21 Up Japan
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As an extension of the "Up series," this program follows thirteen children living in different parts of Japan
by visiting them every seven years. In the third production of the "Up Japan" series they're asked to talk about their lives, families and future as on the previous two visits. Their circumstances are vastly different from each other. Some live in politically sensitive areas like Eri and Maki in Okinawa near a US military base, Sanae near the disputed Kuril Islands
, while others like Yoshio and Mitsukatsu live having two different mother cultures in a strongly homogeneous country. Some still live with their parents, while others live independent from their family, by or not by choice.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
by visiting them every seven years. In the third production of the "Up Japan" series they're asked to talk about their lives, families and future as on the previous two visits. Their circumstances are vastly different from each other. Some live in politically sensitive areas like Eri and Maki in Okinawa near a US military base, Sanae near the disputed Kuril Islands
Kuril Islands
The Kuril Islands , in Russia's Sakhalin Oblast region, form a volcanic archipelago that stretches approximately northeast from Hokkaidō, Japan, to Kamchatka, Russia, separating the Sea of Okhotsk from the North Pacific Ocean. There are 56 islands and many more minor rocks. It consists of Greater...
, while others like Yoshio and Mitsukatsu live having two different mother cultures in a strongly homogeneous country. Some still live with their parents, while others live independent from their family, by or not by choice.