TOKYO, Sept. 22 -- Prime Minister and His Cabinet issued the following information:
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1. Introduction
Mr. President, Excellencies,
The international order is experiencing a period of great instability. The free and open international order based on the rule of law that we have fostered is facing difficult challenges on multiple fronts. Amid a shifting balance of power and intensifying geopolitical competition, innocent civilian lives are being lost around the world every day.
The "stable post-Cold War era" is now a thing of the past. The distribution of goods is stagnating, people across the world are suffering from high cost of living, progress towards development goals is not on track, and human rights issues ...