re: BASED SHINZO ABE to seek changes to Jap constitution to raise military for self defense.

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The Japs need to pay for more of their own defense, folks. They have to do it. GO TRUMP!

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This has been in the works ever since 2014, and coincided with Japan promising 200 million to fight terrorist groups in the ME. Here is a good article about the passage of bills in 2015 which expanded the SDF's possible role in future conflicts. LINK

This has been a long time coming, and with threats in Korea and the South China Sea, I'd imagine that other SE Asian countries will watch what Japan does very closely.