24 October 2025
Japan’s first female prime minister was inaugurated but I’m not impressed; 3 reasons
This month Japan’s parliament elected a female prime minister first time in modern nation-state history. TAKAICHI Sanae, president of Japan’s ruling party LDP was elected as a prime minister of Japan’s national assembly, or Diet or Parliament. However, it is not as good news as it sounds. There are three major reasons. 1. The party she belongs to is not a good party. It has been amid scandals of bribery and inappropriate relationship with the cult organization recently so in last two elections the party lost seats and fell into the minority ruling party but thanks to...