Japan's political landscape is facing its biggest upheaval in decades. Sanae Takaichi is set to become the country's first female prime minister, but that's hardly the most significant part of the story. Between coalition collapse, far-right resurgence, and a mortally wounded LDP, her tenure might be shorter than anyone expects.

After less than a year, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has announced his resignation. The absolute last thing a politically divided Japan needs right now is another messy leadership race.

In the wake of recent House elections, Sanseito is defying the odds and surging in the polls. How can a country already tilted so far to the right still have further to go? And what does Sanseito’s rise reveal about the broader, increasingly isolationist mood sweeping the globe?

Shigeru Ishiba has emerged as Japan’s latest prime minister after a drawn out and largely predictable leadership race. For anyone who believes the renewed pledges and lofty promises, precedent paints a more realistic picture of what's to come.