Under his three-year watch, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida managed to achieve what the late former prime minister Shinzo Abe had championed but ultimately failed to set in motion. He presided over a dramatic rise in defence spending and, in December 2022, a radical overhaul of security policy to allow counterstrike capabilities and lethal weapon exports.
Dr Sota Kato, a research director at The Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research think-tank, told The Straits Times: “It was only because Kishida is considered a dove that he was able to implement this smoothly.” 

"Japan PM Kishida forged closer ties with US but failed to improve relations with China," The Straits Times
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-pm-kishida-forged-closer-ties-with-us-but-failed-to-improve-relations-with-china

Profile of Research Director Sota Kato
https://www.tkfd.or.jp/en/experts/detail.php?id=29