Takaichi Urges Constitutional Reform Talks as Hormuz Risk Looms

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi urged her ruling party to accelerate talks on constitutional reform — a move that could make her the first leader to achieve it, but which risks alienating voters if she’s unable to generate broader public support.

“I hope that we can go into next year’s party congress saying that there is a clear prospect for initiating constitutional revision,” Takaichi said at a party meeting on Sunday. “Let us put our story and our vision of an ideal Japan into words and inscribe it onto a new page in the book of history.”