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New Komeito Party
May 26, 2017
Japan's Path to Constitutional Amendment
By Michael MacArthur Bosack
The steps Shinzo Abe must take to achieve constitutional revision, and the political implications.
February 18, 2015
Could Japan Go Minesweeping in the Strait of Hormuz?
By Mina Pollmann
PM Abe's LDP and the Komeito Party debate whether minesweeping operations qualify as collective self-defense.
July 01, 2014
Timing is Everything: Abe’s Playbook for Military Normalization
By Clint Richards
Abe moves closer to passing collective self-defense, despite public protests.
June 10, 2014
New Komeito Fighting Back on Collective Self-Defense
By Clint Richards
Japan’s ruling coalition appears no closer to Cabinet approval than when talks started last month.
May 15, 2014
Abe’s Next Steps Toward Collective Self-Defense
By Clint Richards
The LDP is seeking to unite the coalition government in order to enshrine collective self-defense by year’s end.
January 08, 2014
India-Japan Defense Ministers Agree To Expand Strategic Cooperation
By Ankit Panda
India and Japan kicked off 2014 on a positive note by expanding their bilateral defense relationship.
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