[Buddha-l] Shinzuo Abe's closeness to Bush did him in

[jkirk]

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obligatory Buddhist content: In a country that is still among those known to
support Buddhism,
Abe had to resign because the citizens would not support a more militaristic
global role for
his country's warriors.
"...in recent months, ordinary Japanese have grown weary of Abe's ambition
to restore Japanese stature by, for example, easing restrictions in the
pacifist postwar Constitution on sending Japanese troops abroad. Washington,
eager for more Japanese support in places like Iraq, fully supported the
constitutional revision. But Japanese voters wanted Abe to focus on problems
at home: endangered pensions, widening social inequality and shaky health
care."
 
I consider this event a good sign.
 
JK
 

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