Sanae Takaishi.. Challenges facing the first woman to become Prime Minister of Japan
On October 4, Sanae Takaishi won the presidency of the Liberal Democratic Party (the conservative right), which has held power in Japan almost without interruption since 1955. But the LDP, whose popularity is declining dramatically Increasingly, due to reasons including a financial scandal, he lost his majority in both houses of Parliament in recent months. And its ally, the centrist Komeito Party, withdrew from the ruling coalition that had been in place since 1999, due to the scandal and Takashi’s conservative views. And to ensure her election as prime minister to succeed outgoing Prime Minister Shigeru. Ishiba, Takaishi formed an alliance on Monday with the reformist right-wing Japan Innovation Party (Isshin). She promised to…"Strengthening the Japanese economy and making Japan a responsible country towards future generations" The continuation of the fifth female president will be approved during her two years in office, Ali "The stability of this coalition"According to Yu Uchiyama, a professor of political science at the University of Tokyo. He said: "Another crucial factor will determine her decision to call legislative elections or not: if she does so and loses seats, it will have a very negative impact on her image." By assuming this position, Takaishi achieved "A historic achievement"according to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. But Takaishi, who promised to form a government that includes a high percentage of women, "Scandinavian style"ultimately appointed only two, the same number of women in the Ishiba government. The two women are former Minister of Territorial Revitalization Satsuki Katayama, who will take over the Ministry of Finance, and Kimi Onoda, who will take over the Economic Security portfolio. Japan is ranked 118th out of 148 countries in the Gender Gap Report. Issued by the World Economic Forum for the year 2025, while the percentage of women in the House of Representatives is only 15%. However, her political positions on gender equality place her to the right of the already conservative Liberal Democratic Party, as she opposes reviewing a law requiring married people to have the same surname, and supports restricting the imperial succession to males. The idea of Takaishi assuming power was met with widespread satisfaction in her hometown of Nara, in western Her rhetoric toward China Takaishi will also face the challenge of combating decline. Demographics in Japan, in addition to the mission of revitalizing the fourth largest economy in the world. Takaishi had previously supported increasing government spending, similar to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Although she has toned down her rhetoric in recent weeks about using huge government spending to stimulate the economy, her victory pushed the Tokyo Stock Exchange to levels Record. At the international level, she said earlier that China "No respect at all" Japan, stressing that Tokyo should "Facing a security threat" Which is formed by Beijing, while calling for greater security cooperation with Taiwan. Also, Takaishi toned down her rhetoric towards China, and last week refrained from visiting the Yasukuni Shrine, which its neighbors consider a symbol of Japan’s military past. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said that it "I took note of the Japanese election results" She expressed her hope that "Tokyo is fully promoting strategic and mutually beneficial relations".
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