S8 Ep346: SEGMENT 11: JAPAN'S SNAP ELECTION UNDER PM TAKAICHI Guest: Lance Gatling (Tokyo), Co-Host: Thaddeus McCotter Gatling reports from Tokyo on Prime Minister Takaichi's decision to call snap elections. Discussion covers the political calculations behind this
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John Batchelor
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🗓️ 21 January 2026
⏱️ 13 minutes
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| 0:56.8 | I'm John Batchel, and that is McCarter of American Greatness, my colleague and co-host, |
| 1:00.1 | and we're pushing a button and going immediately to Tokyo. |
| 1:05.3 | To my longtime informant in Tokyo, Lance Gatling, a principal of nexial research. |
| 1:14.5 | There is exciting political news in Tokyo, a prime minister recently recently a prime minister who can play the drums. |
| 1:20.0 | In addition to that, the first female prime minister in Japan's history, to my knowledge. |
| 1:27.3 | In addition to that, someone who's from the school of Abe, meaning the determined national security side of the debate in the Japanese Assembly. And now a |
| 1:32.4 | snap election. All of this I bring to you, Lance, because we need help. Takayichi can play the drums. |
| 1:40.7 | A very impressive demonstration with the president of South Korea. But the |
| 1:46.2 | snap election, why did she, why call it when you have a control of the apparatus now? What do you |
| 1:53.3 | gain from it? Good day to you, Lance. Gentlemen, I hope you're not too cold there. It's, |
| 1:58.5 | it's nice here. It's crisp, but nothing like Detroit. Trust me. |
| 2:05.9 | Takeichi San herself is quite articulate, and what she said in an extended press conference |
| 2:12.7 | was that she was made the prime minister by an internal mechanism within the party. |
| 2:19.9 | She won the popularity contest for the leadership after Prime Minister Ishiiba was threatened |
| 2:27.5 | with a vote of no confidence, and he said he would not stand again. |
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