Japan's role in international politics has strengthened by leaps

Japan's role in international politics has strengthened by leaps and bounds over the past 30 years covering the previous Heisei period (1989-2019). Three decades ago, when this nation was an economic powerhouse reviving on all cylinders, it was called the United States as an "economics only" acolyte. But it's different things now.

With the new year barely underway, in a coordinated drone strike in Baghdad, the U.S. ....