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Events on Tuesday 21 October 2025 1
2025Sanae Takaichi becomes Japan's first woman prime ministerHead of the Liberal-Democratic PartySanae Takaichi became prime minister of Japan on 21 October 2025, the first woman to hold the office. A hard-line conservative, she leads the Liberal-Democratic Party.