Takaichi is among the more conservative candidates leaning to the party's right.
She faces many challenges including uniting a struggling ruling party after a turbulent few years which saw it rocked by scandals and internal conflicts. She also has to contend with a sluggish economy and Japanese households struggling with relentless inflation and a stagnant wages.
If this lady is going to do a Thatcher on the Japanese, they can look forward to lots of turbulence ahead! I hope for the sake of the longsuffering Japanese that she doesn’t have a chainsaw, too! — © Mark Alexander
