US Edition'Stealth Husband': Japan PM Takaichi's Spouse Vows Quiet Support
Taku Yamamoto remarried Sanae Takaichi and now supports her quietly as a 'stealth husband' to avoid hindering her role as Japan's first female prime minister, media reported.
- On Oct 21, Sanae Takaichi was named Japan's prime minister this month, and Taku Yamamoto said he will serve as a `stealth husband`, supporting her quietly.
- They first married in 2004 and Sanae Takaichi used Taku Yamamoto's surname, but they divorced in 2017 over political differences and remarried in 2021 after his leadership support.
- A former lawmaker, Yamamoto lost his House of Representatives seat in a snap election and now lives with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in a members of Parliament housing complex, Tokyo while supporting her with domestic support activities.
- They live together in a members-of-Parliament housing complex in Tokyo, where Ms Takaichi helps care for Yamamoto after his 2025 stroke and prostate cancer diagnosis.
- Ms Takaichi is positioned on the right of the LDP and opposes revising the 19th-century surname law, linking gender and naming debates in Tokyo political context.
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‘Stealth husband’ of Japan’s new PM vows quiet support
TOKYO: The spouse of Japan’s first woman Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi hopes to support her by being a “stealth husband,” cooking meals but staying out of the spotlight. “Unlike in the West, it is better for a partner to stay out of the spotlight,” Fukui Television quoted Taku Yamamoto, 73, as saying on Tuesday after […]
Takaichi spouse makes meal of being 'stealth husband'
The spouse of Japan's first woman Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said he hoped to support his wife by being a "stealth husband", cooking meals for her but staying out of the spotlight, reports said. Former lawmaker Taku Yamamoto spoke a day after Takaichi, a social conservative and Margaret Thatcher admirer, was named as premier having forged a last-minute coalition deal. "Unlike in the West, it is better for a partner to stay out of the spotligh…
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