As the United States retreats from its postwar leadership role under Donald Trump, Japan must overcome domestic constraints and step up with partners to help sustain the global order it has long quietly supported. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/editorials/2025/12/31/it-is-japans-time-to-step-out/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #editorials #us #donaldtrump #nationalsecuritystrategy #worldwarii #apec #shinzoabe #tpp #china #africa #developmentaid #article9 #constitution #coldwar #sanaetakaichi #taiwan #shinzoabe
A controversy over off-the-record remarks advocating nuclear weapons exposes deep divisions in Japan’s media and raises questions about journalistic ethics, source protection and democratic debate. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/30/japan/the-meaning-of-record-in-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #media #journalism #sanaetakaichi #nuclearweapons #defense #article9 #constitution
Japan has moved in a decade from pacifist protest to broad acceptance of stronger defense, driven by regional threats and doubts about U.S. protection. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/16/japan/japans-pacifism-meets-reality/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #constitution #article9 #pacifism #defense #us #sdf
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#Article9. Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes.
In order to accomplish the aim of the preceding paragraph, land, sea, and air forces, as well as other war potential, will never be maintained.The right of belligerency of the state will not be recognized.
#SanaeTakaichi, the candidate supported by the ruling party in #Japan, is running for female prime minister to revise this constitution. She is a Japanese far-rightist who advocates anti-immigration policies, racism, and fascism.
#Article9. Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes.
In order to accomplish the aim of the preceding paragraph, land, sea, and air forces, as well as other war potential, will never be maintained.The right of belligerency of the state will not be recognized.
#SanaeTakaichi, the candidate supported by the ruling party in #Japan, is running for female prime minister to revise this constitution. She is a Japanese far-rightist who advocates anti-immigration policies, racism, and fascism.