JAPAN: PM Kishida Plans To Introduce Reforms Which Will Change Regional Security
Jun-10 13:09
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has used his keynote speech at the Shangri La Security Dialogue in Singapore today to announce plans of a substantial increase in Japan's military budget.
- Significantly, Kishida did not rule out developing counterstrike capabilities, a move which would alter the security architecture of East Asia and fundamentally change Japan's post-war approach to defence.
- Security Expert Lionel Fatton says: "Pillar 1: Kishida said Japan to devise an IndoPacific Plan for Peace to strengthen Free/Open region. Emphasis on Pacific Islands obvious in his speech at the Shangri La Dialogue. Pillar 2: to bolster deterrence/defense capabilities. "Will not rule out any option," including counterstrike."
- Robert Ward notes that although the military announcement will be picked up by wires the focus on economic security is "surely a first for a Shangri La to have a keynote with a focus on economic security. A focus for Kishida's administration, a sign of the times."
- Kishida also plans to attend the NATO leaders summit in Madrid later this month. Analysts say this move is further evidence of Japan "shedding constitutional constraints" and reforming its military.
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