First female prime minister appointed in Japan

Global News Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Daily News, News, Documentary

4.2 • 7.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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The Japanese parliament elects the new leader of the Liberal Party, Sanae Takaichi, as the country's first female prime minister. She holds conservative views and is not known to push for women's rights. Also, the US Vice President JD Vance arrives in Israel, just two days after the Gaza ceasefire was tested by deadly clashes, and how deep brain stimulation helped a woman with Parkinson's regain her ability to play the clarinet. The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – we cover it all with expert analysis and insight. Get the news that matters, delivered twice a day on weekdays and daily at weekends, plus special bonus episodes reacting to urgent breaking stories. Follow or subscribe now and never miss a moment. Get in touch: [email protected]

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0:43.4	We're recording this at 15 hours GMT on Tuesday the 21st of October.
0:48.0	Japan gets its first woman prime minister.
0:51.3	The US Vice President J.D. Vance arrives in Israel to help shore up the Gaza ceasefire.
0:57.3	And after Louis XVI and Marshal Patin, Nicola Sacozy becomes only the third French leader in history to go to jail.
1:06.8	Also in the podcast. How do Wally fireworks sent pollution sky high in Delhi. But we start in Japan.
1:43.0	The announcement that the Japanese Parliament had elected its first ever woman prime minister, Sanayichi.
1:48.9	A former heavy metal drummer whose parents refused to pay for her university education because she was a girl, she has now broken through the glass ceiling.
1:52.5	But despite promising high levels of female representation, she only named two other women
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