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Economist Podcasts — Power ballot: Japanese PM’s electoral gamble
Scout ratingSCOUT· 22%23m·2026-01-20·News Politics

Power ballot: Japanese PM’s electoral gamble

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Japan’s prime minister Takaichi Sanae has called an election three months into her term. Can she capitalise on her popularity, or will her less-popular party be punished at the ballot box? Will a new treaty curb the destruction of the oceans? And how fancy restaurants are responding to the age of Ozempic. Listen to…

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