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Japan's new prime minister Sanae Takaichi is facing increased scrutiny as her long history of right-wing nationalism and wartime revisionism draws renewed attention.
From early challenges to Japan's wartime accountability to close ties with nationalist parties and repeated visits to the Yasukuni Shrine, critics say her rise signals a sharp conservative shift in Tokyo.
Japan's new prime minister Sanae Takaichi is facing increased scrutiny as her long history of right-wing nationalism and wartime revisionism draws renewed attention.
From early challenges to Japan's wartime accountability to close ties with nationalist parties and repeated visits to the Yasukuni Shrine, critics say her rise signals a sharp conservative shift in Tokyo.