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Sanae Takaichi

TIME Magazine

October 28, 2025

A first for Japan

- - CHAD DE GUZMAN

SANAE TAKAICHI BROKE JAPAN’S HIGHEST GLASS ceiling on Oct. 4 when she was chosen as the new leader of Japan’s long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)—which holds just shy of a majority of legislative seats. The vote put her in line to become the first female Prime Minister of the country.

This story is from the October 28, 2025 edition of TIME Magazine.

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