(FILES) A Toyota HiAce used in the 2024 Liberal Democratic Party leadership race, featuring a photo of Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and messages from supporters across Japan, is displayed at a museum in Nara on January 14, 2026. Some have compared her to baseball star Ohtani, others praise her as a "commoner prime minister", Japan's Sanae Takaichi is generating buzz among Gen-Z in a country where politics has long been determined by the ageing vote. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP via Getty Images) / To go with AFP story Japan-politics-diplomacy-vote-youth, FOCUS by Tomohiro Osaki