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Takaichi reshuffle cuts women Cabinet seats to 16%

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Story summary
  • Prime Minister and LDP President Sanae Takaichi reshuffled the Cabinet, appointing only a few women.
  • Two fewer women now hold Cabinet or top government posts after the reshuffle.
  • All four key party executive posts went to men, breaking Takaichi’s earlier pledge.
  • Women remain at roughly 16% of the Cabinet, unchanged, with only Katayama and Onoda retained.