Japan’s next prime minister Shigeru Ishiba on September 27 outlined his ideas to reshape the nation’s miliary alliance with Washington, after winning the conservative ruling party’s leadership race. The seasoned 67-year-old former defence minister beat arch-nationalist Sanae Takaichi — who would have been the country’s first-ever woman leader — in the final round. The Liberal...

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