“Abe wants to lead the aging and insecure Asian economic power back to its former greatness and, most of all, to rid it of its unpopular ‘postwar regime.’ The premier wants to return Japan to its former position as a ‘beautiful country,’ which is also the title of a book in which he describes his vision for the nation’s future. Now Abe wants to quickly increase defense spending. He is expected to buy surveillance drones from the United States soon in response to China’s unveiling of eight new unmanned aircraft at an aviation show in November.”
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