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...pacifist economic power. Now, China's rise seems to have changed the entire nation's thinking about how to conduct its affairs abroad. Polls show that a majority of Japanese are in favor of revising the constitution and nearly half want to abandon the provision against collective defense. Ross Schaap, Japan analyst at the Eurasia Group consultancy in New York, says changes to the electoral process in 1994 that required candidates to appeal more directly to individual voters than group constituencies such as unions and business groups have given the edge to more populist politicians. "Politicians now have to appeal...
DIED. DICK SCHAAP, 67, witty, award-winning sports journalist and host of TV and radio shows, including ESPN's The Sports Reporters; after hip-replacement surgery; in New York City. In his five-decade career, Schaap befriended countless celebrities, covered sports and sometimes culture for Newsweek, nbc, abc and espn, and won six Emmys. Among his 33 books was the 1968 best seller Instant Replay, written with Green Bay Packer Jerry Kramer...