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And on the day when Japan's largest defense expenditure was approved, only a few dozen protesters attended, in spite of Kishida ostensibly adopting the more hawkish security posture that Abe had yearned for. Unlike his two predecessors, Abe Shinzo and Suga Yoshihide - who frequently fought back against basically every institution that opposed them, sometimes with relish - Kishida has maintained a less confrontational approach. Not so long ago, it looked like Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio's grip on power was loosening - even as he faced the possibility of rendering himself into an early lame-duck period. [Extracted from the article] |
