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</script>https://isic-japan.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/New-Project.jpg960540These are remarkable times. The confluence of events, including the resignation of Prime Minister Abe, whirlwinds in the Indo-Pacific, an intransigent Russia and an emboldened China, the North Korea threat and uncertainly with South Korea, electoral and civil strife in America, devasting health and economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic. Japan has fared well for the most part. The transition to a new government of Yoshide Suga was swift and transparent, a tribute Japan’s democratic institutions. Abe’s policies are expected to be reinforced by the new cabinet in which 15 of the 20 members remain the same. An exception is in the Ministry of Defense, now headed by Shinzo Abe’s […]