The Herald's View: The outpouring of sympathy here in Australia for the death of former prime minister Shinzo Abe is a sign of the awareness of the importance of Japan for our security as well as our economy
is a sign of growing awareness of the importance of Japan for our security as well as our economy.
It is hard to think of any other Asian leader in history whose death would have produced such a reaction in Australia., which is so out of keeping with our understanding of Japan as a civil, law-abiding society where gun violence is almost unknown. Abe became an increasingly important security partner as China’s seizure of disputed reefs in the South China Sea changed our attitude to China’s rise.
Critics say Abe’s strong foreign policy rubbed some neighbours, especially Korea, the wrong way because he revived bad memories of Japan’s imperial history. But Abe in practice stuck to his vision of a “free and open” Indo-Pacific.
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