TO TAKE part in their annual exercises with the United States Air Force last month, Japan dropped 500lb live bombs on Farallon de Medinilla, a tiny island in the western Pacific’s turquoise waters more than 150 miles north of Guam.
The exercise would have been unremarkable for almost any other military, but it was highly significant for Japan, a country still restrained by a constitution that renounces war and allows forces only for its defence. for more click here