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Good harmony between Trump and the new Prime Minister of Japan opens a "golden era" in a key security alliance for Pacific democracies

The Japanese leader has adopted some of Trump's famous slogans from the MAGA movement ("Japan first") and is committed to strengthening the traditional security alliance with Washington Donald Trump ...

Japan’s PM Sanae Takaichi calls early poll, asks voters if she’s ‘fit’ to lead

The snap vote is also expected to centre on economic pressures, with rising prices emerging as the biggest concern for ...
The Diplomat

With Election in Sight, Takaichi Promises a New Era of Spending in Japan

Takaichi wants public approval to undertake major policy changes – including ending the era of “excessive fiscal austerity.” ...
AOL

How Japan’s new prime minister has brought China’s ‘wolf warriors’ back out

In the end, there was no honeymoon period. Just two weeks ago, Japan’s new prime minister Sanae Takaichi was shaking hands with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Now, relations between the two Asian nations ...
KTVB

The woman poised to be Japan's first female prime minister faces challenges

TOKYO(AP) — Japan’s embattled governing party has a new leader: former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line conservative who is poised to become the country’s first female prime ...