Fumio Kishida is by nature a dovish diplomat, but surrounded by increasingly hostile regimes in China, Russia and North Korea, Japan’s prime minister has little choice but to reshape his nation’s defences.
For over 70 years Japanese prime ministers have entrusted the safety of their people to the security alliance with the US, the economic pragmatism of their neighbours and to a low-key, inexperienced military restrained by a pacifist constitution.
But now Kishida must urgently answer the question of whether the country is truly able to defend itself and to respond to potential regional conflict.
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