
Japan To Overhaul National Security Policy To Deter Chinese Threats
Plans include setting up a national intelligence bureau and strengthening the military.

Plans include setting up a national intelligence bureau and strengthening the military.

With a strong mandate, Takaichi can now push forward an agenda focused on defence, constitutional reform, and immigration.

Sanae Takaichi’s platform combined building a strong economy and defense with a hardline immigration policy and support for working families.

Judge Shinichi Tanaka described the killing of the former Japanese prime minister as “despicable and extremely malicious.”

Local assembly approval clears the way for TEPCO to seek final regulatory permission—with one reactor potentially online by late January, helping Japan to cut its fossil fuel dependence.

Chief Cabinet Secretary said Japan scrambled its F-15s over concerns about Chinese airspace violations.

Tokyo will push for greater energy self-sufficiency, albeit with only one of the seven reactors at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa scheduled to resume operations.

While Diaoyu/Senkaku seems like the focus for conflict, Beijing could be using the friction to test the new and hawkish PM in Tokyo.

Shooter Tetsuya Yamagami was said to have held a grudge against the Unification Church.

With a coalition agreement reached, the new Japanese leadership pledges reforms aimed at strengthening the economy and ensuring long-term responsibility for future generations.