TOKYO: Japan’s Cabinet has approved a set of Bills bolstering the role and scope of the military, as the pacifist country redefines its position in the increasingly roiled Asia-Pacific region.
The Bills are a pet project of nationalist Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who said Japan could no longer shy away from its responsibility to help safeguard regional stability and must step out from under the shade of the security umbrella provided by the United States.
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