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S8 Ep830: 2/3: Preview for Later Today: Grant Newsham highlights Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, praising her bold leadership against Chinese aggression. He notes her appeal to younger citizens due to her articulate manner and independent ideas during critic

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John Batchelor

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4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2026

⏱️ 2 minutes

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2/3: Preview for Later Today: Grant Newsham highlights Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, praising her bold leadership against Chinese aggression. He notes her appeal to younger citizens due to her articulate manner and independent ideas during critical diplomatic missions.
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0:00.0

In Ireland, nothing gets us talking like lions.

0:03.0

Tea?

0:04.0

Small talk.

0:06.0

Well, Jimmy, shock on weather we're having.

0:08.0

Big talk. Even I've got to play county.

0:10.0

Office talk.

0:11.0

I'm MIA and the AM, but I'll circle back on the KPI's.

0:14.0

Real talk.

0:15.0

Milk before tea.

0:16.0

Should be a criminal offence.

0:19.0

You could say we talk too much, but the truth is,

0:23.7

we don't talk nearly enough.

0:27.6

Lions puts the talk into tea.

0:31.0

This is John Batchel.

0:32.2

Conversation with my colleague Grant Nusham, U.S. Marine Corps retired,

0:35.6

importantly the author of When China Attacks,

0:38.2

about the new Japanese Prime Minister, Tachichi Sinai, on an embassy first to Vietnam and then to Australia.

0:45.7

And how is it that the Japanese people respond to this bold embassy?

0:50.4

And how is it that they respond to a woman speaking hawkishly about the unacceptable aggression, predation of the People's Republic of China?

1:01.1

Grant reports a very positive response.

1:05.0

Here's Grant Nushamon, Tahi, the new prime minister, in the whole of East Asia, the guiding light for the Japanese

1:13.2

people and assume their security forces. Remember the G7 and standing up to China's aggression?

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