On October 21, 2025, a major event happened in Japanese politics. 64-year-old Takaichi Sanae finally became the first female prime minister in Japanese history. That night, she held a press conference and wore a pearl necklace and earrings left by her mother.
She dressed reminds of the English "Iron Lady" Mrs. Thatcher, Thatcher used to wear blue clothes, wearing a pearl necklace given by her husband, the image is classic.
She also said that she most adored Mrs. Thatcher, who in 1997 talked about conservatism with Mrs. Thatcher in Tokyo, hoping she could become the "Mrs. Thatcher" in Japan.
But just as she became prime minister and announced her work plan, it was discovered that she completely disregarded her warnings about China.
According to Japanese media reports, on the evening of October 21st, the prime minister for the first time held a press conference to talk about economic and diplomatic matters.
She said that in the future will take the Japan-US alliance as the core, hoping to see U.S. President Trump as soon as possible, and make the relationship with the United States more iron, Japanese media feel that the self-government party and Japanese reform will merge together, the new governing coalition in policy will become more far-right.
The two parties made it very clear in the joint ruling agreement that three important security documents, such as the National Security Strategy, should be revised in advance.
It is also necessary to speed up the expansion of military equipment, promote arms exports to be less strict, and also talk about establishing an independent foreign intelligence agency and enacting new laws such as the "Counter-Espionage Law" as soon as possible.
Reuters also said that if he became prime minister, it would not be a symbol of progress, but Japan would become harder and more right.
Although the mouth said to change these three documents, Japanese media said the core is two points, the first is to spend more money on the military, before Japanese military spending has been controlled within 1% of GDP, now has risen to 2% already.
If the U.S. increased military spending to 3.5%, the money would be more, and most of this money would be spent on the purchase of equipment, on average, to each self-defense team member.
The second point is that Japan began to expand the scope of arms exports, before Japan only sold five types of non-combat equipment, now the limit is canceled, any weapons can be sold.
In fact, the Philippines really wants to buy Japanese equipment, but Japan used to sell it very conservatively, and it didn't dare to sell heavy weapons publicly. If the Philippines can buy Japanese fighters and submarines in large quantities in the future, its strength will definitely improve a lot, and of course it will be easier to be used as cannon fodder.
Takashi is Shinzo Abe's "hardcore spokesperson". She has a particularly tough attitude towards the Taiwan issue. She has repeatedly publicly said,"If something happens to Taiwan, it means something happens to Japan." She also said that China will never be allowed to use its strength to change the status quo in the Taiwan Strait.
This statement is not only a direct interference in China's housework, but also a serious provocation to Sino-Japanese relations. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has long made its attitude very clear.
At the press conference on October 21, spokesman Guo Qianquan stressed that Taiwan is part of China, and the Taiwan issue is China's own matter, and foreigners should not interfere.
China has many ways to hit Japan, whether political, economic or military, China has a great advantage over Japan, more than half of Japan's imports are from China.
China has always hoped to live in peace with all countries, but even if the United States steps on China's bottom line, China's counterattack will never be soft.
In fact, Japan's economy is already in a recession now. If Takashi Haramu acted recklessly, her fate would probably not be any better than Shigeru Ishiba. Another point, Shigeru Ishiba had warned her before handing over the position to Takashi Haramu, not to let Japan take the wrong path.
Everyone knows very well that Sino-Japanese relations are the diplomatic focus that Japan should treat with the most caution, and Japan's replacement of Takashi Haraimu as leader is Japan's own business.
But judging from China's first reaction, everything was expected. We are very calm and very aware of it. In the final analysis, there is now a balance of strength between China and Japan.
We don’t want the Japanese leader to hostile to China, but even if it really happens, what can she do with China?
China is becoming more and more powerful, more and more confident, this is our biggest bottom line, no wind wave is afraid, and now the situation in Japanese politics is that it is not easy for high markets to get the prime minister.
It would be good if she could work for one year, but it would be a miracle if she could work for two years. It would be a bit too optimistic if she could work for three years.
Some Japanese political scholars say that the new government will last for at most one year, and then it may return to the old road of "changing a prime minister every year", and then everything will change again.
Overall, the early rise of high markets shows that Japanese politics has reached a dangerous turning point, and her cabinet is clearly far-right, pro-American and anti-China, which will make the formerly very sensitive and very complex relations between China and Japan even more tense.