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Abe politically feeble as shadows extend over defense policy

Professor William Brooks Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies | SAIS was interviewed the shifts in Japanese defense policy in the Asia Times. He explained that “Japan’s military build-up is not necessarily the simple result of having a prime minister with nationalistic views,” but rather an “evolutionary and a logical reaction to external forces that threaten Japan, including its very existence (North Korea). The proactiveness of PM Abe has helped focus policy to counter China.”

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