Japan’s Most Famous Anti-War Folk Song? Wataru Takada’s Jieitai Ni Hairo

Graded Japanese Reading & Listening Practice, JLPT3, Language, Level 6, Music, Songs In Translation

You probably know something about the anti-war folk music of the United States in the 1960s. But do you know much about the parallel movements in Japan?
Today I’m taking a look at one of the most representative songs of the time, Wataru Takada’s 自衛隊に入ろう Jietai in hairou or, as I’ve translated it, “Why don’t you join the army?”