Abe maps out robust Japanese foreign policy

Japan’s new nationalist Prime Minister Shinzo Abe today pledged to make his country a decisive force on the international stage while restoring values of hard work and patriotism at home.

Abe, in his first speech before Parliament since winning the premiership in a landslide vote on Tuesday, also vowed to drive ahead with revising the pacifist Constitution and exploring a collective defence system with the United States.