This is great. It turns out that Japan's first ever female Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, is a hard rock devotee and a super-fan of British band Deep Purple.
Takaichi is herself a keen (and apparently frenetic) rock drummer, and used to play in a Deep Purple tribute band back in the day. So, when she met up with DP drummer Ian Paice, over 50 years after DP's seminal 1972 album Made In Japan, Ms. Takaichi's reaction was precious: "You are my god", she gushed, not words you often hear from a Prime Minister. She added, "These days, when I fight with my husband, I drum to Burn and cast a curse on him". Er, OK, perhaps a little too much information.
In the midst of trade wrangling with America, increasing tensions with China, and complaints about inflation and a sluggish economy, though, what a breath of fresh air.
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