The next few weeks and months are really going to be decisive for mister kishita. His allies hope that the spectacle of yesterday's funeral will change the public's mind about the necessity of this funeral. One option might be holding a snap election, which his party would likely win. But it might not save him from forces within his own party who would like to pull him down. Another way to change the conversation is to do something that gets people talking. And so he's signalled a desire, or willingness, to move on some big policy issues, from energy policy to defece policy.