Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has been in workplace for six months — and her honeymoon interval is starting to fade.
Nonetheless, she deserves excessive marks for her regular and proactive engagement with each U.S. President Donald Trump and China’s management. On home financial coverage, nevertheless, it’s troublesome to seek out clear proof of her management shaping the controversy or driving decision-making.
The fiscal 2026 finances is poised to move largely unchanged from the model compiled underneath her predecessor. In the meantime, new coverage initiatives from the Cupboard have been notably absent. If something, elite bureaucrats seem to have tightened their grip on industrial and monetary coverage since Takaichi took workplace.
