The Japanese Self Defense Force conducting an exercise for the Japanese public on a training field in Shizuoka with the U.S. military. Shizuoka, August 2015.

Massive protests in front of the National Diet Building, against the administration passing security legislation that will permit the Japanese Self Defense Force to fight with other countries’ armies. According to opinion polls, the majority of the public opposes the legislation and many think the government’s efforts to explain it fell short. Nagatacho, Tokyo, 2015.

A helmet such as those used by the Japanese Imperial Army in the 30s and 40s.

These photographs belong to Keiichi Kuwahara (87), a former Kamikaze pilot, who luckily survived because of engine trouble.

Mt.Fuji, the highest mountain in Japan. It is said that this area was one of the U.S. Army’s targets during World War 2. Shizuoka, June 2015.

Yukio Edano, the head of the new Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, addresses a crowd, who have gathered in front of Shinjuku station during the national election campaign week. Shinjuku, Tokyo, October 2017.

Fusa Iwai (85) entered a military hospital training school when she graduated from junior high school in 1943. When she started at the training school, she would have to take care of and look after wounded soldiers who were returning from the war. As days passed, the bombing by the U.S. army where she lived became a greater threat and she had to look after civilians who were injured by the bombs. “The only way to prevent war from happening is by having a dialogue. There must have been people back in those days who felt uncomfortable with their own society and politics. But if we were to criticize the politicians, we would get caught by the secret police. Even though, we should have discussed with others, neighbors about the changes to society much much more.” Tokyo, May 2015.

A page of a magazine called “Weekly Photographs” published by the Japanese Imperial Government for the Japanese citizens during World War 2. The magazine aimed to increase one’s fighting spirit.

Massive protests in front of the National Diet Building, against the administration passing security legislation that will permit the Japanese Self Defense Force to fight with other countries’ armies. According to opinion polls, the majority of the public opposes the legislation and many think the government’s efforts to explain it fell short. Nagatacho, Tokyo, 2015.

A passerby carries a plastic model airplane kit of the de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito, which was a British twin-engine shoulder-winged multi-role combat aircraft used in World War 2. Kudanshita, Tokyo, April 2016.

A Japanese Self Defense Force soldier walking around a field during drills. Gotemba, Shizuoka, August 2015.