Japan’s rock star leader now has the political backing to push a bold agenda. Will she deliver?
- Written by Adam Simpson, Senior Lecturer in International Studies in the School of Society and Culture, Adelaide University
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has delivered her Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) a landslide victory in the parliamentary elections she called shortly after taking office.
Now that she has consolidated her power in Japan’s legislature (called the Diet), the big question is what she will do with it.
Since her ascent to the prime...
