Japan divided by PM Kishida’s drastic security overhaul

TOKYO – Prime Minister Fumio Kishida justified

the drastic overhaul of Japan’s security policy on Friday

as necessary, given that tabletop exercises have shown current defences to be woefully inadequate to stave off an attack.

The candid admission, it was hoped, will be grounds for what represents a drastic pivot from Japan’s post-war pacifism.