Japan expert and Pacific Rim Diary contributor, Roland Kelts join us to discuss how the arts in Japan address the country's many natural and man-made tragedies -- from the earthquake that devasted Tokyo in 1923 and the nuclear devastation during World War Two to the work of Japan's most famous filmmaker - Hayao Miyazaki in Ponyo.
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The Madeleine Brand Show for Wednesday March 16, 2011
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