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The ability to take risks should be part of the basic toolkit of successful politicians. It is also what separates well-known statesmen from the masses of grey figures whose names history does not remember. This was likely the reasoning of Japan’s current Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, when she decided to call early elections to the lower house of the national parliament (the Diet). Despite the relatively high popularity of her cabinet, this is a risky move that—if successful—could inject unprecedented momentum into her career and make her one of the most influential politicians of the postwar era.