Surajana Tiwari
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21 appearances
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1 series
first heard Feb 2026
last heard 9 Feb
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Sanae Takeuchi's promise to increase government spending and reduce some taxes to try and ease the cost of living crisis in Japan.
Just to give you a sense, the price of rice doubled in 2025.
So people are really hurting.
She's really connected with voters through her promises to reduce the burden on households.
But there are deep structural issues in Japan's economy.
And markets and investors until today had been very nervous about her increasing that government spending because Japan's already got one of the highest government debts in the world.
That's right.
She wants to invest in defense.
And that was something that was agreed with longtime ally, the US, in order to reduce the reliance on Washington.
Another area where she wants to focus on is new technologies.
So things like electric vehicles.
And Japan has a real problem with its workforce.
It's got a shrinking population.
Its population is aging very fast.
So
She wants to invest in things like robots and automation and factories.
She wants to get more women back into the workforce.
And she wants to extend the retirement age so that older people are more productive for a longer time.
There's a lot at play and markets are really on edge.
But from the looks of what happened today, they're definitely betting that whatever Takahichi has promised, she might be able to follow through on and it will ultimately boost growth in Japan.
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