Takaichi wants to make Japan Inc great again
But the country’s first industrial policy in decades will face pushback from the guardians of fiscal prudence
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IN A memorable quip during her campaign for election earlier this year, Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi promised that she would smash the button marked “growth”.
Her strategy now pits that instinct against those who fear the country’s finances may be what gets smashed instead.
In a land where leaders tend to last an average of about two years, yet another growth plan can elicit yawns.
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