Sanae Takaichi to become Japan's first female prime minister | DW News (youtube.com) Liberal, China hawk, anti immigration. But won after no candidate from her party won enough votes in the first round, ie not that popular. Very conservative hard liner, people see her as someone who can make decisions, she won't follow consensus but actually will push through her agenda. Traditional, conservative values. The first female leader in Japan is not ‘feminist’ (Western popular definition), she opposes separate family names after marriage, against female succession to the throne.
Prices have risen in supermarkets, politicians don't care about regular people, scandals about slush funds and kickbacks, people lost trust. 3% of population is foreign residents, mostly tourists, double that of what had become normal. Higher than what Japan has seen before. Perception there is elevated crimes because of foreigners.