The former Japanese prime minister was a rare leader with a global perspective on foreign policy, explains former US Marine Corps colonel Grant Newsham.
Healthy international relations can only be revived by tackling the root causes of soured relations between Japan and South Korea, says the group.
How is Japan preparing to deter the aggression of this distinctly strong anti-Western alliance?
In April, the Indian government refused to allow a Self-Defense Forces plane carrying humanitarian aid to Ukraine to land in India.