Assertive Abe 

 -  2006 
<br/><br/> The new prime minister of Japan has to win trust at home and abroad.  Mr Abe wants to go further he would like to loosen Japan's constraints on collective self defence that prevent both joint military exercises and the defence of allies fire. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>JAPAN--POLITICS