TOKYO (Reuters) -Sanae Takaichi, a contender to become Japan’s next prime minister and the country’s first woman leader, proposed fiscal spending to support investment in essential sectors such as food, energy and economic security.

While reiterating the need for a stimulus package to mitigate the rising cost of living, Takaichi said the more fundamental issue was to boost Japan’s low growth potential.

Takaichi said if she became prime minister, the government would work with businesses and academics to come up with a framework for boosting investment to sectors key to Japan’s crisis management.

“The core of this framework is ‘crisis management investment’. This involves the state proactively providing financial support to essential sectors to minimise risks to our nation,” such as econ

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