# Self‑Defense Forces

Japan’s Remilitarisation Moment: Takaichi’s Drive to Put the Self‑Defense Forces Into the Constitution

With the election days away, Sanae Takaichi’s surge in the polls has elevated constitutional revision and the formal enshrinement of the Self‑Defense Forces into central campaign issues. A parliamentary supermajority would make amendment feasible, with wide implications for domestic politics and regional security, drawing sharp responses from China and Russia.