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President Yoon Suk Yeol is the first South Korean leader to attend the NATO summit and his presence will underscore his pledge to expand Seoul's global reach to involve dealing with threats from China, Russia and North Korea
After a strong showing in an election overshadowed by the killing of former premier Shinzo Abe, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida may have fresh momentum to hike defence spending on a scale
Kishida may now take defence mantle of slain mentor Abe
After a strong showing in an election overshadowed by the killing of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida may have fresh momentum to hike defense spending on a scale beyond the grasp of his slain mentor. In doing so, Kishida, a moderate from Hiroshima who wants…
So. the bar for revising the constitution in japan is very high. the procedures involved are difficult. what this know doubt will do is reinforce support for the other policies that he pursued. for example, there is now strong support in japan for increasing the defense budget and for improving various parts of the japanese military. that support has grown significantly over the last couple of years and accelerated after the russian invasion of ukraine. i expect these trends to continue. over time i do think it will but there's much that they can do on the policy realm that is short of that. >...