This is the third report in a four-part series looking at the past seven decades during which Japan maintained its national security while enjoying economic prosperity, and the ongoing social changes that could determine the country's future course.
Ryota Toyomura, 18, a freshman at Waseda University in Tokyo, is adamant that he would enlist in the military and fight for Japan should the nation ever be attacked.
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