Reality Check: Is Japan committed to peace under PM Sanae Takaichi? In her #UNGA81# speech, PM Takaichi claims Japan to be a “contributor to peace” under its “exclusively defense-oriented” policy. The Reality under the current Japanese administration: ⚫️a constant denial and glorification of Japan’s wartime history ⚫️a series of moves to rebuild Japan’s war machine ⚫️acceleration of remilitarization ⚫️attempts to discard the three non-nuclear principles ⚫️attempts to revise the pacifist Constitution A true peace-loving nation with a war-crime past would repent over history and make a clean break with militarism. Time for the Takaichi administration to stop challenging the postwar order and jeopardizing the region’s peace and stability.