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The question now on everyone’s minds: Is Takaichi on course to build an enduring administration, in the mold of the late Shinzo Abe, her political mentor, or Junichiro Koizumi, the flamboyant reformist?googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1499653692894-0'); });

With an astounding victory, outwardly it seems she is.

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