„Japans konservative Wähler wenden sich von Takaichi ab – eine hochrangige LDP-Beamtin offenbart die Schwäche ihrer Regierung als ‚einsame Premierministerin‘.“

Biggest takeaways:

>“The problem with Prime Minister Takaichi is that she takes on everything on her own and makes decisions without consulting anyone.“

She has been trying to ram the budget bill through House of Representatives only giving the opposition very limited time to answer questions and even making key people like the finance minister available for questions.

She can get away with that there because the LDP have a big majority, but it’s the opposite situation in the other house. If she has not answered any questions or addressed any major concerns before then, it will just get voted down, which will take even more time. But she didn’t seem to understand that and seems to be stubborn about changing her approach now that she has made up her mind.