Why She Made the List
Sanae Takaichi, the new Prime Minister of Japan is second on the list for her strong focus on rebuilding Japan’s defence and the alliance with the USA with the transformative US-Japan Investment Fund that is investing $500 billion into US infrastructure.
Her political career has focused on strengthening Japan’s economic security, protecting critical technologies and reinforcing defence capabilities as regional tensions in the Indo-Pacific continue to grow.
Summary Bio
Takaichi has been a leading figure within Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party for more than three decades.
First elected to the House of Representatives in 1993, she has held a number of senior cabinet posts including Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications and Minister of State for Economic Security.