Copyright © HT Digital Streams Limit all rights reserved. Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of the ruling party of Japan, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). (AP) Summary from Tokyo to New -Delhi to Oslo, Women’s Tryst with Power continues. A woman’s bid to crush the political glass ceiling in a seemingly modern nation, to a liberal democracy that impedes his female journalists from a Perser as it rolled out the red carpet for the Taliban – this week’s headlines exposed the world’s uncomfortable relationship with women and power. The saving grace: The Nobel Prize Committee has hampered US President Donald Trump – for a woman. Japan’s Iron Dame Sanae Takaichi, who considers former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher among her idols, could become Japan’s first female prime minister. The 64-year-old man created history last week by being elected to the first female president of Japan’s predominantly male ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Her rise is significant because women in Japan are still far behind their male counterparts in political empowerment-a striking contrast to a people known for its leading technology, precision engineering and an almost ritualistic dedication to discipline, punctuality and culture. The Asian giant is 118th out of the 148 countries in the global gender gap index released by the World Economic Forum. India stands at 131. Women are barely 15% of Japan’s lower house – the more powerful of its two parliamentary rooms – and only two of the country’s 47 prefectural governors are women. However, she still has to ensure the parliamentary approval to become prime minister later this month – a prospect that is now blurred by uncertainty after the LDP’s 26 -year coalition partner, Komeito, has withdrawn his support. The party cited the LDP’s failure to address a political financing scandal that the ruling group has been attached for two years. Komeito, Tetsuo Saito, said his party would not support Takaichi if Parliament voted later this month. Takaichi, who was first elected from her hometown of Nara in 1993, previously held government positions, including Minister of Economic Security, Home Affairs and Gender Equality. She is widely regarded as a protégée of Japan’s former India-friendly Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who awarded his vision on a stronger military and increased fiscal spending to achieve growth. One can therefore expect continuity in India-Japan relations. However, tires with China can get more complicated, given the hard attitude, and Takaichi will also have to navigate a delicate and unpredictable relationship with the US. India welcomes the taliban of a country that breaks a new foundation in the political empowerment of women to one who believes that women should not be seen or heard … much less trained and working … Taliban acting foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, is in a week -long visit in India. He is the first Taliban leader to do so because India and the Taliban were on the opposite edges during the group’s last time in Kabul in Kabul in 1996-2001. At the time, the Taliban was supported by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Now the world looks completely different. Pakistan, once the most important benefactor of the Taliban, is contrary to them. Afghanistan has rejected the Durand Line border with Pakistan for decades. Pakistan is also upset because of what he sees as the Taliban’s indifference to his safety issues-Islamabad says Kabul does not do enough to combat Theek-E-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which targets the Pakistan army. In September, the Pakistan army lost 19 soldiers who fought rebels along the Afghan border. And when Muttaqi arrived in India for talks, explosions were heard in Kabul, which is believed to be a Pakistani drone attack. Meanwhile, New -Delhi has announced a number of measures, including upgrading his mission in Kabul to an embassy, the expansion of the development aid, raising visas issued to Afghanen, and built shelters for refugees who returned to Afghanistan and Iran. Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar even noticed the Taliban’s condemnation of the Pahalgam terrorist attack in April. Muttaqi, on its part, invited Indian investment in the country, also in the mining sector, and promised to allow no group to threaten others from the Afghan land or to use off -land against others. However reassuring it is, Pakistan will do its best to disrupt the India-Taliban tires. It will do its best to see that Kabul does not tilt to New -Delhi. Pakistan has previously targeted Indian interests, and India will do it well to take the Kabul -Drone strike as a sign of Islamabad’s intention. It may be good to know that the Taliban is reaching out to India, but it remains a regressive group that once avoided New -Delhi as a security threat to himself and for combating women’s rights. New -Delhi did not recognize the Taliban government -an indication that it would look carefully before giving the group legitimacy. But the irony is that Indian women’s journalists are prohibited from attending a press conference directed by Muttaqi, who will visit the Taj Mahal – a monument to love built by Mughal -Keyser Shah Jahan for his wife, Mumtaz Mahal. And the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize goes to … Sorry Trump! Trump lost on the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize – something he swung to, do you remember? He was quite upset that India did not endorse him in the Indian Pakistan screen utility in the India-Pakistan screen assumption in the India-Pakistan screen assumption. The winner is María Corina Machado, the opposition leader of the Venezuelan. The Nobelry Academy noted that she was selected for her steadfast support for a peaceful transition to democracy in her country – I don’t think Trump would have qualified for the credentials. (On the other hand, he may find it difficult to be upset about awarding the award, as the US was critical of Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro.) However, the good news is that he can begin his supporters to nominate him for the 2026 Nobel Prize of the Peace of Later this month. Names can be proposed until January 31, 2026. Better happiness next year, Trump. Who knows, Palestinians can nominate yourself as the Gaza window. Elizabeth Roche is an associate professor at Jindal Global University. Catch all the business news, market news, news reports and latest news updates on Live Mint. Download the Mint News app to get daily market updates. More topics #afghan Taliban #Japan #Donald Trump Read next story
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