Sanae Takaichi emerges as dark horse candidate in LDP leadership race

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : She is also in favor of increasing government spending and continuing to pursue a 2% inflation target.
45% : She has been known as a hawk on diplomatic and defense issues, but those media appearances gave her a platform to explain her policies on the coronavirus response, social security, the economy and child care -- areas where her views were not well known among the public.

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