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Japan’s first female PM to meet Trump: What to know about the heavy metal fan
Japan’s first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi — a Thatcher-inspired conservative with heavy metal tastes and a passion for drumming — meets Donald Trump in her first major diplomatic test.

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Heavy Metal Lady: Japan’s first female Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was a heavy metal drummer
Trump ready to rock with heavy metal drummer tapped as Japan’s first female prime minister
Trump and Takaichi set to supercharge US-Japan relations with new deal on critical minerals
Japan’s new premier Sanae Takaichi lavished US leader Donald Trump with praise and vows of a “golden age of ties” on his visit to Tokyo Tuesday, before inking a deal with Washington aimed at securing...

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Protesters rally in Tokyo against Trump's visit, Takaichi meeting
Japan’s New Prime Minister Has an Advantage in Winning Over Trump
October 28, 2025 - Japan leg of Trump’s Asia tour and government shutdown
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday said Japan was committed to “fundamentally reinforce its defense capabilities” and heralded a “new golden age” for US-Japan relations.

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President Trump visits Japan during Asia tour as government shutdown drags on
Trump visits Japan’s emperor on second leg of Asian tour as shutdown stalemate drags on

Lacuna Coil’s Cristina Scabbia explains how women are “treated differently” in the heavy metal scene

The vocalist also talks about her early days in the Italian pop/dance world, exclusively in the new issue of Metal Hammer
USA Today

How this all-female Indonesian band is using metal music to inspire change

Beethoven once said music can change the world. Well, a trio of girls from Indonesia are proving that's true. Firda Marsya Kurnia, Widi Rahmawati, and Euis Siti Aisyah were just three teenagers from a rural town in West Java when they discovered the power ...
Westword

Blood of Lilith Creates All-Woman Metal Festival: “Every Fucking Metal Band You Meet Is a Bunch of Dudes”

Blood of Lilith doesn’t mess around. The three badass women behind the metal trio were already Denver scene veterans before coming together in 2020 and bringing a long-held vision to fruition. “We knew we wanted an all-female heavy-metal band,” says ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

These Women Can Handle Heavy Metal

In a practice room at Western Michigan University, Stephanie Frye is about to start her daily musical warm-up. Ms. Frye, 26, studying for a doctorate in musical arts at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, is petite and athletic, about 5 feet 4 inches tall.
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