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How Will Takaichi Emulate Her Political Role Models, Thatcher and Abe?

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By Hiroshi Tajima

18:14 JST, December 12, 2025

Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s first female prime minister, has two role models in politics. One is Margaret Thatcher, the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom, who served from 1979 to 1990. The other is former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, under whom Takaichi was a cabinet minister.

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