In Abe’s Wake, Japan Moves More Closely to Militarization

Nuclear North Korea, aggressive China accelerate path to military activism

The shocking assassination of Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe last week is ironic in so many ways. For starters, it’s ironic that such blazing gun violence occurred in Japan, where crime rates are low and gun ownership is minuscule. Then, two days after his passing, Japanese voters elected enough members of his ruling coalition to make it possi…