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Publication Date: August 2007
Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Author(s): Bruce Klingner
Research Area: Government
Keywords: Asia and the Pacific; Afghanistan; japan; pacifism
Type: Brief
Coverage: Japan
Abstract:
With the opposition vowing to obstruct his foreign policy initiatives, a weakened Prime Minister Shinzo Abe must show bold and decisive leadership if he hopes to regain public support and expand the role of Japan's armed forces.