couldn't trust the government, the teachers, or the media."

He passionately discusses the reasons why he continues to work as a journalist even now at 92, and the "autonomy" needed in modern Japan.


00:17 [Why Did Japan Fight a War It Was Lost?] Japan Charged Forward Driven by the "Stubbornness" of its Leaders
03:30 [Adults Who Changed 180 Degrees] Textbook Blackouts and the Origins of Journalism
10:18 [Written in 1948] The Novel "My Dream of Koshien" Written by 14-Year-Old Tahara
13:18 [Soichiro Tahara's Desired "Japanese Subjectivity"] Can Japan Tell the World "War is Bad"?
17:11 [What is "Subjectivity" Individuals Should Possess?] How to Live in an Age of Information Overload

【田原総一朗×小川彩佳　原点は戦争】「違う」と言えない“政治の危うさ”　情報あふれる...

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