The Legacy of Shinzo Abe
The Asia Chessboard
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The Prime Minister's Decision to Plan for Contingencies in Asia
In two thousand four n abe began debating this in the diet and by two thousand 15, he passed a sweeping national scurity reform that allowed collective self defense. The reason it was very durable as a basis for japanese thinking was cause it was a gett out of jail freecart. It means japan's forces, if australians are under attack, can come to their rescue. That could include anything from korea to tiwan to the south chinasee. Even the opposition party now accepts it. Japanese prime ministers will be expected by the japanese people to take risk, to step up. And in exchange, that now means the us.
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