reporter Zhao Shifeng
According to the Japanese Current Affairs Agency on the 2nd, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party is considering incorporating the opposition National Democratic Party into the ruling alliance, and let the leader of the National Democratic Party Yuichiro Tamaki enter the cabinet early next year. The current ruling alliance is composed of the Liberal Democratic Party and the Gongming Party.
In 2000, the Komeito Party formed a ruling alliance with the Liberal Democratic Party. Except in the wild from August 2009 to December 2012, it has been in power with the Liberal Democratic Party for other times. The current leader of the party is Yamaguchi Natsuo. The Komeito Party advocates adhering to the "middle road line" and advocates building "Japan in the world" on the basis of pacifism. The National Democratic Party is now the second largest opposition party in Japan. It was formed on May 7, 2018 by the former Democratic Progressive Party and most members of the Hope Party.
On the morning of December 6, Japanese Prime Minister Kisha Fumio attended the meeting at his official residence.
Regarding the report that the National Democratic Party will join the Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito Party’s ruling alliance, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida denied it in the media, saying that "he has never considered this kind of thing at all." Kishida said: "As the Prime Minister and the Liberal Democratic Party president, I have never thought about it myself." Komeito Yamaguchi Natsuo also told reporters, "I have never heard of it at all, so there is no need to discuss and make corresponding judgments." The head of the National Democratic Party, Yuichiro Tamaki, told reporters, "I am also very surprised. There is no such fact of reporting, and it is completely unclear." The news from
seems to be groundless, but it is undeniable that the ruling alliance formed by the Zi and the Kobe parties does not completely agree on issues such as "constitutional amendment" and "counterattack ability to attack enemy bases". On the issue of constitutional amendment, although the Komeito Party did not refuse discussions on the amendment of the Constitution, it believed that it should be promoted carefully and was cautious about the Liberal Democratic Party's goal of "clearly writing the existence of the Self-Defense Force into the Constitution."
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After the election of the Japanese Senate in July this year, the forces of the Senate and House of Representatives exceeded two-thirds of the "constitutional amendment threshold". Kishida declared in his speech that "in order to protect Japan and open up the future, we will do our best to initiate constitutional amendment as soon as possible."
Japan's "constitutional amendment forces" include four parties: the Liberal Democratic Party, the Komeito Party, the Japanese Restoration and the National Democratic Party. Among them, the Liberal Democratic Party believes that the Self-Defense Force should be clearly written into Article 9 of the Constitution as soon as possible. However, there is a certain "temperature difference" between the Gongming Party and other parties that advocate constitutional amendment. The Gongming Party takes "peace" as the basic policy of constitutional amendment, advocates "constitutional augmentation" rather than "constitutional amendment", that is, adheres to the current constitution, adds new concepts and clauses according to the requirements of the times, and does not agree to amend Article 9 of the Constitution.
Komei Party Deputy Head, Ichio, said at a press conference in July about constitutional amendment dispute: "I don't think that the constitution can be amended just by having a certain atmosphere of constitutional amendment. We should reach a consensus among political parties."
On December 2, the Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito Party held a meeting on amending security documents in the parliament.
According to Japanese media reports, the Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito Party reached a consensus on "attack capabilities against enemy bases" on December 2. The Japanese government will finalize three relevant documents including the National Security Strategy, which states the ability through a cabinet meeting in the middle of this month, thereby fundamentally changing the security policy that does not have the ability to counterattack since the end of World War II. After the exercise of collective self-defense rights becomes possible, the principle of "defensive defense" that has been adhered to in the spirit of Article 9 of the Constitution will further "change".
On this issue, as the ruling partner of the Liberal Democratic Party, the Komeito Party has always had different views on this issue. The Komeito Party believes that adhering to "special defense" and "banning preemptive attacks" must be clearly guaranteed. According to Japan's " Daily News " report in April this year, Kazuo of the North Side believes that the "attack" may be understood as a preemptive strike. Although the two parties reached a consensus on "attacking capabilities against enemy bases", limiting the attack targets to "military targets" also took into account the propositions of the Gongming Party.
According to Kyodo News , it will take some time since it is still possible for the domestic "out-of-domain missiles" that can launch attacks from outside the enemy's range to be put into operation. The Japanese government is already discussing the purchase of 500 "Tomahawk" cruise missiles from the United States.At the Japan-US summit on November 13, Kishida explained to Biden and that Japan will fundamentally strengthen its defense. The Japanese side imagines using these missiles to improve "attack capabilities against enemy bases."
"Patriot 3" launch device in Oichou, Fukui Prefecture.
Previously, there was a "nuclear sharing" voice within the Liberal Democratic Party deploying and jointly using the US nuclear weapon . The late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe , Economic Security Minister Takashi Saemi, etc. are all very loud, and the National Democratic Party advocates that it should discuss owning nuclear submarine . In June this year, Yuichiro Tamaki claimed in an interview: "Specific discussion should be held on Japan's possession of nuclear submarines to exert moderate deterrence." These are all attempts to shake the " three-principle " that the Japanese government has always adhered to.
Regarding the news that the Liberal Democratic Party is considering incorporating the National Democratic Party into the ruling coalition, some analysts believe that although it is not very likely to become a reality, it is not ruled out that this is a deliberate tone released by the Liberal Democratic Party, with the purpose of giving some restraint to the Komeito Party and creating a favorable environment for the further implementation of the established policies of the Kishida government.
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