Komeito vice leader shows understanding over counterattack capabilities
1:00 JST, June 11, 2022
Kazuo Kitagawa, deputy chief of Komeito, expressed some understanding Thursday for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s proposal that Japan should possess counterattack capabilities for the purpose of self-defense, saying, “We don’t see it [possessing counterattack capabilities] as something that is entirely out of the question for Japan.”
Speaking at a press conference, Kitagawa was referring to the proposal submitted to the government by Komeito’s coalition partner on possessing such capabilities as being able to destroy missile-launch bases.
Kitagawa also stressed that such counterattacks could only be allowed “under Article 9 of the Constitution and within the range of exclusive defense, on the premise that an armed strike had been launched against our country.”
The government plans to revise three documents related to the issue, including the National Security Strategy, at the end of the year.
Komeito is expected to start discussions with the government and the LDP after the House of Councillors election this summer.
"Politics" POPULAR ARTICLE
-
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida Promotes Revised NISA Investment Program to Young People; Kishida Focusing on Moving Money From Savings to Investment in a Safe Environment
-
“High Probability” 2 MSDF Patrol Helicopters Collided near Torishima Island; 1 Dead, 7 Others Onboard Missing (Update 2)
-
Russia to Ban Non-Registered Vessels from Waters Around Northern Territories From April 11 to 17
-
Japan-U.K. Foreign Ministers Confirm Deepening Cooperation in Security Field; Kamikawa Underscores Importance of NATO Ties
-
Japan Ruling Party Struggles in ‘Kingdom of Conservatives’; Liberal Democratic Party Battered By Fundraising Scandal
JN ACCESS RANKING
- China Mutes Memorialization of Reformer Hu Yaobang; Memories Could Spark Critique of Xi Administration
- Shinkansen Services Suspended After Man ‘Searches for Phone’ on Tracks; Disruption Affects About 14,000 Passengers
- U.S. 7th Fleet officer Arrested on Suspicion of Stealing Sushi, Sashimi, Chicken at Kanagawa Shopping Mall; Suspect Caught Mid-Meal
- UNRWA Director Describes Catastrophic Destruction in Gaza; Says Relief Trucks Robbed, ‘People’s Hearts Destroyed’
- JAL Airplane Experiences Radio Malfunction During Flight, Lands Safely By Relying on Light Signals