By Kasane Yonemaru Published in Shiso-Undo News October, 2025 On October 20, the coalition government of the Liberal Democratic Party and Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party) was formed, and the following day, the TAKAICHI Sanae Cabinet was launched. This marks the birth of an ultra-reactionary, far-right administration packed with ultra-hawkish historical revisionists and xenophobes, including lawmakers involved in slush funds. ...
By Aiko Fujimoto Following the crushing defeat in the Upper House election, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced his resignation on September 17, with the LDP leadership election set for October 4. During this period, opinion polls showed that while some believed “there was no need to resign,” more than “he should resign.” Multiple “Don’t Resign, Ishihara!” demonstrations were held in ...
By Shigeki Okamoto (Fukuoka Action Committee against the Warring Regime) In the recent House of Councillors election, the LDP-Komeito government became a minority ruling coalition, following the House of Representatives election in October 2024. However, the constitutionalist parties such as Japan Communist Party and the Social Democratic Party retreated, while right-wing parties such as the Democratic Party for the People ...
Interview with Ms. SHIMIZU Hayako (Miyakojima Residents’ Association for No Missile Bases) published in SHISO-UNDO July 2025, No. 176 Ms. Shimizu Hayako, who is leading the anti-base struggle in Miyako Island, which is rapidly being transformed into a missile base, recently came to Tokyo. We met with her and asked her about the situation there. (Editorial Office of Shiso-Undo) Deceiving ...
By Mehmet Enes Beşer In a more divided world in which global power balances are changing, and regional tensions are mounting, Japan again stands at a strategy fork. The decision it faces is both of the past and of the present: Will it adhere to an increasingly outdated security framework rooted in neo-realist power politics, or will it move toward ...
By Mehmet Enes Beşer The recent formalization of a comprehensive strategic partnership between Russia and North Korea marks a significant shift in East Asia’s geopolitical dynamics. This alliance, encompassing mutual defense commitments and extensive military cooperation, introduces new complexities to the regional security landscape, particularly concerning Japan’s strategic interests. The deployment of North Korean troops to support Russian operations in ...
By Hiroshi Inagaki, Tokio / Japan In the current ordinary Diet session, the U.S. imperialist strategy for East Asia (“Encirclement of China” strategy) is being pushed forward to raise military expenditures and enact a number of war promotion laws to make Japan a war state in line with this strategy. The following is a look at some of the major ...
By Takai Hiroyuki What is the “postwar international order”? During his visit to the U.S. in April, Prime Minister Kishida Fumio made the following remarks in a speech to the U.S. Congress. “The U.S. shaped the international order in the postwar world through economic, diplomatic, military, and technological power…The international order that the U.S. worked for generations to build is ...
By Kim Suk-mi, Director, Department of the Political Affairs of the Editorial Office of “The Choson Sinbo” In the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), International Women’s Day is a national holiday. Women also play a leading role on the day and do no household chores. People give words of appreciation and gifts to women, and various events and activities ...
By Kohei Mizugaki, civic activist The recent visit to Yasukuni Shrine for worship by dozens of officers of the Ground Self-Defense Force, including the deputy chief of staff, has been criticized as being systematic and unconstitutional, violating the principle of separation of religion and state. The excuse that it was a private act cannot be accepted, since the official vehicles ...