Impediments to Abe's Proposal to Cast off Japan's Postwar System

摘要

cqvip:The acceleration of right-wing thinking in Japanese politics in the wake of the reelection of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe compels investigation of his press toward "casting off the postwar system." Abe pursues varied measures toward different countries or neighboring areas to win them over or distract them, to the recently proposed alterations of the national constitution. The analysis shows that several powerful impediments will prevent Abe's stated aim of "casting off the postwar system" from succeeding.