What’s in Prime Minister Kishida’s 2023 Policy Speech – Part 1

A few weeks ago, Prime Minister Kishida Fumio summarized his administration’s policy goals at the opening of the 211th session of the Diet. Although this speech happens around the same time of year as the American State of the Union address, the Japanese version is less of “the state of our union is strong” and more of “we have a lot of things to do.” The full list of policy items was extensive, to the point where I almost expected to hear “Dear Santa” at the start of the speech.(13 more paragraphs)