Japan Special - Itō Hirobumi (Japan's 1st Prime Minister & the Meiji Restoration)
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Itō Hirobumi: from peasant to samurai, terrorist to diplomat, and a key architect of modern Japan. Smuggled out of the "hermit kingdom" to learn from the West, he returned to a nation in tumult. Author of the Meiji Constitution and its staunchest advocate, he led Japan through four pivotal terms as it emerged as a global power.
Recorded on location (and vacation!) in Tokyo, Japan.
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