Japan’s Hawkish New Prime Minister

This post was originally published on here Japan elected its first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, on Tuesday, positioning the nation for a rightward shift. While Takaichi says the Japan-U.S. alliance is “essential” to Japanese security, she wants the Japanese military to take on a larger, more autonomous role and has advocated for revising Japan’s…

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Japanese Warship to Carry Tomahawk Cruise Missiles

This post was originally published on hereThe JS Chokai is heading to America, where it will spend the next year acquiring the Raytheon’s Tomahawk missile system. These cruise missiles can hit targets 1,000 miles away. Though Japan committed to pacifism in 1945, it is quickly abandoning that philosophy as its neighbors, especially China, become belligerent.…

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