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Season 1

  • S01E01 Out of a Firestorm

    • October 21, 1990
    • BBC Two

    Part 1 of "Nippon: Japan Since 1945" focuses on the American occupation of Japan following the war and the influence of MacArthur.

  • S01E02 Catching Up

    • October 28, 1990
    • BBC Two

    Part 2 of "Nippon: Japan Since 1945" concentrates on the economic transfiguration of Japan,

  • S01E03 Living Through a Miracle

    • November 4, 1990
    • BBC Two

  • S01E04 The Learning Machine

    • November 11, 1990
    • BBC Two

    Part 4 of "Nippon: Japan Since 1945" discusses the highly centralised and rigidly standardised Japanese education system.

  • S01E05 Taking on Detroit

    • November 18, 1990
    • BBC Two

    Part 5 of "Nippon: Japan Since 1945" gives a history of the present success of Japan's auto manufacturing industries which have taken over from the USA as world leaders.

  • S01E06 The Shock Effect

    • November 25, 1990
    • BBC Two

    Part 6 of "Nippon: Japan Since 1945" looks at the causes and effects of the Japanese domestic crisis of the 1970s.

  • S01E07 Being Japanese

    • December 2, 1990
    • BBC Two

    Part 7 of "Nippon: Japan Since 1945" explores the basic character of the Japanese.

  • S01E08 Risen Sun

    • December 9, 1990
    • BBC Two

    Part 8 of "Nippon: Japan Since 1945" looks at the current economic conditions in Japan.