¡ø On October 22, 2025 local time, in Tokyo, Japan, Japanese Prime Minister Hayabu Takashi responded to reporters 'questions at the Prime Minister's official residence, according to Visual China

On October 21, the ¡°woman version of Abe¡± was named as the High City of Japan¡¯s prime minister. It is that the high city took office and prompted a series of hard defense policies, replacing senior security officials. It is that the country¡¯s national security director, appointed by former prime minister Shapiro Shimo, was removed for a term of two and a half to five years, but this time it was replaced for only nine months.

In addition to personnel, the company also instructed to immediately amend the "Security Three Documents", the goal of which is to further increase the defence budget.There are analysts that Trump has been asking allies (such as Japan, South Korea, NATO) to share more defence spending, or a "meeting ceremony" for the upcoming U.S. President Trump to visit Japan on the 27th.

Faced with the tough line of the new cabinet, a senior official of the Japanese Defense Ministry expressed concern: "So far, the Liberal Democratic Party has ensured the legitimacy and transparency of its security policy by forming an alliance with the Komeito Party. However, after joining forces with the more'hawkish 'Reform Association to form a cabinet, the party may promote certain policies only based on subjective will."

The new government's "hawks" are distinctive

Komeito Party's "moderation" role disappears

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According to a report by the Global Times on the 23rd, South Korean media are closely following Takashi Zaomiao's defense policy. South Korea's "Asian Economy" said on the 22nd that Takashi is using U.S. pressure and regional military threats to promote Japan's transformation into a "Japan that can wage war."

The political basis of this shift is the newly formed coalition government. It is also that the self-government party led by High City has chosen to jointly rule with the right-wing ¡°Japan Socialist Society¡± and has replaced the former coalition¡¯s ¡°dwarf-middle party¡± public party.

According to the analysis of Japan's Asahi Shimbun on the 21st quoted by Reference News, the Komeito Party has always played the role of controlling the "hawkish" policy of the Liberal Democratic Party in the previous self-public alliance. In the new ruling agreement, the Liberal Democratic Party "almost completely accepted the policy demands of the Reform Association". According to the report, the new coalition government will have a "distinct conservative color".

"For the first time, a new submarine has been officially incorporated into national defense policy"

Being criticized for violating the concept of "exclusive defense"

Among the new government¡¯s defence policies, the most controversial was the submarine program.In a joint cabinet agreement reached on October 20, the city governmently said: ¡°We will promote the policy of holding submarines equipped with a new generation of propulsion and vertical launch systems (VLS).¡±

The agreement pushed the Navy to retain submarines using the ¡°next generation power source¡± was ¡°focused on introducing nuclear submarines.¡± one source revealed that, at the request of the Vichy Society, the Democratic Party considered to use the term ¡°nuclear submarine¡± explicitly in the text of the agreement.

This move caused controversy at home and abroad in Japan. Some critics said: "Owning nuclear-powered submarines violates the principle of peaceful use of nuclear energy and the concept of 'exclusive defense'". Critics worry that if Japan officially launches the research and development of nuclear-powered submarines, it may trigger a global competition for the research and development of nuclear-powered submarines and have a considerable impact on the cooperation between South Korea, the United States and Japan.

Abolition of Arms Export Restrictions

Intention to amend the "peace constitution"

On August 7, 2025, the Japanese Self-Defense Force received the first three F-35B vertical landing fighters.

In addition to nuclear submarines, the new coalition government also plans to fully liberalize arms exports. According to reports, the ruling agreement states that the current export restrictions on defense equipment will be "repealed" during the usual parliamentary session in 2026. Some analysts criticized this and said that relaxing restrictions "may make Japan a major arms exporter, thereby undermining its positioning as a peaceful country."

At the same time, Gao also began to push for amendments to the ¡°Peace Constitution¡±. It is that the Self-Democratic Party and the Reform Society plan to set up a consultative body within the year to promote the amendment of Article 9 of the Constitution. The relevant discussions will be based on the ¡°21st Century Defense Concept and Reform Constitution¡± proposal put forward by the Reform Society. The proposal calls for the deletion of Article 9 paragraph 2 of the Constitution (which stipulates that Japan does not have an army and does not have the right to launch war) and has a ¡°Defense Army¡±.

However, some analysts pointed out that the threshold for constitutional amendments is very high, requiring the approval of only two-thirds of parliamentarians, while in the House of Representatives, the Constitutional Democrats who oppose the amendment have more than one-third of the seats.

In addition, the analysis also mentioned that Takashi plans to upgrade the "Cabinet Intelligence Investigation Office" directly under the Prime Minister and establish a "National Intelligence Agency" specializing in foreign intelligence collection before the end of 2027.

Push security document revision

Defence expenses or increase.

According to the Global Times quoted Japanese media reports on the 22nd, Takashi Saomiao has instructed that three security-related documents including the National Security Strategy be revised as soon as possible. The cabinet of former Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida decided in 2022 to increase the proportion of defense spending to 2% of GDP by fiscal year 2027. The Gaoshi cabinet is studying plans for further increases.

"Reference News" pointed out that the coalition ruling agreement proposed to "revise" the three security documents in advance. Since the Japan-US summit is scheduled to be held on the 28th, this move aims to "show the willingness of the new government to promote increased defense spending" in response to Trump, who has been asking allies to increase defense spending.

Outside, it is expected that Trump will make tough demands on Japan, including raising defense spending to ¡°about 5% of NATO¡¯s GDP¡± and buying more expensive U.S. weapons.

In this regard, Gao said at the press conference on the inauguration of the 21st: "The Japan-U.S. alliance is the core axis of China's diplomatic security", "We hope (to the United States) to show that Japan is filling up its defensive power". the new Foreign Minister Momoi Senshiung said on the 22nd: "Our defense should be based on our own independent decision", "it is not the amount or the GDP ratio that matters, but its content."

Red Star reporter Deng Xiaobo Comprehensive World Times, reference news

Edited by Jan.

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