Japan's rightward drift is speeding up — and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi isn't backing off. Instead of retracting her provocative remarks, she's doubling down, steering Japan further down a militaristic path. From expanding military deployments in the southwest to pursuing a national intelligence agency, her far-right agenda is raising alarms and threatening peace and stability across the Asia-Pacific region.

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