Japan Digest April 2022

In its recommendation, LDP noted In April, the ruling Liberal Democratic Germany’s policy shift to increase its Party (LDP) submitted to Prime Minister defence budgets in the wake of the Ukraine Fumio Kishida and Defence Minister war. [...] Defence Minister instead of the NDPG, and a Defence Force Kishi mentioned that in the wake of the Development Plan to replace the MTDP. [...] The highlight of this year’s edition includes Given the reservations with the term “pre- the reference of Taiwan Strait and the row emptive strike capabilities” under the over Northern Territories. [...] While the 2022 constitution, LDP recommended that the Diplomatic Bluebook has stressed for the government could employ the term first time in almost two decades that Japan’s “counterstrike capabilities” in order to Northern Territories have been “illegally alleviate fears among the public and the occupied” by Moscow, it mentions Taiwan coalition partner Komeito. [...] The dispute over the G7 members to show solidarity in the wake Northern Territories lay at the heart of of the Ukrainian crisis.