Since the beginning of the New Year, Japanese Prime Minster Shinzo Abehas been acting out more and more against the international community.

At first, Abe openly visited the Yasukuni Shrine, revealing his "old dream of the empire" to the rest of the world. Later, in his New Year address, he claimed that the fight to restore a "powerful Japan" has just started and that it is time for Japan to make steps towards the "establishment of a new country." Japanese media revealed that after his shrine visit, Abe had planned to visited several island countries in the South Pacific, to worship Japanese criminals died there during World War II. Shindō Yoshitaka, Japan's minister of Internal Affairs and Communications also visited the Yasukuni Shrine on January 1.

Since Abe return to the position of prime minister for the second time, Japan has become a trouble maker in Asia and even in the world at large. He has asserted that the term "aggression" has yet to be defined and he has also denied Japan's war-time crimes such as the conscription of comfort women and the massacre in Nanjing in 1937.

In addition, Abe has forced to pass Japan state secrets act, increased military spending and instigated an arms build-up, groundlessly spreading his "China threat theory" and having the military carry out a high-profile "island recapturing drill" with the United States.

In the year since he took office, Abe's behaviors have been even crazier than Japan's old generation of right-wing politicians, like Kishi Nobusuke – the Prime Minister of Japan from 1957-60 who was responsible for dedicating headstones at the graves of seven convicted and executed war criminals at Mount Sangane, which he marked "the grave of the seven patriots who died for their country." Just as Japanese political commentator Hidenori Itagaki once predicted: In his second term as the prime minister, Shinzo Abe will surely be extremely "rightest."

Abe's practices have caused uneasiness and indignation throughout the international community. However, Abe appears indifferent as always. In his eyes, what he is doing now is just the beginning.

What has led Abe's cabinet to disregard pressure from the international community and continue with their actions? To answer this question, we need to first look at the unhealthy political conditions of today's Japan.

After the end of World War II, stimulated by nationalism and the dream of becoming a political power, Japanese politics became increasingly right deviation. The conservative forces in the country won more right of speech in Japan's state political system, mainly shown the remarks which beautify its invasions and make them open, expanded and organized.

Abe's determination to rewrite Japan's largely U.S.-drafted pacifist constitution and gradually develop its own military force is becoming clearer. As a typical right-wing politician, Abe acts as a big person in the country's conservative force. He regards it as his responsibility to rebuild Japan's sense of pride in history and does not hesitate to call black white on many historical issues. The right-wing conservative force has already taken a dominant role in Japan's political arena.

Abe's choice to tread on this right-leaning path is a choice to cater to the right-wing politicians, groups and academics in Japan. Japanese society as a whole is becoming an increasingly right-leaning atmosphere.

Its current policies carried out by Abe's cabinet are backed up by the overall right-leaning social background, and this policy is strengthening the right-leaning trends in Japanese society. We must remain alert to the relationship between the two.

Abe's misguided actions and remarks are not only those of a politician, but they are tangible steps taken by a country that is changing its direction of development, challenging post-war international order and resuming a road towards military power. This will threaten stability and peace in Asia and the world at large.

The international community has kept a clear mind. Recent days have seen a number of countries simultaneously denounce Abe's perverse and unconscionable acts. We have noticed that the United States has expressed disappointment towards Abe's visit to Yasukuni Shrine again and again, and U.S. Defense Minister Chuck Hagel even canceled his phone conversation with Japan's Defense Minister Onodera Itsunori.

The international community shares common interests and responsibility in the effort to help Japan keep a clear mind and return to the road of peaceful development that it has followed since World War II. Abe is unlikely to return to reality or stop his misbehavior if there is no strong external force to stop him.