Commentary: Japan needs deterrence and renewal - not managed decline
- Commentary More than eight decades after the end of the second world war, the country must rethink its role in the world, says this writer for the Financial Times.
- (Photo: AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno) 16 Aug 2026 06:00AM TOKYO: The 81st anniversary of the end of the second world war will pass in Japan this weekend amid a deafening silence.
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- Commentary More than eight decades after the end of the second world war, the country must rethink its role in the world, says this writer for the Financial Times.
- (Photo: AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno) 16 Aug 2026 06:00AM TOKYO: The 81st anniversary of the end of the second world war will pass in Japan this weekend amid a deafening silence.
Sources: CNA