Could Abenomics finally be working?

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe looks determined to play the long game, after a rules change that could allow him to stay in power until 2021.

Many in the West—and some in Japan—seem to think Abe’s nationalism could be his undoing, but the poll suggests that this is a premature and shallow judgment.

Perhaps more than anything else, Abe’s success is the result of his political acumen and the disarray of his Liberal opponents.

Tokyo will be more careful to open its doors than Western countries have been.

Japan is using a revived military research and development program to turbocharge its high tech sector as it seeks a new era of economic dynamism.

The death of Abenomics has been prematurely announced before, but so too have reports of its vindication.

China fears that the execution of Japanese citizens by ISIS will give a boost to Shinzo Abe’s push for increased militarism.

In the wake of the ISIS beheadings of its citizens, Japan has a tough choice to make: double down on its post-war pacifism, or strengthen its role in world affairs.

Japan is trying to sell submarine-hunting jets to the UK. But the overall play is bigger than that.