Yuriko Koike - The First Female Prime Minister of Japan?

State Department photo by Michael Gross

A systematic change seems to be in the works for the world’s political environments! Yuriko Koike, the Arabic-speaking, environmentally conscious expert on Middle Eastern Policy, is being preened to become Japan’s first Female Prime Minister according to many media sources in the region. Koike is Japan’s foremost female politician and the charismatic former minister of defense is said to have the backing of former prime minister Junichiro Koizumi. Her term as defense minister lasted less than two months, but her resignation was later vindicated after a bribery scandal. Check out Ms. Koike’s CV here.