Posted on 10/06/2025 12:49:38 PM PDT by Red Badger
Takaichi Sanae narrowly won the race for leadership of Japan’s right-wing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Saturday, positioning her to become the first female prime minister in Japan’s history.
Japan is gearing up for a special election to replace Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru, who announced his resignation in September after a few humiliating defeats for his party at the polls. Ishiba was also facing mounting public anxiety about alleged schemes to open Japan to mass migration from Africa.
Takaichi, 64, was always considered one of the top contenders in the swift and sudden race to succeed Ishiba, having finished second in the previous election. In the homestretch, her toughest opponent was Koizumi Shinjiro, an ally of Ishiba’s who would have become the youngest prime minister in Japanese history at 44 if he had won.
Takaichi won the first round of voting for LDP leadership with 183 votes, but Koizumi ran a close second with 164, triggering a runoff between the two. Takaichi won the runoff on Saturday with 185 votes to Koizumi’s 156, surprising many observers who thought the party would play it safer by choosing Koizumi.
Takaichi made some very precise political maneuvers to reposition herself as a slightly more moderate candidate than she was in the 2021 leadership race, but also more in tune with people-first populism. In some respects, her “moderation” was more a matter of the LDP shifting rightward and leaving her closer to the middle.
Takaichi’s platform in 2025 included tax cuts on gasoline, plus more subsidies for local governments and struggling taxpayers. She promised more pro-growth policies in tune with her mentor, the late Abe Shinzo, who was assassinated in July 2022 after leaving office. Her other major political inspiration was British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, whom Takaichi often emulates in her wardrobe choices.
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There’s no way they’d get Koizumi. He’s too centrist and has a thing for immigrants and carbon credits.
I do not trust female politicians in general, like Meloni who has been such a bitter disappointment on the migrant invasion. But I like what I hear about Sanae-san thus far. I hope she is even more “right wing” than the great Shinzo Abe (RIP).
a jap commie or jap right eing?
I heard She is a big fan of Lady Thatcher, a very good sign.
“a jap commie or jap right eing?”
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As best as I can tell she’s to Japan as Trump is to the USA… a patriot.
“First”
First does not equal best. We shall see.
“Conservative” today, who knows what tomorrow...
I would call her Japan First. She is a nationalist.
Ministry of Truth update
Islam is peace
Capitalism is slavery
Diversity is strength
Japan fell for this nonsense, just like Europe. Now a decent high trust society is experiencing first hand the crime you get when you import people from the low trust places from the World. I hope she gets to work removing them.
She has a very difficult job ahead of her.
Rural Japan is making the depopulation of farming towns in the US look pretty good. Tight budgets, low birth rates, the problems coming from moving industrial production overseas, increased territorial threats from the Norks and Chicoms, and high healthcare costs, especially those related to the aged population are problems that look near unsolvable.
I wish her luck.
They may sound good. But they won't follow up on their rhetoric.
To be fair, male politicians in the U.S. were not any better (before Trump).
I would call her Japan First. She is a nationalist.
Like Tojo?
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Yes, I think you're right. And the mercurial success of Trump II is disrupting politics all over the world. "Why can't we have great leaders here in Japan like America has in Trump?"
Interestingly... the Japanese word for a standard playing cards deck is トランプ or "toranpu" -- derived from the English word trump. So President Trump is the leader with the winning hand :-)
Make the World Great Again!
...... the Japanese word for a standard playing cards deck is
トランプ or “toranpu” — derived from the English word “trump”.......
Trump’s all over the place......
From your mouth to God's ears!! Prayers for her safety.
Well...this is very very good news👍💯👍.💐
A japsnese nationalist this is foid for thought and to be given due consideration.
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