Japan’s New Military Path: Takaichi & Pacifism’s End
TokyoJapanese voters have given Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party (PLD) a resounding victory in the legislative elections held this Sunday. The two-thirds supermajority achieved by the ruling bloc gives Takaichi a wrench to dismantle the master pillar of the post-war period: constitutional pacifism. This result places the government in a position of strength … Read more