Takaichi's Australia visit a missed opportunity
Middle powers need to get more serious than pic-ops if they are genuine about meeting the moment
On paper, Sanae Takaichi’s visit to Australia should have been a blockbuster.
Having broken the mother of all glass ceilings, charmed the world with her drumming skills and survived Donald Trump’s Pearl Harbour gag in the Oval Office with aplomb, the visit by Japan’s first female prime minister was one to eagerly anticipate.
