1. Takaichi’s challenge: Spur SME growth to fight inflation  Nikkei Asia
  2. Japan’s false Thatcher is blowing up a $12tn bond market  The Telegraph
  3. Takaichi’s bold fiscal push hard to resolve Japan’s economic woes  news.cgtn.com
  4. Japan and the contradictions of Sanaenomics  East Asia Forum
  5. Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party Faces an Identity Crisis  Jacobin