Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae is an unlikely savior for her Liberal Democratic Occasion. As a nationwide safety hawk and a staunch traditionalist on social points, she has been described as “one of the crucial conservative individuals in Japan’s conservative LDP.”
When she was elected as head of the celebration final fall—setting her as much as turn into Japan’s first feminine premier—the LDP was in dire straits, struggling to maneuver previous a significant corruption scandal that felled a few of its prime leaders and prompted an overhaul of its faction-based working mannequin. Many analysts understandably puzzled if Takaichi was the best individual to guide the LDP into the long run.
But surprisingly, she is now on the cusp of main her governing coalition to a significant comeback on the poll field. Polls present the LDP and its companions are prone to cruise to a landslide victory in snap elections this Sunday, and the LDP might even retake its outright majority of the 435 seats up for grabs within the decrease home of parliament, the place it at the moment holds 198.
