ASEAN and Global Change
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By John Pang
Synopsis
As we set our eyes on the long horizon of economic integration we should not neglect the important role ASEAN can play in the wider region today.
Abe’s Plan For Japan: A Fourth Arrow?
By Naoko Kumada
Synopsis
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has repeatedly claimed that Abenomics, represented by ‘Three Arrows’ of reform, is his highest policy priority. However, his government’s controversial passing of the Security Bills suggests that a higher priority is the unpopular goal of re-establishing jishu kenpō (自主憲法), an ‘independent constitution’ in place of the US drafted ‘imposed’ Constitution. This ideologically driven project, not economic reform, has been the real focus of the Abe administration.