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On October 21, the Prime Minister of the Japanese House of Representatives was nominated for election. Takashi Saami received a majority of votes and was elected prime minister.
Just as tensions in Asia were escalating in the middle of this century, the island nation of Japan welcomed another hardline leader.
Before she was elected Prime Minister, takaichi sanae claimed many times: "If something happens in Taiwan Province, something happens in Japan." Foreign media interpreted this as that she wanted to cover Taiwan Province, but now that she was really elected, can she keep her promise?
He was the first female prime minister in post-war Japanese history.At the age of 64, he has been in politics for many years, holding right-wing ballots.
The supporters behind her wanted to see a political wave of "rejuvenation of the great and the soul."
The process of her ascension to power was not easy, and as president of the self-government party in October she encountered intense struggle within the party, coupled with opposition planning, in just a few days in mid-October.
She won the vote, but lost the coalition.
After 26 years of cooperation between the People's Party and the Communist Party, after the rise of the high market, the Communist Party chose to "break up", and the ruling coalition collapsed, it was not a general party struggle, but a structural division.
The Communist Party has stable votes in major cities such as Tokyo, and if it leaves, the self-government party's subsequent parliamentary elections will be struck.
In order to retain the prime minister's throne, Gao also accepted some of the tough conditions put forward by the Japanese Conservative Party, such as reducing the total number of seats in Congress by 10 percent, which put her on a heavy burden once she took office.
Her economic stance is as tough as her political stance, and she put forward “crisis management investments” before taking office. Large amounts of funding should be invested in semiconductors, nuclear fusion, biotechnology, and artificial intelligence.
She wants to build a Japanese version of a strategic technology fortress, which is to fully guard against China. This move wins over conservatives, but it also makes the market nervous.
On the first day of the market, The yen exchange rate suddenly fell, approaching the level of 151 to 1 US dollarThat’s a new low that hasn’t appeared for years.
The market has expressed its concerns. Will this new prime minister bring diplomatic shock and financial wave?
The "Taiwan regional issue" was one of her most radical positions, and she has repeatedly publicly claimed that if there is a war in the Taiwan Sea, Japan will be involved in the war.
This strong military tendency is changing Japan's political language. She not only clamors for constitutional amendment, but also demands that the Self-Defense Forces be renamed "National Defense Forces" and the "Peace Constitution" be completely overthrown.
For Japan, this is not a warning, it is a provocation.
She is also nicknamed "Technology Decoupling Promoter". In the past, she advocated keeping the 5G equipment of Chinese enterprises out of the Japanese market, but now she supports the formulation of the Economic Security Promotion Law to comprehensively curb Sino-Japanese high-tech cooperation.
These policies are now shifting to national policies.
However, Gaoshi's problem is not just foreign policy. For the country, her situation is not optimistic either. Japan has changed four prime ministers in the last five years.
After entering the 21st century, except that Junichiro Koizumi and Shinzo Abe's terms of office exceeded five years, they basically changed once a year.
Such a "horse light" has become the norm in Japanese politics., the post-2020 epidemic, inflation, diplomacy, pensions, nuclear wastewater... no prime minister can last long.
Japan's cabinet adopts a parliamentary system. The prime minister is nominated by the ruling party or a coalition of political parties and then recognized by the National Assembly. When the factions within the party are unbalanced and the support rate declines, the party leader will be forced to resign.
If the opposition party puts forward a no-confidence motion in parliament and passes it, the prime minister must also leave his post.Under this system, stability is a luxury.
Gao Shi is not a person with a firm word in the party. She relies on the support of conservatives, who are themselves complex and check and balance each other.
The economic data is not good, or there is a diplomatic storm, and any "mountain top" can be overturned at ease. Moreover, she does not have the ideals of the moderate forces in the Liberal Democratic Party, and many veterans still do not think highly of her.
Is her tough policy going to be passed by Congress?Will her proposed “crisis management investment” succeed?
How to cope with fiscal pressure, these are not empty talk, these are real governing tests.
What is more realistic is that Gao Shi's appointment is only the "first move", and the real test moment is next year's Senate election.
If the election is defeated, there will inevitably be a new round of replacement of the head of the party within the Self-Democratic Party, and she,, is just the name of the next "short-life prime minister".
Although she is a female prime minister, there has been no so-called "gender breakthrough" carnival in Japanese society.
She herself opposes female emperors, same-sex marriage, and also opposes the system of couples having different surnames.
On the issue of women's rights, her stance is conservative and even regressive, "Her election does not represent the progress of women's politics,"Many scholars believe so.
She also frequently worshiped the Yakuza Temple, denying the blame for the Nanjing massacre and forced recruitment of comfort women, and Japanese domestic media said that if she continued to worship the Yakuza Temple during her term, it would bring a new round of friction to Japan's East Asian diplomacy.
After being the chairman of the self-government party, the attitude towards China was clearly soft.
October 17 is the day of the Yasukuni Shrine's regular autumn memorial service. In order to stabilize China and South Korea, Takashi did not visit the Yasukuni Shrine in person, but still provided "jade strings" in the name of the president of the Liberal Democratic Party.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman expressed his strong protest against Japan’s negative actions on historical issues.
High City ruling dozens, never hiding her ideal world, a post-war burden of the "Army of the Power", now, she finally found an opportunity to push forward.
But what she faces is a political fragmentation, diplomatic marginalization, and an internal-economic Japan.
She stood on the top of the mountain, and the stones under her feet were loose.Nobody knew if she would also be a passenger.
References:
1. "64-year-old Sanae Takaichi was elected Prime Minister of Japan, becoming Japan's first female Prime Minister" 2025-10-21 14:40 | Source: Xinmin Evening News
2. "High-Mexico has repeatedly hyped the "Taiwan issue" in the past, the Taiwan issue belongs purely to China's internal affairs" 2025-10-15 11:01
| Source: World Wide Web3. "Takashi Saami Presents Sacrifice Fees to Yasukuni Shrine" 2025-10-17 11:24| Source: Observer Network