After winning an overwhelming victory in Sunday's House of Councillors election, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida now must tackle the two difficult issues of drastically strengthening the country's defense capabilities and addressing rising prices.
To resolve crises in emergency situations, it is necessary to embody the politics of "decisions and execution," which Kishida himself promised in the Liberal Democratic Party's election pledges, rather than the "careful driving" approach he has taken so far.
