Digital Minister Kono Taro's policy vision announced during yesterday's press conference. Most comprehensive of the six candidates so far. 1/2

9月8日（日）、16:45からJR亀有駅南口にて街頭演説を予定しております。 ぜひお越しいただけますと幸いです。

私は総理になって、時代の変化に取り残された日本の政治を変えたい。長年議論ばかりを続け、答えを出していない課題に決着をつけたい。 sosaisen.shinjiro.info/press_conferen…

🚨 #QUAD summit will be on 9/21 in Delaware. This is perceived to be a sendoff for both 🇯🇵&🇺🇸 leaders - both of whom opted not to rerun in the next election. 9/21 also happens to be the day that 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇬🇧AUKUS partnership will celebrate its 3rd anniversary asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Inter…

Many observers are coming to assume that deglobalization is a long-term certainty—but a closer look at the economic data shows that the world economy is still evolving to become more, not less, globalized in key ways, writes Brad Setser. foreignaffairs.com/china/globaliz…

Acting Defense Minister now.

Presidential nominees Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are set to debate for the first time. These resources offer background and analysis on the foreign policy issues facing the candidates ⬇️ cfr.org/article/harris…

“Although he did not induce Gorbachev’s reforms, Reagan deserves credit for working with the Soviet leader at a time when most conservatives warned that the president was being hoodwinked by a wily communist,” writes Max Boot 🇺🇦🇺🇸. foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…

The lawyer Marc Elias, who was the Democrats’ top legal strategist in the 2020 Presidential election, won nearly every lawsuit brought by Trump’s team. On a new episode of #NewYorkerRadio, he explains why the threat to democracy is far greater in 2024. nyer.cm/YCZo6f2

PM Kishida: President Yoon and I held a Japan-Korea summit meeting, where we did a comprehensive overview of the greatly improved Japan-Korea relations. We confirmed that we will continue to strengthen cooperation and exchanges (1/2)

between the two countries looking ahead to the 60th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations next year. (2/2)

Taro Kono, who will run for the Liberal Democratic Party’s presidency, pledged on Thursday to abolish year-end tax adjustments and require all citizens to file a tax return. japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/polit…

A joint Japanese-American research team surveying the area around the Alaskan island of Attu, where fighting occurred during the Pacific War, recently discovered the wreck of the Japanese ship Kotohira Maru, which was sunk in a 1943 air raid. japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/genera…

Can Party Presidential Race Help LDP Survive General Election? japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/editorial/poli…

Koizumi Shinjirō, a young man in a hurry. My analysis of the launch of Koizumi's leadership bid: observingjapan.substack.com/p/koizumi-gets…

Japan PM hopeful Ishiba calls for collective security in East Asia mainichi.jp/english/articl…

China Daily strongly criticises Ukrainian ambassador to Japan Sergiy Korsunsky’s visit to the Yasukuni Shrine. The visit took place on 3 Sept, the day on which China marks victory over Japan.

CDP leadership election scheduled for September 23 will be a contest between 4 candidates: incumbent Izumi Kenta, ex-PM Noda Yoshihiko, ex-leader Edano Yukio, one-term lawmaker Yoshida Harumi. nikkei.com/article/DGXZQO…

noteを更新しました。 「防災省」（仮称）への思いなど｜石破茂【公式】 石破茂 #note note.com/shigeru_ishiba…

“The new Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse—populism, nativism, isolationism, and protectionism—tend to ride together, and they are challenging the political center,” writes Condoleezza Rice. “Only the United States can counter their advance.” foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…