Interesting Result in Japan – Sanae Takaichi, Protege’ of Shinzo Abe, Wins Party Vote

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[E. Pluribus Unum]

Sanae Takaichi, 64, won the Liberal Democratic Party leadership election on October 4, 2025, positioning her as Japan’s likely first female prime minister.

Takaichi is a conservative ally of the late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and supports revising the pacifist constitution, boosting defense spending, and imposing stricter immigration policies. Her victory was unexpected and now she will face parliamentary confirmation potentially becoming Japan’s first female Prime Minister.

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s governing party on Saturday elected former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line ultra-conservative and China hawk, as its new leader, making her likely to become the country’s first female prime minister.

In a country that ranks poorly internationally for gender equality, the 64-year-old Takaichi makes history as the first female leader of Japan’s long-governing conservative Liberal Democratic Party. Takaichi is one of the most conservative members of the male-dominated party.

An admirer of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Takaichi is a protege of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ‘s ultra-conservative vision and a regular at the Yasukuni Shrine, seen as a symbol of Japan’s wartime militarism, which could complicate Tokyo’s relations with its Asian neighbors. (read more)

[frank ballenger]

“Never trust a dame.”

——With Murder For Some by H.C. Huston (1954).

Became widely used in Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer novels.

[ansel12]

Sep 15, 2025
Japan Sends Air Force to NATO Bases As Threats Emerge on Multiple Fronts
“The deployment of the Japanese air force—its first mission to Europe and Canada—follows the conclusion of a British aircraft carrier’s operations in Northeast Asia.

Moscow, Beijing and Pyongyang, part of an authoritarian bloc known as the “Axis of Upheaval,” strongly oppose NATO’s reach into Asia, accusing the U.S.-led military alliance of inciting a new Cold War that undermines regional security and stability.”
https://www.newsweek.com/japan-sends-air-force-nato-bases-2129901

[frank ballenger]

“I’m the most translated writer in the world, behind Lenin, Tolstoy, Gorki and Jules Verne. And they’re all dead”

Mickey Spillane

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“A lot of critics write unfavorable reviews about your books.”
Spillane: “I don’t read reviews. I read royalty checks.”

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

"Juno was a ...."

[Dr. Sivana]

Gorki made the Top 5, and he is as bad a writer as Edward Albee when he was being extra weird, and twice as depressing.

[paulk]

Another hacked election - the MI6/Mossad/CIA mafia uses voting machines as their toys.

[ansel12]

“”””””Another hacked election - the MI6/Mossad/CIA mafia uses voting machines as their toys.”””””

Who should have won if not the
“hard-line ultra-conservative and China hawk’ that “supports revising the pacifist constitution, boosting defense spending, and imposing stricter immigration policies” ?

[House Atreides]

Good for her. I understand that she is a Japanese patriot who loves her country and its culture. She should understand and get along well with our MAGA president.