Takaichi’s Golden Week diplomacy: a cheat sheet ^26.6%

The Japan Times - By Michael MacArthur Bosack - 5/11/2026, 2:45 AM

Recency Bias 38.1% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 38.1% - Fundamental Attribution Error 22.2%

Japan’s parliamentary debates resumed in earnest this week after the Golden Week holiday, during which Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s administration used the lull in domestic politics for a series of diplomatic engagements across Southeast Asia, Africa and Australia aimed at advancing its “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” (FOIP) strategy.... more