TOKYO - With ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers stepping up talks on sharply increasing Japan's defense budget and acquiring capabilities to strike enemy bases, a German scholar has called on Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's government to think twice before adopting such measures, citing Japan's reputation as a "peace state."
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