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Japan's near-permanent LDP dominance weakens democratic accountability and produces policy capture by narrow interests.
Japan should formally end the longstanding ban on exporting lethal weapons to allies as part of its updated security posture.
Japan should develop stronger bilateral defence cooperation with South Korea despite unresolved historical tensions.
Japan's pacifist tradition, even if constitutionally revised, remains an important part of its global diplomatic identity.
The Quad (US, Japan, India, Australia) is an important counterbalance to Chinese military expansion in the Indo-Pacific.
Japan should make clearer security commitments regarding Taiwan given its strategic and economic significance.
Japan doubling defence spending to 2% of GDP is a necessary and overdue response to North Korean and Chinese military developments.
Japan should formally revise Article 9 of its constitution to reflect its actual and growing defence posture.
Japan should establish a national dementia care strategy with adequate public funding for community-based care services.
Japan should accept significantly more foreign healthcare workers, with appropriate training and language support, to address its severe workforce shortage.
Healthcare insurance premiums for Japan's aging population should be more substantially cross-subsidised from general income taxation.
Japan should expand access to quality palliative care and end-of-life support outside of hospital settings.
Japan's mental health system is underfunded and highly stigmatised — both problems must be addressed through sustained policy.
Japan needs to train and retain significantly more doctors and nurses to meet the healthcare demands of its aging population.
Japan's universal health insurance system is one of its greatest social achievements and must be protected from cost-cutting.
Japan should allow more flexible working arrangements and shorten the standard working week to improve productivity and work-life balance.
Japan's dual labour market — privileged regular employees (seishain) alongside precarious non-regular workers — entrenches deep inequality.
Japan needs significant corporate governance reform to make its major companies internationally competitive.
Abenomics failed to address the structural causes of Japan's economic stagnation despite its monetary innovation.
Japan's minimum wage should be raised to ¥1,500 per hour nationally to address chronic wage stagnation.
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