Japan's Abe to Visit NATO, Stress Security on Trip to Europe

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``Cooperation between NATO and Japan would be very helpful if Japan exercises the right of self-defense,'' said Tsuneo Watanabe, senior fellow at the Mitsui Global Strategic Studies Institute in Tokyo. ``By visiting NATO, Abe is showing he is seriously considering such cooperation.''