Foreign Policy Legacy of Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe
Journal: Russian Japanology Review
Year: 2025

The article analyzes the foreign policy of Shinzō Abe, one of the most notable and unusual political ﬁgures of contemporary Japan, who was the head of Japanese government twice for a total of almost nine years. It traces how his political philosophy formed under the inﬂuence of ideological views of his relatives, prime ministers N. Kishi and E. Satō, as well as his father, Shintarō Abe. It also considers Abe’s approaches to building Japan’s relations with the countries which are most importan