Fumio Kishida, Japan’s strong man at the helm

The new Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida, now governing with an enlarged majority replete with right-wingers, appears to be backing revisions to the country’s “peace constitution. This would be a historic step, overturning a post-world war 11 promise by the defeated Japanese never to resort to war. Some nationalists see it as an anachronistic source of shame. Opinion polls suggest that a “yes” vote would be uncertain and the move could provoke large scale demonstrati