Japan's first female prime minister counts on her popularity to help her party win Sunday's election

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is seeking to leverage her popularity to help her party win Sunday’s snap election as she pushes her right-wing agenda to boost her country's economy and military capabilities in the face growing tensions with China and an unpredictable Washington. Takaichi took office as Japan’s first female leader in October and has since enjoyed high support ratings. Latest media surveys indicate a landslide win in the lower house for her Liberal Democratic Party. The opposition, despite a formation of a new centrist alliance and the rising far-right, remains too splintered to be a challenger.