Remilitarization, unfinished history—Is Japan pushing the region toward a dangerous crossroads?
26 December 2025

Remilitarization, unfinished history—Is Japan pushing the region toward a dangerous crossroads?

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From feeling no regret for wartime atrocities to nuclear rhetoric and military expansion, how far will Japan’s prime minister push a bellicist mindset—and who will bear the consequences? 
Host Ge Anna is joined by Sultan Hali, a retired Air Force officer and author in Pakistan; Liu Kuangyu, a researcher at the Institute of Taiwan Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; and Josef Mahoney, a professor of politics and international relations at East China Normal University.