The “iron lady”: japan braces for its first female pm

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The “Iron Lady”: Japan braces for its first female PM

Grab “the popcorn”, said Willia

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10 October, 2025

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“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.” Antonio Gramsci’s words, written in prison near Bari almost 100 years ago, ring out to us now. The politi