Japan's Iron Lady and Taiwan's aviation industry

Japan's Iron Lady and Taiwan's aviation industry

Author: Amanda Stephens, Hanna Bilinski,Rti October 20, 2025 Duration: 0:00

This week Hanna and Amanda discuss Japan, where Sanae Takaichi just won the Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership election and is on track to become their first female prime minister, as well as what’s been going on with EVA Airlines here in Taiwan.


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Japan’s new PM: 1. Sanae Takaichi set to become Japan's first female prime minister (Shaimaa Khalil, BBC), 2. Global Gender Gap Report 2024 (Kusum Kali Pal, Kim Piaget, Saadia Zahidi, and Silja Baller, World Economic Forum), 3. Takaichi’s ascent and Taiwan (Huynh Tam Sang and Truong Tuan Kiet, Taipei Times), 4. What Takaichi means for Taiwan (Rath Wang 王健智, Taipei Times)

EVA’s potential overwork case: 1. EVA investigating flight attendant’s death after sickness on board ( Hollie Younger, Taipei Times & CNA), 2. EVA investigating death of flight crew who fell ill on duty (Staff writer, Taipei Times and CNA), 3. Taiwan Labor Minister Hung vows tougher penalties after EVA Air crew death
(Filip Leskovsky, Rti English)


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