THE LATEST | CANADAThe Guardian: She will not, however, have long to savour her party’s victory. There are concerns over her management of Japan’s public finances and her ability to defuse a bitter row with China over the future of Taiwan…
Washington Post: The election was driven by enthusiasm about Takaichi, Japan’s first female prime minister, and her party’s two-thirds supermajority victory appeared to affirm a strong appetite for her “Japan First” approach…
New York Times: The result clears the way for Ms. Takaichi to enact a conservative agenda on defense and social issues and to strengthen her position on the global stage, with President Trump having given her candidacy a ringing endorsement…
NBC: Much of the craze for Takaichi has been based less on her policies than on her style, with her pledge to “work, work, work, work and work” being named the catchphrase of the year. Items associated with her have gone viral, from the pink ballpoint pen she uses to take notes in parliament to her $900 black leather handbag, now sold out months in advance…