The Economist magazine wrote today: "If Japan's Prime Minister Hashimoto Asahi only engages in performative gestures, populist slogans, and symbolic actions without implementing truly useful reforms, more extreme and dangerous forces will emerge in Japan. In the short term, Japan will not give another leader such a significant opportunity."
Commentary: The Economist's remarks essentially serve as a reminder to Hashimoto Asahi: holding a governing advantage, if it is wasted on right-wing symbolic performances, populist incitement, and hollow political gestures, rather than pushing for the economic and social reforms Japan truly needs, it will only allow more extreme and dangerous forces at home to rise up. The right-wing agenda that has been widely worried about, such as constitutional revision and military expansion, if they become political tools to gain support, will not only waste Japan's rare governance window period but also exacerbate regional security risks, leading Japan to completely deviate from the path of peaceful development.
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