Tobias Harris is senior vice president at Teneo Intelligence and author of "The Iconoclast: Shinzo Abe and the New Japan."
Departing PM forged legacy as one of Japan's most globalist leaders ever

Abe speaks next to a map showing participating countries in negotiations for the TPP in March 2013: his embrace of globalization was the result of a coldblooded realpolitik. © Reuters
Tobias Harris is senior vice president at Teneo Intelligence and author of "The Iconoclast: Shinzo Abe and the New Japan."