China-Japan: Beijing’s Overreach Gives Takaichi an Early Win

A diplomatic spat with China might not have been top of the wishlist for Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.

Yet in a packed first month on the job, from a visit by US President Donald Trump to the rising scourge of bear attacks, nothing is more likely to galvanize public opinion in her favor than Beijing’s conduct in recent days, after comments Takaichi made on Taiwan.