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This is How TAKAICHI Wants to CHANGE JAPAN Forever | @VisualPolitikEN



This is How TAKAICHI Wants to CHANGE JAPAN Forever | @VisualPolitikEN

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Japan has just made history with the appointment of its first female Prime Minister: Sanae Takaichi. But her arrival in power could not have happened at a more delicate moment.

With the economy stagnant, inflation hitting wallets, the yen at historic lows, and an internal political crisis following the break with its coalition partner, Japan is facing a perfect storm.

Who is really the Japanese “Iron Lady”?

What can we expect from her economic policy, marked by the return of the controversial Abenomics?

And how will this shift affect relations with China, South Korea, and the United States?

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  5. @griffgriffiths6466 on

    The BBC really struggle to praise this one. On one hand: the first female prime minister in Japan, which is HUGE considering gender roles are still well established here. On the other: shes a stone wall conservative. Typically BBC can't go full in and support this because she couldn't care less about woke ideology. As a foreigner in Japan, im all for her!

  9. @timrobertson8436 on

    I hope Trump does not alienate Japan along with allour other allies. It is encouraging that Takaichi takes the threat of China seriously and wants to strengthen thie Japanese military.

  12. @ShawnRaft on

    The truth about these kind of politicians is that –

    The moment all their promises fail, they point fingers at the immigrants because the immigrants have no defenses.
    Elections is all a show at the expense of the taxpayers and these politicians have no shame.

  19. @cottagegymfun on

    Please show Takaichi doing something, anything but constant bowing LOL. I believe the viewers would benefit by hearing her words, seeing her results and so on.

  20. @yaoya808-54 on

    簡単に言えば国民が過度なグローバリズムを否定した訳。欧米からやってきたアホみたいな考え方や政策は要らないって事。トランプ大統領が否定する物は日本国民も同じく否定している。巻き戻してやり直すって流れ。

  21. @inuwooddog3027 on

    The romanticised "Iron Lady" would be a terrible model for any politician to emulate. Hostility, bullying, rigid magical thinking without an economical philosophy mistaken as strengths. Just because she's a woman, ut doesn't mean she cannot be a "Ronald Reagan."

  25. @emtube9298 on

    Very interesting commentary, but to pick nits, it is pretty irritating to hear the name of the #2 party consistently pronounced by the presenter as "kome-ito" (all vowels short, which would mean "thread of rice") rather than the actual pronunciation "kōmē-tō" (all vowels long, sort of meaning something like "the fair and honest party").

  28. @2B3-m7t on

    Its been said through Christian Prophets that this next financial crisis will start in Germany, be followed by the fall of the financial markets of Japan, followed by the US crash. Printing Yen will not get Japan out of its financial debt.

  35. @soulhide80 on

    At the recent Japan-China summit, Prime Minister Takaichi directly expressed concerns to Xi Jinping, including the "oppression of the Uyghurs" and "threats to neighboring countries."

    A head of state like this is rare anywhere in the world.

  36. @AdamLekornowich on

    Classic. Some politicians, not knowing how to solve the people's real problems, throw themselves into culture wars. One only needs to see how some Japanese people in the comments get excited simply because the 'feminists' don't accept Takaichi, and this is enough and more than enough for these people to feel satisfied, it doesn't matter if the economy continues to perform poorly or if the demographic crisis becomes more acute and dangerous. Thatcher worked because she truly focused on the problems of the average English person, and she gave clear directions that, for better or worse, led the United Kingdom out of that dark tunnel it was in at the time. Behind Takaichi, I see nothing concrete.

  46. @tonysmythful on

    The comment on Yasukuni is way off. The shrine remembers the souls of soldiers who fought for Japan since about 1870, ie after the fall of the Tokugawa Shoguns. Also it doesn't "venerate WW2 war criminals" – thats sensationalist bollox: It remembers the souls of ALL Japanese who gave their lives for their country since about 1870 ie since the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate. The names of the executed war criminals were secretly inserted at the shrine in the early 1960s and this was quite controversial in Japan, and there was much opposition to it. Most Japanese are strongly anti-war and certainly don't go to Yasukuni to WORSHIP war criminals. They go to remember the souls of their grandparents or other relatives, just as they do for any deceased relatives during the Obon holiday period.

  50. @YM.1-2-3 on

    This video is very misleading.

    It is wonderful that we don't have to go to war, but Article 9 of the Constitution was created by the United States, which defeated Japan, to prevent Japan from rising again. 80 years have passed since the end of the war, and politicians who think it's time to amend the constitution to reflect reality have gained the support of many people.

    Japan has a lot of debt, but it also has a lot of assets.

    I don't trust people who only say biased things.