With Donald Trump’s trade war and China’s increasing dominance shaking up the global order, the entrance of a strong-willed conservative Japanese leader — the first female one, no less — makes for quite a wildcard.For example, Sanae Takaichi, 64, recently discussed renegotiating the tariff deal that outgoing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba forged with US President Donald Trump. She’s a long-time China critic who makes regular visits to Yasukuni, a Tokyo shrine that honors Japan’s war dead.
Suffice to say, Trump’s team spent the weekend on Signal text chains and Chinese leader Xi Jinping can’t be happy about her win as Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader.
