Tokyo, Oct 21, 2025 (AFP) - Not so Nordic: New Japan PM names just two other women to cabinet

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2025-10-21

Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi named just two other women in her 19-strong cabinet on Tuesday, despite previously promising "Nordic" levels of representation in her government. They are Japan's first woman finance minister, Satsuki Katayama, and Kimi Onoda as economic security minister, new cabinet secretary Minoru Kihara said. Takaichi, an admirer of former British premier Margaret Thatcher, was named Japan's first woman prime ministe......

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