The Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, won a resounding landslide in his early General Election in October. The gambit worked very well for him. It could significantly impact the world in the future. The Japanese are now on the path to ending their post-war obsession with pacifism. The process of amending the constitution so that Japan can fully rearm can slowly get underway. Japan is too frequently overlooked amidst media hype about the rise of China and India, although th