The Wire

Today Japan’s Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe addressed a joint sitting of Parliament in Canberra. He’s in town to sign a significant trade agreement, which is likely to result in closer security ties between the two countries also. But is it wise for us to become so intertwined with Japan? Japan is a nation whose chequered wartime history has recently resurfaced in its own domestic politics.

Japan’s pacifist constitution was written following its WWII defeat by the Americans, but its present government has recently moved to give it a more aggressive posture.But many experts say that closer ties with Japan are likely to be beneficial for Australia.