By Rocky Swift TOKYO, Feb 8 (Reuters) – Japan’s volatile financial markets must now face Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi firmly in the driver’s seat after her decisive victory on Sunday, giving her an electoral mandate to turn around the economy. The question for investors is whether Takaichi’s electoral momentum will prompt her to expand her … Read more
TOKYO (AP) — Voting opened Sunday in parliamentary elections that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi hopes will give her struggling party a victory big enough to push an ambitious conservative political agenda. Takaichi is very popular, but the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, which has governed Japan for most of the past seven decades, is not. … Read more
TOKYO (AP) — The pledge by Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to “work, work, work, work and work” for her country has been named the phrase of the year. The ultraconservative Takaichi said the phase in October when she was elected as head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Many were initially worried about her … Read more