The government is aiming to formulate a new national security strategy by the end of next year, and will start full-scale discussions after the summer Upper House election, taking into account the recommendations of the LDP.
The main focus is on how to possess the so-called "enemy base attack capability", and since there is a deep-rooted cautious argument within the Komeito, it is expected that there will be some twists and turns in the coordination within the government and the ruling party.
Prime Minister Kishida said that the security environment surrounding Japan is rapidly becoming more severe, and this month, he generally wrote three documents related to national security strategy and defense plan, and the so-called security-related document of the medium-term defense capability development plan. We have shown a policy to newly formulate over a year.
In response to this, the Liberal Democratic Party has a policy of compiling proposals by May next year and incorporating them into the pledge of the upper house election in the summer, and the government has decided to start full-scale discussions after the election based on the proposals.
Since Prime Minister Kishida has indicated a policy to realistically consider the so-called "enemy base attack capability" that directly destroys enemy missile launch bases without excluding all options, the biggest question is how to own it. Is expected to be the focus of.
However, since there are deep-rooted cautious opinions within the Komeito, such as "If you make a mistake, you may think that Japan has made a preemptive attack," it is expected that there will be some twists and turns in the coordination within the government and the ruling party.