In the late 1970s, a young woman spent six hours daily traveling by bus and train from her family home near Nara to attend university. She loved heavy metal bands and Kawasaki motorcycles, dreaming of independence while her mother insisted she remain at home until marriage. That woman, Sanae Takaichi, just made history as Japan’s...
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Sanae Takaichi rises from heavy metal fan to prime minister
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