“The election in the western prefecture of Shiga was the first high-profile poll since Mr Abe’s cabinet adopted a resolution ending the ban on exercising ‘collective self-defence’, or aiding a friendly country under attack – the most dramatic change in Japanese security policy in decades.  Mr Abe has argued the change is needed to cope with a tough security environment, but the move has stirred angst among many voters wary of entanglement in foreign wars and worried that Japan’s post-war pacifist constitution is being gutted. Tokyo and Beijing have long been at odds over territorial claims and Japan’s military record before the end of the World War II.”

http://www.smh.com.au/world/abes-party-loses-local-vote-after-japans-security-policy-shift-20140714-zt6k1.html

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