Editorial

14:30 JST, October 1, 2024

A member of the Diet is free to say what they like. But a prime minister’s words and actions must be chosen with consideration for the best interests of the nation and its people.

The content of an article that Shigeru Ishiba, the new president of the Liberal Democratic Party, contributed to a U.S. policy research organization under the title “The Future of Japan’s Foreign Policy” was nothing short of thoughtless.

“It is my mission to raise the Japan-U.S. alliance to the level of the U.S.-U.K. alliance,” Ishiba said in the article. He expressed his desire to revise the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty and define mutual defense obligations.

The Japan-U.S. Security Treaty stipulates that the United States is obligated to defend Japan, and........

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