Japan’s Lost Opportunity For Neutrality? Perhaps Not.

Abe’s expansion of Japan’s military capabilities—even within the new “guidelines”—could allow later American administrations, realizing that U.S. strategic interest demand non-confrontational relations with China, to conclude that Japan does need or warrant defense by the United States.

Stephen Harner, Former US State Department Official via CHINA US Focus http://ift.tt/1IeC42c