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Takaichi's 5 challenges
Japan's PM faces growth, tax, market and diplomacy tests after one year in office.
In brief
Japan's PM faces growth, tax, market and diplomacy tests after one year in office. Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi must tackle five key challenges as she enters her second year in office. Originally reported by Nikkei Asia.
Takaichi's first year
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has been in office for one year after a landslide election victory.
Key challenges
She faces tests on growth, taxes, markets and diplomacy as she enters her second year.
Recent pressures
Deteriorating relations with China, global energy crisis, financial-market turmoil and a ministerial resignation have impacted her leadership.
The bottom line
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi must tackle five key challenges as she enters her second year in office.
