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Sanae Takaichi Marks One Year as Japan’s Prime Minister: Big Take Asia

Bloomberg Politics20 October 2026, 20:21 UTCJapan

Japan’s Prime Minister has broken the mold for the country’s leaders. Can her $2 trillion economic gamble survive inflation at home and pressure overseas?

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