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Diet battles, diplomatic challenges await Takaichi after 1st yr as PM

Her Cabinet approval has slipped to 49.1 percent in a Kyodo News poll as opposition pressure grows over tax cuts and a minister’s resignation.

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Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi marked one year in office on Wednesday, facing tough parliamentary deliberations ahead on key policy items and mounting diplomatic and security challenges while public support for her Cabinet shows signs of weakening.

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Sanae Takaichi has been Prime Minister in Japan for a year, but now her polls have collapsed.

·Zürich, Switzerland
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After a year in power, Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae has transformed the ruling coalition from a weak position to a dominant force in the Lower House, but political scandals, along with economic and diplomatic pressures, are posing numerous challenges to her government.

·Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
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Rome, 21 Oct. (askanews) - The Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi celebrated today the first anniversary of her inauguration in the leadership of the government, struggling with a decline in consensus, the consequences of a scandal that led to the resignation of a minister and a series of difficult parliamentary and diplomatic challenges. The [...]

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Kyodo News+ broke the news in Tokyo, Japan on Tuesday, October 20, 2026.
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