How Japan’s new prime minister is jolting markets

Sanae Takaichi was sworn in as Japan’s first female prime minister a little over a month ago, and she’s already making waves in the East and West. The first priority for the people of Japan is if her government can fix the country’s cost-of-living problem. Today on the show, we break down what Sanaeonomics could mean for the Land of the Rising Sun.<br/><br/><strong>Related episodes</strong><br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/09/04/1197972437/population-shrinking-japan-oldest-village"target="_blank" >How Japan is trying to solve the problem of shrinking villages</a><br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/04/03/1197958583/japan-lost-decade"target="_blank" >Japan had a vibrant economy. Then it fell into a slump for 30 years</a><br/><br/><em>For sponsor-free episodes of </em>The Indicator from Planet Money<em>, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at </em><a href="http://plus.npr.org/"target="_blank" ><em>plus.npr.org</em></a><em>.</em> <em>Fact-checking by </em><a href="...