Author: Tang Siew Mun
Published: 14 Oct 2024
New Japanese premier Shigeru Ishiba has brought some new security proposals to the region. They are unlikely to find a warm reception.
As he takes over the reins of government and prepares for the upcoming elections in Japan, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attended the ASEAN Summit and East Asia Summit in Vientiane, Laos, and held discussions with ASEAN and regional leaders for the first time. Some of his ideas, including one to adopt a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)-style arrangement in Asia, would not find much support around the region. Although Ishiba deferred raising this proposal formally in Vientiane, he sought to settle ASEAN anxieties at a press conference that the idea is “one for the future” and that Japan would remain its most trusted partner.
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