Japan Shifts Further Right With Its First Female Prime Minister

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Japan Shifts Further Right With Its First Female Prime Minister

Tuesday 21st October 2025, 9:37AM

Japanese lawmakers elected the country’s first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line conservative. Javier C. Hernández, our Tokyo bureau chief, visited several places in her home region that show how she reflects Japan’s growing far right.

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