The soundtrack to Japanese politics was once “quiet, calm, ambient”, says The Economist. No longer. New prime minister Sanae Takaichi, a one-time heavy-metal drummer, is setting a new beat that is “br

The good times are rolling again in Tokyo, where the Japanese stock exchange has extended its record rally, fuelled by what UBS calls the “Takaichi trade”, says MarketWatch. But if new PM Sanae Takaic

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On Tuesday, the US Senate voted with “rare” bipartisan support to end the national emergency underpinning Donald Trump’s tariffs on Brazil, says Lauren Gambino in The Guardian. Although it is all but

Japan’s politics are unstable (see page 4), the yen is trading at multi-decade lows against most major currencies, long-term government bond yields have soared, and inflation is picking up again. Yet