【English Translation】

Hello everyone.
Today, I will talk about news from Japan.

On October 21, Sanae Takaichi, the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, became Japan’s new prime minister.

Prime Minister Takaichi is the 104th prime minister.
She is also the first female prime minister in Japan.

Prime Minister Takaichi has worked in national politics for a long time.
She also worked on TV and radio.

She says, “Make the Japanese islands strong and rich.”
She wants to make life in Japan better and keep the country safe.

People are watching to see how Japan will change in the future.

Let’s learn about both the Japanese language and Japan by reading the news!

【Vocabulary List】

歴史的（れきしてき） – historical / historic
誕生（たんじょう） – birth / coming into being
女性（じょせい） – woman / female
総理（そうり） – prime minister (short for 総理大臣)
ニュース – news
話す（はなす） – to talk / speak
自民党（じみんとう） – Liberal Democratic Party
代表（だいひょう） – representative / leader
高市早苗（たかいち さなえ） – Sanae Takaichi
新しい（あたらしい） – new
総理大臣（そうり だいじん） – prime minister
104番目（ひゃくよんばんめ） – 104th
はじめて – for the first time
女性（じょせい） – woman / female
長い間（ながいあいだ） – for a long time
国（くに） – country
政治（せいじ） – politics
仕事（しごと） – work / job
テレビ – TV
ラジオ – radio
日本列島（にほんれっとう） – Japanese archipelago
強く（つよく） – strongly
豊かに（ゆたかに） – richly / prosperously
言う（いう） – to say
くらし – daily life / living
よくする – to improve
安全（あんぜん） – safety
これから – from now
変わる（かわる） – to change
注目（ちゅうもく） – attention / focus
読む（よむ） – to read
学ぶ（まなぶ） – to learn

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