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Tomomi Inada will have precious little time to settle into her new job as Japan’s defense minister Wholesale NHL Jerseys Cheap , as events on her first day in the office underlined.


Hours before the hawkish lawyer was appointed to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cabinet in a limited reshuffle, a North Korean missile landed in or near Japanese-controlled waters for the first time.

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The show of force, part of Pyongyang’s increasingly provocative arms testing, is a reminder of how strained relations between countries in northeast Asia have become.


Into the mix steps Inada Wholesale NHL Jerseys China , a conservative ally of Abe whose support for his goal of revising Japan’s post-war, pacifist constitution risks exacerbating tensions.


The 57-year-old, previously policy chief for Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party, will be watched closely in Beijing and Seoul, where Japan’s legacy of military aggression before and during World War Two remains an open wound.


Inada has been a regular visitor to Yasukuni Shrine for the war dead Wholesale NHL Jerseys , an act that infuriates both countries because they see the shrine as a symbol of Japan’s past militarism for which they believe it has never fully atoned.


When asked by reporters on Wednesday whether she would visit the shrine again ahead of the Aug 15 anniversary of Japan’s surrender in 1945, Inada declined to comment.


“It’s a matter of conscience and I don’t think I should comment on whether I will go or not,” she said.


Political analysts expect Inada to put pragmatism first in her new role.


“She is the kind of person who regularly listens to a wide range of people. I believe she will employ a practical policy,” said Bonji Ohara, a research fellow at the Tokyo Foundation think-tank.


“Personnel change presents a good opportunity (to improve ties). It gives China an opportunity to say what has happened has happened under (outgoing defence) minister (Gen) Nakatani Wholesale Jerseys China Cheap , not minister Inada, and to shift its stance.”


Japan, and Inada, may in turn reach out to China and others as they seek to neutralise the threat to security posed by North Korea.


Japan has already said it is upgrading its missile defenses in time for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games to counter more advanced North Korean weapons, part of increased military spending in the region that reflects worsening ties.


Abe is expected to travel to China in September for a Group of 20 summit Wholesale Jerseys China Free Shipping , where he wants to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping.