How China’s two-for-one diplomatic threat forced Japan’s Takaichi to back down
One year after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks on a Taiwan contingency froze Beijing-Tokyo ties, a Japanese media report has detailed a failed diplomatic mission to turn the table. The episode, revealed by the Yomiuri newspaper on Sunday, occurred during a meeting in Beijing on November 18 last year between Masaaki Kanai from the Japanese foreign ministry and his Chinese counterpart Liu…
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi stated on an online program on November 10 that he would fully support Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi if she decides to run for reelection as the president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in the autumn. Koizumi indicated that he would not be running himself.
Koizumi remarked that he is not contemplating the LDP presidential election next year or anything related to it. He expressed his commitment to fulfilling his role under Prime Minister Takaichi, as he will be working on the planned year-end revision of three security-related documents, including the National Security Strategy.
Additionally, Koizumi commented on the House of Representatives election held in February, stating that Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party achieved a historic landslide victory. He emphasized that the people's choice was evident and that a historic landslide victory had taken place.
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