The visitors squeezed into the kiosk near Japan’s national diet building snap up souvenirs bearing the face of Sanae-chan, the affectionate nickname for the country’s leader: chocolate biscuits, dango sweets, stickers and document files proclaiming that “Japan is back”.
“The Takaichi range is incredibly popular,” says a member of staff.
As Sanae Takaichi marks a year since she upended Japan’s male-dominated politics, the country’s first female prime minister has defied predictions that her time in office would be short-lived.
Instead, the straight-talking conservative has rewritten the rulebook on Japanese leadership, led her troubled Liberal Democratic party (LDP) to a resounding election victory, and
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