Expert fears Abe's security stance may mar good ties with Mideast

Expert fears Abe's security stance may mar good ties with Mideast

Osamu Miyata, chairman of the Center for Contemporary Islamic Studies in Japan, discusses his fears in an interview on June 3, 2015, in Tokyo. He said the good relations that Japan has built over the postwar years with people in the Middle East will all be lost as a result of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's set of controversial national security bills. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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