Sanae Takaichi: the most powerful woman in the world?

高桥早苗:世界上最强大的女性?

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2026-04-27

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Justin McCurry on Japan’s heavy metal-loving prime minister and her plan to amend the country’s pacifist constitution. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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  • This is The Guardian.

  • Today, how the most powerful woman in the world wants Japan to march to a new beat.

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  • It wasn't the sort of scene you'd normally associate with Japanese diplomacy.

  • What we 've just inflicted on you is the sound of two very rusty drummers trying,

  • not entirely successfully, to keep time to BTS's Dynamite.

  • The one with marginally more rhythm is Sanai Takeichi.

  • And she ought to be the better player, to be fair.

  • She used to play in a heavy metal band and was notorious for playing so wildly

  • that she was always breaking her drumsticks.

  • But since last autumn, she's been better known as the Prime Minister of Japan.