Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe makes no secret of wanting to revise Japan's constitution, which was drafted by the United States after WW2, to formalize the country's right to have a military - but critics say his plans go deeper and could return Japan to its authoritarian past, writes Reuters Linda Sieg.
Abe, 58, returned to office in December for a second term as prime minister and is enjoying sky-high support on the back of his "Abenomics" recipe for reviving the economy through hyper-easy monetary policy, big spending and structural reform. More.
Abe, 58, returned to office in December for a second term as prime minister and is enjoying sky-high support on the back of his "Abenomics" recipe for reviving the economy through hyper-easy monetary policy, big spending and structural reform. More.
