Faced with Gulf energy shortages and U.S. strategic abandonment, Japan and South Korea are pivoting toward nuclear self-reliance and potential armament.
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History confirms that war is a failed shortcut to power, as aggressors repeatedly ignore the negative arithmetic of conflict for defined political gains.
Japan faces energy crisis and economic strain as Hormuz closure disrupts 94 percent of oil imports and tests security reforms.
Takaichi leaves Washington having avoided Iran war commitment, though failing to secure Chinese security assurances amid Japan’s delicate diplomatic balancing act.
Iran war overshadows Takaichi’s Washington visit: Japan can’t join Hormuz escorts, seeks economic deals, peace.
While PM Takaichi pledges a “golden age” for the U.S.-Japan alliance and an expedited 2% GDP defense target, complex fiscal constraints, a new political coalition, questionable procurement plans, and stalled high-level dialogue threaten to undermine Tokyo’s ambitious security pivot.