TY  - BOOK
AU  - BLATHWAYT Will
TI  - Land of the rising gun : : Japan's shifting security identity
PY  - 2007///
KW  - JAPAN
KW  - POLITICS
N2  - The elections which saw Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's LDP lose its coalition majority in the house of councillors to the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ).  Abe remains determined to pursue defence and security reform and following his predecessor Junichiro Koizumi.  The article investigates the possible wider ramifications for Northeast Asia
ER  -