The country’s first woman leader is seeking a public mandate for measures to counter rising living costs and boost defense spending.
Her ruling coalition holds only a slim majority in the powerful lower house.
Takaichi hopes high cabinet approval ratings will secure a stronger mandate, despite her Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) low popularity and recent scandals.
“It’s not clear if high public support for the Takaichi cabinet will actually lead to support of the LDP,” University of Tsukuba politics professor Hidehiro Yamamoto told AFP.
Public discontent over inflation contributed to the downfall of her predecessor, Shigeru Ishiba, last October.
Japan faces a surge in living costs and a chronically weak yen that makes imports more expensive.
MNA
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