The Japanese are looking at what's happening in Europe, in the UK, and France and Italy and migration issues,

and they very much don't want that to happen in Japan.

There is a feeling that Japan's unique and fragile culture is possibly under threat.

Takauchi is refreshingly unwoke.

Very much pro-family.

She's been called an anti-feminist.

Perhaps Kemi Beidinoch could have a word with her and say, well, how do you revive a seemingly

moribund brand?

Takauci's managed to do it.

Hello, I'm Georgina Mumford, and I'm delighted to be joined today by journalist and lecturer at Sofia University, Philip Patrick.

Welcome, Philip.

Thank you.

Philip, this is a really interesting moment for Japan politically, not least because

Prime Minister Senai Takayichi's party just won a landslide victory in a snap election called earlier this month.

Takaiichi herself has cultivated quite an interesting public persona. She's known as Japan's Iron Lady. She's a big fan of Margaret Thatcher. She's a heavy metal drummer. Could you tell us a bit more about that public image that she's got?

Yeah, I mean, Takayichi is Japan's first female prime minister, and she's 64 years old.

She's either a staunch, conservative patriot, or an ultra-nationalist far-right threat to the world, depending

on your political perspective.

But she's been extremely successful since becoming Prime Minister last October in kind of projecting a dynamic, positive, even fun image, which worked wonders in the snap election, which was a risky strategy for her.

And as you say, she's won a super majority, which means she has almost complete power to do what she wants.

So it's going to be an exciting time, I think, for Japanese politics.

And Takea Kyiqi has taken quite a tough stance on immigration, despite the fact that

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