Takaichi among Time magazine’s 100 most influential people

Time magazine has included Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in its selection of the world’s 100 most influential people this year, along with other world leaders. Also on the list are Alysa Liu, gold medalist in women’s figure skating at the Milan Cortina Olympic Games, fashion designer Ralph Lauren and Google CEO Sundar Pichai. It marked a “transformative and historic moment” when Takaichi became Japan’s first woman prime minister in October, Tokyo Gov Yuriko Koike said in an introductory note. The veteran lawmaker at last broke through an “iron ceiling” that kept women from the nation’s highest decision-making role, she…