KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae faces several unpalatable choices as she looks to move major legislation through the Diet by 17 July, as opposition parties have blocked Diet agenda setting.
- Takaichi’s problems ultimately stem from her unwillingness to accept constraints – including her government’s lack of a majority in the upper house – as she pursues a divisive agenda.
- There is little reason to expect that the prime minister will scale back her ambitions in the face of political and economic constraints, suggesting that her government will continue to be characterized by friction in its policymaking.
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