Security? Malaysia has to upgrade her own security before coming to Japan. See (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20140312)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20140317). (Lily)
Japan Times (http://www.japantimes.co.jp)
Abe, Malaysian PM talk business, security in Tokyo meeting, 22 May 2014
by Reiji Yoshida
Staff Writer
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Malaysian counterpart Najib Razak met in Tokyo on Wednesday, their third meeting in a year, in the hopes of deepening economic and security cooperation between their two countries.
Najib arrived in Japan on Wednesday for a two-day working visit, during which he will attend the International Conference on the Future of Asia, organized by the Nikkei financial newspaper. He is set to deliver the keynote address at the conference on Thursday.
During a news conference after the 30-minute meeting with Abe, Najib urged more Japanese companies to invest in Malaysia, particularly in the energy industry.
Najib also said he and Abe reaffirmed “the importance of maintaining peace and stability in South China Sea,” and agreed that all international issues should be dealt with based on international law.
The Malaysian economy is growing at the pace of 5 percent a year and “there will be many opportunities for Japanese companies” in construction of energy projects,” he said.
“Japan continues to be the largest investor in the manufacturing sector in Malaysia,” Najib said.
Abe said he spoke to Najib about the recent decision to ease Japan’s self-imposed restrictions on military technology exports, and his ongoing drive to change the government interpretation of the constitution to allow Japan to use the right to collective self-defense.
Abe claimed those moves are “part of efforts for pro-active contribution to peace, based on principle of international cooperation.”
Abe has spoken about his security policy changes in most of his recent meeting with foreign leaders, trying to win their official support for the moves.
In doing so, he may be seeking to ease international concern over his reputation as a nationalistic hawk and gain momentum in domestic politics to push for security policy changes that have at times met with controversy.
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