re: #53 Targetpractice
I suspect Abe came away from his meeting with Trump with even greater evidence that the hardliners back home are right and that Japan is going to need to further militarize if it wishes to assert its independence from America. I would not be surprised if the question of whether or not to amend Article IX comes up again in the near future.
There was even a proposal from the Polish Minister to the EU to obtain a European nuclear arsenal. It was voted down, but the fact that it came up it all speaks volumes.