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Shinzo Abe
![Japan to Build Defense Camps Near Disputed Islands Japan to Build Defense Camps Near Disputed Islands](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-05-20_04-28-01.jpg)
Japan to Build Defense Camps Near Disputed Islands
By Clint Richards
GSDF camps are to be built on three islands near the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands to handle “remote island attacks.”
![Japan: Ask Not What America Will Do for You… Japan: Ask Not What America Will Do for You…](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-05-19_13-34-04.jpg)
Japan: Ask Not What America Will Do for You…
By Robert Dujarric
Beyond reinterpreting the Constitution, Japan needs to do more to provide for its own defense.
![Recommendations for the Future Balance of U.S.-Japan Relations Recommendations for the Future Balance of U.S.-Japan Relations](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-05-19_13-17-37.jpg)
Recommendations for the Future Balance of U.S.-Japan Relations
By Will Atkins
A government’s panel on collective self-defense will face challenges at home and abroad, but is important for the alliance.
![Narendra Modi: India's Shinzo Abe Narendra Modi: India's Shinzo Abe](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-05-16_13-53-59.jpg)
Narendra Modi: India's Shinzo Abe
By Brahma Chellaney
India's next prime minister has much in common with Japan's nationalistic incumbent.
![Abe’s Next Steps Toward Collective Self-Defense Abe’s Next Steps Toward Collective Self-Defense](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-05-15_08-57-52.jpg)
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.
![The Unintended Consequences of a Japanese/Israeli Defense Agreement The Unintended Consequences of a Japanese/Israeli Defense Agreement](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-05-13_07-24-11.jpg)
The Unintended Consequences of a Japanese/Israeli Defense Agreement
By Clint Richards
While the agreements are an easy and obvious course of action for Israel, Japan should tread carefully.
![An End to the “Lost Decade” in Japan-North Korea Relations? An End to the “Lost Decade” in Japan-North Korea Relations?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-05-07_12-57-00.jpg)
An End to the “Lost Decade” in Japan-North Korea Relations?
By Sebastian Maslow
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been taking steps to ease tensions between the two East Asian neighbors.
![Shinzo Abe's 'Quadrilateral Initiative': Gone and Forgotten? Shinzo Abe's 'Quadrilateral Initiative': Gone and Forgotten?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-05-06_19-42-18.jpg)
Shinzo Abe's 'Quadrilateral Initiative': Gone and Forgotten?
By Ankit Panda
Shinzo Abe has said little recently about his first pet project in Asian multilateralism.
![Powering the Future of Japan’s Industrial-Political Economy Powering the Future of Japan’s Industrial-Political Economy](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-04-24_11-19-52.jpg)
Powering the Future of Japan’s Industrial-Political Economy
By Melissa S Hersh and James E Platte
If the Japanese government wants to revive its nuclear power industry, it will need to engage with the public.
![Analyst: ‘Womenomics’ Marks Social Shift in Tradition-Bound Japan Analyst: ‘Womenomics’ Marks Social Shift in Tradition-Bound Japan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-04-24_08-57-46.jpg)
Analyst: ‘Womenomics’ Marks Social Shift in Tradition-Bound Japan
By Anthony Fensom
With support from the top and a generational shift, change in coming to Japan.
![US-Japan Relations and Obama’s Visit to Japan US-Japan Relations and Obama’s Visit to Japan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-04-23_11-22-51.jpg)
US-Japan Relations and Obama’s Visit to Japan
By Yo-Jung Chen
Both countries face some delicate tasks during the US president’s stopover.
![India-Japan Relations: A Fillip on the Cards? India-Japan Relations: A Fillip on the Cards?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-04-23_10-04-38.jpg)
India-Japan Relations: A Fillip on the Cards?
By Aniruddh Mohan
The two countries have been enjoying stronger ties. Will that get a boost under a new Indian government?