Japan poised to get first female PM after Sanae Takaichi wins ruling party leadership
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/04/sanae-takaichi-expected-to-become-japans-first-female-pm-after-winning-ruling-party-leadershipOpen linkView original on lemmy.world180
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"Female PM"
"Believes women should adhere to more traditional roles"
Ok
Well, this isn't going to help Japan
Ultra-conservative bullshit is going to cost them dearly
As much as I enjoy visiting, it's an extremely racist and bigoted country
Already is.
It's a GREAT time to visit Japan atm tho. Everything is so fucking cheap if you're spending North American currency.
I bought an entire bar a round and it was like $50 CAD.
Takaichi, a rightwing politician who has voiced admiration for Margaret Thatcher in her quest to build a “strong and prosperous” Japan on the international stage, beat her moderate rival, Shinjiro Koizumi, in a runoff election at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo on Saturday.
And just like in Italy with Giorgia Meloni she's a right winger.
Watch out Germany, Alice Weidels gonna get elected next and bring back the axis, but with girl bosses this time.
Thankfully Hollywood has shown us that this will be less successful
Not the most progressive step forward.
Any other german speakers here who had to think of Takeshis Castle right away?
I didn’t until you just wrote it, Kenny! Here in America it was MXC (Most Extreme Elimination Challenge).
Yeah, I saw it in the US before and remembered it had quite the strange name.
We enjoyed Takeshi's Castle here in the UK too! With none other than Craig Charles narrating.
Takeshi's castle with a Brit narrator sounds fantastic haha.