Sanae Takaichi, former Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, talks about her time as a drummer in a band

“I have experienced rebellion against my parents, so I understand the feelings of children who don’t want to stay at home because of conflict with their parents. My strength is that I can relate to the real emotions of the people.

Sanae Takaichi, 60, former Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, who is running for the presidency of the Liberal Democratic Party, told me this. The morning information program “Asa da!　(Fuji Television Network) from November 1990 to March 1991. (Fuji Television Network), which aired from November 1990 to March 1991. In an hour-long interview with this magazine, she told us all about herself.

“Sanae spent an hour talking to this magazine. When I went to him at the end of July to ask him to run for office, after elaborating on his policies, he said, ‘I will never run for office, I just quit a year ago. I just quit a year ago, so I can’t run. I will definitely support Mr. Kan. When I heard that, I thought, ‘If that’s the case, I’ll run! I thought. If Mr. Kan is the only candidate, there will be no vote. I wanted to run for the presidency so that I could propose an alternative.

When I become the new prime minister, I will aim to create a beautiful and strong Japan. To that end, I plan to aggressively invest in economic policies and crisis management for unknown risks such as natural disasters.

While Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (72) has announced that he will not run, former policy chief Fumio Kishida (64) and Minister of State for Regulatory Reform Taro Kono (58) are running. Both candidates are running for the presidency for the second time. Takaichi, who will be making his first attempt, has been busy preparing for the race.

“It’s really tough. “It’s really hard,” he said. “Other candidates have party membership lists all over the country. But I don’t have one. Of course I can buy one from the LDP, but it won’t arrive until after September 17, the day of the announcement. That’s not enough time. In fact, at the end of August, I heard that a party member in my district even received a phone call from the LDP saying, “Please take care of Kishida. In addition, mailing the policy leaflets was also very difficult. I was told by a contractor that it would take two weeks to type in the mailing address and another 300 million yen for the postage. We don’t have that kind of money, and the deadline for party members to vote is the 28th, 11 days after the announcement.

I am now approaching party members in the constituencies of the members who support me. Since I am factionless, I am less likely to have conflicts between factions when they promote me. In fact, I asked Mr. Minoru Kihara (52) of the Takeshita faction to be the secretary general. Since I announced my candidacy, I have received an increasing number of friends from various factions who are willing to support me. I can’t send out policy leaflets to all party members or make phone calls, but I have no intention of losing.

A Youth Bursting with Music and Love

When he was a child, his parents raised him strictly. Perhaps as a reaction to this, he says that he led a wild life during his school days.

“When I was in high school, I was often late and used a motorcycle to get to school. I wore a jersey under my skirt, straddled the bike, parked it behind the school, and climbed over the wire fence to get to school every morning. I know it’s against school rules, so I know it’s not allowed.

In college, I spent my days immersed in music. I was a heavy metal fan and played in four bands as a drummer. When I was in my second or third year, I even played in a professional backing band. In my second or third year, I was in a professional backing band, playing drums behind Mariko Kobayashi, the “Janice of Naniwa. It was a lot of fun.

In her book, “30 Years Old Birthday, That Morning, Something Changes for Women” (Daiwa Shuppan, 1992), she revealed her love affairs with her past lovers, such as, “In the Mediterranean Sea, in a hotel room with a view of the sea, we drank and fucked and fucked and fucked. “When I was in my twenties, I had a waistline.

“When I was in my twenties, I had a waist that was more than 15 cm thin. When I was in my twenties, my waist was thinner than 15 cm, so I was very proud of my popularity (laughs), and since I was single in my twenties, my love life was free.

Having gone through a divorce, Takaichi now lives alone and enjoys watching baseball games. He is a fan of the Hanshin Tigers.

“Every morning when I wash my face, I use a towel made by ‘Satotel’ (Teruaki Sato). After washing my face, I pray for the team to win the championship. If I had not participated in the presidential election, I could have watched every game on TV. …… That’s my only regret.

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From “FRIDAY” October 1, 2021 issue