In Japan, a "Astronomical" Public Debt at the Heart of Post-Election Concerns

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At the time of the parliamentary re-entry scheduled for Wednesday, February 18, in Japan, the majority of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is about to defend a policy of massive support for purchasing power in the face of unprecedented inflation over the past three decades, a direction that raises both expectations and concerns, in a country that is already heavily indebted.