A Japanese former defense chief urges Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to more strongly protest U.S. sanctions imposed in connection with the International Criminal Court (ICC) and its Japanese president. He characterizes Washington’s move as an attack on a rules-based international order and calls for Japan to demand that the U.S. withdraw the measures.
The outlets frame the request as part of Japan’s response to the sanctions, with the former defense official urging direct diplomatic pushback. The specific details of the sanctions and the legal or policy rationale behind them are not laid out in the provided material. However, both sources focus on the same core point: the former defense chief wants the Japanese government to challenge the U.S. action publicly and to press for reversal, rather than leaving the issue unanswered.
