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Internationalism No. 81, November 2025 Page 6 On October 20th, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the Japan Innovation Party (JIP) signed a coalition agreement that allowed Sanae Takaichi to be elected prime minister, the first woman to hold this position in the history of the Land of the Rising Sun. The preamble to the document emphasises the common national vision of the two parties and their desire to launch a government capable of overcoming the national crisis and realise Japan’s revival . In a situation described as the most severe and complex since 1945, autonomy is needed to support strategic stability [...] in the Far East and contribute to global security . To do so, in addition to its bilateral alliance with the US, Tokyo must assume a leading role , adopting a worldview of international politics and security grounded in realism . Rebalancing to the right for the LDP The breakdown of the coalition agree...

Before capsules and pods, there was freeze-dried instant coffee powder, which of course tasted nothing like a real espresso. Now: for some time we have been following the vicissitudes of sovereigntists and populists with the idea that their political future depended on their Euro-solubility . Referring to the law-and-order, xenophobic and immigrant-hostile traits that have become common currency in European debates, we wrote that a Europe that protects could use the anti-immigration rhetoric of the sovereigntists to keep them on the leash of the pro-European strategic consensus. No sooner said that done. In Italy, as in France and other European countries, that phenomenon is in full swing. In Italy, the Five Star Movement has already embarked on its path to conversion a year and a half ago, entrusted with no less than the direction of Italian diplomacy. And even the Lega, believe it or not, has become a pro-European party overnight. In France, a similar process has seized Marine Le P...