FOCUS: Pacifist credo at crossroads in election under Japan PM Takaichi

The general election is testing Japan's pacifist principles, with some conservative parties pushing to review them to better respond to the changing security landscape.Depending on the outcome of Sunday's House of Representatives election, Japan may see an intensified debate on reviewing the country's non-nuclear principles.Under the government of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, a security hawk who took office in October, Japan is expected to update key defense and security documents in the face of an assertive China, a nuclear power, as well as the North Korean missile and nuclear threats.T…READ FULL ARTICLE