Japan’s election win is a warning for Europe’s comfort zone

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s mandate shows Tokyo is betting on economic security, defence “normalisation” and alliance diversification. Europe should draw the lesson: strategic autonomy is less about distancing ourselves from allies than about building options, and the EU–Japan toolbox is one of the few places where those options already exist, writes Thierry Bechet. Takaichi’s victory […]