US EditionA Charismatic Straight Talker, Japan’s Takaichi Is Poised to Expand Her Power in Sunday’s Vote
Japan's Liberal Democratic Party faces challenges from inflation and a populist rival as Takaichi seeks a decisive win to advance her policy agenda.
- On Sunday, Prime Minister Takaichi seeks a stronger mandate in a snap vote amid her high poll standing, despite appointing only two women to her 19-strong cabinet.
- After inheriting a fragile LDP, Takaichi confronts fallout from inflation, a slush-fund scandal and the rise of Sanseito, prompting her to call a snap election.
- Amid tensions with Beijing, her remarks suggest she proposed possible intervention over Taiwan in November, sparking diplomatic fallout, as she criticizes China's military build-up.
- Courting the US, Takaichi has her agenda including aggressive monetary easing and big fiscal spending, which could rattle markets amid China’s reported export curbs.
- Despite becoming Japan's first woman prime minister, Sanae Takaichi's energetic image and gender stance contrast with her appointment of only two women to her 19-strong cabinet.
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Takaichi win expected as Japan campaign enters final, snowy day
The sixteen-day general election campaign enters its final day of campaigning with the country in the throes of heavy snowfall and plunging temperatures. The Japanese Meteorological Agency predicts that heavy snowfall will peak on election day, with an uncertain impact on election day turnout. The snowfall leading up to election day already appears to have depressed early voting in […] The post Takaichi win expected as Japan campaign enters fina…
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Japan's first female prime minister counts on her popularity to help her party win Sunday's election
Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is seeking to leverage her popularity to help her party win Sunday’s snap election as she pushes her right-wing agenda to boost her country's economy and military capabilities in the face growing tensions with China and an unpredictable Washington.
Japan's prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, seeks in the early elections on Sunday to take advantage of her high popularity as president to expand the majority of the ruling coalition in the Lower House of Parliament, among the positive augurs of the polls and despite the challenge of a new centrist party. These are the main keys to elections marked by the brevity of the campaign and intense snowfalls that have left at least thirty dead, as well as …
Party leaders seek support as Japan's election campaign nears end
Political leaders on Friday ramped up their calls for support in the final stretch of their campaigning for the House of Representatives election that will determine the fate of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's months-old government.
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