Amid the increasing threat of despotic regimes, the new Kishida Cabinet must prioritize constitutional reform to establish defense as a core state function.
Japan must channel this international momentum. North Korea will not budge unless Japan makes a concerted effort to resolve the abductions problem.
Kim Jong Un’s North Korea should learn from the former Soviet Union, once obsessed over military power but collapsed following the defection of its people.
Kishida vowed to continue Abe's legacy by addressing issues such as the North Korean abductions, constitutional revision, and imperial succession.
Shinzo Abe provided Japan with strong leadership for a record length of 8 years and 8 months, leaving behind the foundation for regional peace and security.
This renewed international effort to find a true resolution to the abductions issue comes after PM Kishida made a new offer on the issue on May...
The 3 parties directly concerned about regional stability and North Korea — Japan, the US, South Korea — all sit together in the UN Security Council...
"There is no more time," said Prime Minister Kishida, addressing the issue of declining births and proposing measures to support families and children.
North Korea must be repeatedly confronted with that unalterable reality until it finally helps to resolve the abductions issue.
The Japanese Ministry of Defense has issued a "destruction order" in the event a planned North Korean satellite launch threatens Japanese territory.
The prime minister emphasized that, in resolving the abductions, he is ready for "direct, high-level talks" that would pave the way for a meeting with Kim.
Hours ahead of the G7 Summit's kickoff on May 19, PM Fumio Kishida held bilateral meetings with Joe Biden, Rishi Sunak, and Giorgia Meloni.
