Japan's VIVANT turns wartime torture into a Chinese crime as Tokyo expands its military

Japan's television drama VIVANT has provoked anger in China after depicting Chinese intelligence operatives torturing Japanese agents through methods associated with atrocities committed by Japan's imperial forces during their occupation of China. The controversy comes as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi expands Japan's military capabilities and seeks changes to the country's postwar security policies.

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