Leaders

Sanae Takaichi

Who leads Japan? Sanae Takaichi, Prime Minister. Profile, record and power assessment from the Magna Bureau leader index.

Prime Minister — Japan

Record & power

Record score	67
Power score	69

Country momentum +2 — Quarterly momentum: the Bureau's read on the country's trajectory over the last quarter, from −10 (deteriorating fast) to +10 (accelerating).

Why it matters

The first woman to lead Japan — commanding the world's fourth-largest economy and Asia's oldest democracy.
The Osaka Expo legacy, Rapidus and TSMC fabs rising; the chip bet is the growth engine.
Pushed the 2%-of-GDP defense target forward to March 2027 — rearmament on a timetable, not a slogan.
The debit: the death penalty retained and used; refugee acceptance near zero.

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Across the Bureau

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