Talking Tokyo

As he lands in Tokyo Monday evening, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will find his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe ready to think bold on transforming the bilateral relationship with India. A deeper partnership with India is central to Abe's effort to bring Japan back to Asia's centrestage. Since his landslide victory in the general elections last December, Abe has sought to shake Japan out of its prolonged economic stupor, revive its national spirit, rewrite Japan's constitution, stand up to China, and reclaim its rightful place in Asia.

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