Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi marked one year in office on Wednesday, facing tough parliamentary deliberations ahead on key policy items and mounting diplomatic and security challenges while public support for her Cabinet shows signs of weakening.The anniversary comes amid the lingering fallout from the effective ouster of a scandal-hit minister, potentially eroding public trust in politics and Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party in the crucial months leading up to unified local elections next spring.One of the top priorities for her administration is to enact legislation to cut the consump…READ FULL ARTICLE