Shigeru Ishiba

Member, House of Representatives; Prime Minister 2024-2025 Japan

Center-right

A lifetime hawk's last argument: build the deterrent quietly, delete Article 9's second clause eventually, and never, ever say out loud what Japan would do over Taiwan.

• Asian NATO
• Civilian control over the military
• Deterrence without grandstanding
• Delete Article 9's second paragraph
• The LDP's intra-party opposition
• Selective separate surnames
• Keep talking to Beijing
• Regional revival, Tottori roots
• 'Don't talk of peace without knowing the military'
• Military scale models and onigiri-eating discourse

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