RESURGENT JAPANESE NATIONALISM?

· REVIVAL OF NATIONAL ANTHEM AND FLAG

· SINKING OF N. KOREAN SPY VESSEL

· NEW US-JAPAN SECURITY GUIDELINES

· COOPERATION WITH U.S. THEATER MISSILE DEFENSE

· NEW WEAPONS PROGRAMS

· MILITARY AID IN AFGHANISTAN

· DEPLOYMENT OF SDF TO IRAQ

POSSIBLE

· REVISION OF ARTICLE 9

· RENAMING SDF AN “ARMY”

· NUCLEAR WEAPONS