HomeAnalysis-Inflation, not deflation, is now Japan’s political hot potato as election loomsFILE : Japan’s PM Kishida, who is also ruling Liberal

FILE : Japan’s PM Kishida, who is also ruling Liberal

FILE PHOTO: Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who is also ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader, raises his fists atop of election campaign van during an election campaign tour for the July 10, 2022 Upper House election, in Kawasaki, south of Tokyo, Japan June 24, 2022. REUTERS/Issei Kato