TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's sky-high poll numbers have slipped as voters question how she intends to pay for her recent tax-cut pledge, according to media surveys released on Monday (Jan 26). The approval rating for the nationalist leader's government fell to 67 per cent from 75 per cent in December, falling "below 70 per cent for the first time since she took office last October", according to a weekend survey by the Nikkei newspaper. The dip came as Takaichi faced