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[@GearoidReidy](/creator/twitter/GearoidReidy)
"Do you wanna rock like Sanae Takaichi Japan's new prime minister A few years ago she appeared on Babymetal's radio show on TokyoFM and recommended some of her favorite headbanging tunes. Crank those speakers to 11:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GearoidReidy/status/1980514673339560029) [@GearoidReidy](/creator/x/GearoidReidy) 2025-10-21T06:01Z 24.5K followers, 172.9K engagements


"Do *not* find someone who looks at you the way Kimi Onoda looks at Taro Yamamoto"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GearoidReidy/status/1980516222447083636) [@GearoidReidy](/creator/x/GearoidReidy) 2025-10-21T06:07Z 24.5K followers, 76.9K engagements


"Japan is so far ahead its not even close. Korea has amazing soft power in areas that are easy to understand for traditional outlets - TV shows and music. Japans soft power succeeds in areas like games and anime that are much harder to report on"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GearoidReidy/status/1982071155491319957) [@GearoidReidy](/creator/x/GearoidReidy) 2025-10-25T13:06Z 24.5K followers, 97K engagements


"Japan's public broadcaster NHK has interrupted regular broadcasting to show live footage of President Trump's cavalcade traveling through the capital on his way to meet the Emperor"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GearoidReidy/status/1982734284445381094) [@GearoidReidy](/creator/x/GearoidReidy) 2025-10-27T09:01Z 24.5K followers, 19.4K engagements


"Japans new leader likes her music loud. And Sanae Takaichi the country's first female prime minister and noted headbanger may also bring heavy-metal politics to Tokyo -- fast loud and unpredictable. My take on the historic new premier free to read:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GearoidReidy/status/1980504561279471814) [@GearoidReidy](/creator/x/GearoidReidy) 2025-10-21T05:20Z 24.5K followers, 182.5K engagements


"More than XX% of those under XX support Takaichi in the latest Nikkei poll including those in their 30s and younger. Few than XX% of those under XX supported Ishiba. Once again Japanese younger generations skew conservative"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GearoidReidy/status/1982645477255610391) [@GearoidReidy](/creator/x/GearoidReidy) 2025-10-27T03:08Z 24.5K followers, 42.6K engagements


"Excellent article on something I have also written about the inaccurate application of lazy and distorting labels such as "ultranationalist" or "radical" to PM Takaichi"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GearoidReidy/status/1982647936304713879) [@GearoidReidy](/creator/x/GearoidReidy) 2025-10-27T03:17Z 24.5K followers, 27K engagements


"The wrong kind of woman you see"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GearoidReidy/status/1983094061155397694) [@GearoidReidy](/creator/x/GearoidReidy) 2025-10-28T08:50Z 24.5K followers, 9775 engagements


"NHK poll predictably finds that XX% of people now approve of holding the Osaka Expo. Polling before the event found high levels of disinterest after a non-stop media campaign of negativity. The same thing happened with the Tokyo Olympics"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GearoidReidy/status/1978338718428622992) [@GearoidReidy](/creator/x/GearoidReidy) 2025-10-15T05:54Z 24.5K followers, 2790 engagements


"I agree Osaka should have more big events but Tokyo's Olympics were an unqualified success given the situation at the time. People forget the intense pressure to cancel the event outright and the media screeching that accompanied it. Few places could have held it at all"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GearoidReidy/status/1978630432213361070) [@GearoidReidy](/creator/x/GearoidReidy) 2025-10-16T01:13Z 24.5K followers, 17.8K engagements


"Nikkei XXX closes up XXX% at a record 49185.5 yen. The index needs to rise just over XXX% tomorrow to hit 50000"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GearoidReidy/status/1980160861840044412) [@GearoidReidy](/creator/x/GearoidReidy) 2025-10-20T06:35Z 24.5K followers, 1993 engagements


"Well at least on the bright side Japan is the only country having discussions over immigration"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GearoidReidy/status/1980243745057755216) [@GearoidReidy](/creator/x/GearoidReidy) 2025-10-20T12:04Z 24.5K followers, 9835 engagements


"🎌🚨 It's confirmed: Sanae Takaichi is elected prime minister of Japan becoming the first woman to assume the office"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GearoidReidy/status/1980496155617452397) [@GearoidReidy](/creator/x/GearoidReidy) 2025-10-21T04:47Z 24.5K followers, 36.9K engagements


"Takaichi says she won't give up on creating a strong Japan and says she will order a stimulus package be drafted at her first Cabinet meeting"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GearoidReidy/status/1980622287658496163) [@GearoidReidy](/creator/x/GearoidReidy) 2025-10-21T13:08Z 24.5K followers, 1648 engagements


"Takaichi says that the nature of war has changed as evidenced by Russia's on Ukraine and says she plans to revise the three security documents (National Security Strategy the National Defense Strategy and the Defense Buildup Program) that make up Japan's defense strategy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GearoidReidy/status/1980629532198756454) [@GearoidReidy](/creator/x/GearoidReidy) 2025-10-21T13:37Z 24.5K followers, 1850 engagements


"In what felt like a rather pointed act Takaichi takes the final question from a South Korean reporter and stresses the importance of the relationship with Seoul"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GearoidReidy/status/1980630971381870865) [@GearoidReidy](/creator/x/GearoidReidy) 2025-10-21T13:43Z 24.5K followers, 3092 engagements


"Let's check in on how Reddit's news subreddit is handling Takaichi's election. My favorite is the guy who says he "lived there under Abe" as if describing life in Romania under Ceauescu. Also: usual canards around education of the war uneducated nonsense about married names"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GearoidReidy/status/1980633694831534549) [@GearoidReidy](/creator/x/GearoidReidy) 2025-10-21T13:54Z 24.5K followers, 6993 engagements


"Kyoto is so bad at this. Why is it so badly run"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GearoidReidy/status/1981256180669567435) [@GearoidReidy](/creator/x/GearoidReidy) 2025-10-23T07:07Z 24.5K followers, 21K engagements


"October 21st is an important day in Japanese history -- the anniversary of the Battle of Sekigahara the decisive moment that led to the end of the Sengoku period and the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate. (Not sure this is ChatGPT's finest work)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GearoidReidy/status/1980552928751694007) [@GearoidReidy](/creator/x/GearoidReidy) 2025-10-21T08:33Z 24.5K followers, 2593 engagements


"Japan's new prime minister Sanae Takaichi takes the stage for her first press conference as premier"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GearoidReidy/status/1980620889604649206) [@GearoidReidy](/creator/x/GearoidReidy) 2025-10-21T13:03Z 24.5K followers, 5663 engagements


"McDonald's Japan is finally abandoning its unpopular paper straws replacing them with lids that diners can drink from directly"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GearoidReidy/status/1982665114097799652) [@GearoidReidy](/creator/x/GearoidReidy) 2025-10-27T04:26Z 24.5K followers, 15.7M engagements


"Japan's conbini are world-famous. But they might be in trouble. The My Basket chain of convenience-store-sized supermarkets that skip coffee machines and fried chicken is surging in Tokyo. Can Aeons conbini killer eat 7-Elevens lunch My latest:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GearoidReidy/status/1982675873733169245) [@GearoidReidy](/creator/x/GearoidReidy) 2025-10-27T05:08Z 24.5K followers, 23.1K engagements


"It's ironic that after years of US media coverage bashing Japan's status in gender equality rankings Japan is now set to have its first female leader years ahead of the US"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GearoidReidy/status/1974360763625320888) [@GearoidReidy](/creator/x/GearoidReidy) 2025-10-04T06:27Z 24.5K followers, 933.3K engagements


"With President Trump's Japan visit coming just a week after Japan's new leader took office Sanae Takaichi turned to her mentor Shinzo Abe's strategy to handle him -- a playbook of flattery deference and gold-plated gifts. And it works. My latest:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GearoidReidy/status/1983094669119815922) [@GearoidReidy](/creator/x/GearoidReidy) 2025-10-28T08:53Z 24.5K followers, 7706 engagements


"Apparently the pen that Takaichi used at last week's inaugural press conference is attracting attention online. Sankei has worked out that it was a Mitsubishi Pencil Jetstream (an excellent pen I can confirm) in light pink"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GearoidReidy/status/1983372937572036956) [@GearoidReidy](/creator/x/GearoidReidy) 2025-10-29T03:18Z 24.5K followers, 27.6K engagements