Japan’s new nationalist prime minister Shinzo Abe pledged to repair tattered relations with China, bolster his country’s long-standing alliance with the United States and overhaul the pacifist constitution after cruising to an easy victory Tuesday in a parliamentary vote. Abe’s roadmap takes Japan down a path toward a more robust military and more assertive foreign policy, delineating a fresh direction for a leader who, at 52, is Japan’s youngest premier and its first born after World War II. Full Story