Sanae Takaichi Wants to Make Japan Great Again. It Won’t Be Easy.

She is the first woman to lead Japan after decades of rule by older men. She is keen to revise her country’s pacifist constitution and rebuild its military. She favors big government and public spending to spur growth. She is an unabashed conservative who prefers strict immigration controls.

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And now, after a record breaking election victory last week, she is stronger than ever, having called a snap election and led her party to winning 316 of the 465...