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Managing change: Lessons as Japan inches closer to getting female PM

Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi addresses a press conference in Tokyo on October 21, 2025. [AFP]

It’s unprecedented that Japan could get its first female Prime Minister, long after the UK, India, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Argentina, and New Zealand.

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