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Japan's New Premier Stays Defiant to China

The Wall Street Journal

November 25, 2025

TOKYO—Sanae Takaichi has been Japan’s first female prime minister for barely a month and she has made an impression on the world’s two most powerful men.

- BY JASON DOUGLAS AND JUNKO FUKUTOME

Japan's New Premier Stays Defiant to China

Sanae Takaichi's remark on Taiwan infuriated Beijing.

(EUGENE HOSHIKO/PRESS POOL)

This story is from the November 25, 2025 edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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