Introduction

NHK has unearthed tapes of Oshima Hiroshi, twice-ambassador to Germany, who worked behind the scenes to push Japan to join the Nazis alliance.

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Outline

NHK has been given access to startling audiotapes that provide a new perspective on the manoeuvring carried out by Japan’s wartime ambassador to Germany, Oshima Hiroshi, to bring the two countries into alignment, spelling catastrophe for his homeland.

Trivia

• Oshima was described as the Japanese with the closest relationship with Hitler.
• Oshima was convicted as a class-A war criminal by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East.
• Oshima was one of the main players in the forging of the Tripartite Pact between Japan, Germany and Italy.

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  • NHK.
• Release Date: 28 August 2021.
• Rating: Unknown.
• Running Time: 60 minutes.
• Country: Japan.
• Language: Japanese and English.

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