HAWAII GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
"JAPAN 21" explores the beauty of Japan along with its political dilemmas at the dawn of the 21st century.
Documentary
explores Japan
The Hawai'i Geographic Society is hosting a screening of the travelogue documentary "JAPAN 21," with producer and narrator Willis H.A. Moore presenting varying views of Japan at the dawning of the 21st century.
The event will take place 7:30 p.m. Friday at Tenney Theatre, St. Andrew's Cathedral.
More than a look at castles, scenery and bullet trains, Moore's film takes the traveler on an up-close and personal look at the nation with the world's No. 2 economy. Japan's population of 125 million is not growing: the average couple produces 1.8 children in Japan. Its population is aging and this adds to the country's fiscal strains.
Japan's political system follows a constitution written by Americans in the early 1950s and resembles the U.S. Constitution. However, only one party has governed Japan since then, the Liberal Democratic Party, considered to be conservative in most aspects of policy.
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Always a lovely country to view, especially from the window of one of Japan's incredibly clean and efficient trains, Japan has finally decided to address pollution of both water and air.
Moore, who is Adjunct Professor of History and Geography for Chaminade University, is also the editor and manager for Hawai'i Geographic Society Publications when he is at home in Hawaii.
Admission to the screening is $4 per person. Questions and comments will be welcome at intermission. For more information, call Dennis Callan, 528-4411.
