
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.

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

Tokyo aims to revive nuclear power to cut reliance on fossil fuels—and to meet its goal of carbon neutrality by 2050.

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.

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

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

The leader of the right-wing Liberal Democrats pledges a tough approach to migration and tighter controls on foreign nationals.