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Shino Abe the Japanese PM is the one who made it his agenda to make Japan militarily cognisable without the cloak of PC.
Japan will probably test the waters by participating in international peacekeeping operations with combat troops. Maybe Article 9 of Japan's Constitution will have to be changed.
The change of Japan's attitude is not prompted by Japan's desire to return to Shintoism. It is the natural reaction to the growing threat in East Asia wherein North Korea has become a nuclear threat and the growing clout of the Chinese in the Pacific rim. In both the cases, there is no doubt that the US has nudged Japan to change its views toward militarism in spite of the Japanese population's sentiment in general of abhorring war!
There is also an underlining desire, again possibly nudged by the US, of having a close relationship with Taiwan and India.
Of course, the new alignment will not come overnight since all these nations are chary about any indication of military alignments!
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