Japan’s Kishida Fails to Learn Abe’s Political Lessons
The DiplomatJames Carville’s simple refrain, “It’s the economy, stupid,” made during Bill Clinton’s campaign for president in 1992, is applicable to most nations around the world. Unfortunately, it appears that current Prime Minister Kishida Fumio is emulating Abe’s approach to politics during his first term rather than learning from his second term. Notwithstanding significant public opposition to these wholesale changes of Japan’s security and foreign policy, Abe withstood the pushback and indeed thrived using his economic initiatives as a shield. Finally, Kishida should vigorously pursue Abe’s policy of making “women shine in society.” This issue is the key to help solving not only the low wage problem but also the declining population challenge. But Kishida’s policy has mimicked the more discordant earlier years of Abe’s foreign policy and the current tenor of the Biden administration in the United States.
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