Overview
- In a Diet policy speech, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi vowed to establish strong diplomacy and security to create peace and prosperity.
- She said Japan will advance and evolve Shinzo Abe’s Free and Open Indo-Pacific framework.
- The plan strengthens Japan’s economic foundations through reinforced critical-goods supply chains and new public‑private growth initiatives.
- Tokyo will expand official security assistance, including free provision of equipment to like‑minded partners, with a senior Foreign Ministry official highlighting prospective cooperation with India and ASEAN members such as the Philippines to counter Chinese pressure.
- She pledged to fundamentally reinforce defense capabilities and to revise three security documents, including the National Security Strategy, by year‑end, with reporting that Washington is urging higher allied defense spending ahead of the March summit.