Japan's first female prime minister plays heavy metal on drums to let off steam

Sanae Takaichi is the first woman chosen to serve as Japan's prime minister. She favors a strong military, a strong economy — ...

The new Japanese Prime Minister appeared on Babymetal's podcast and talked about her love of metal

Last month, before she was elected Prime Minister, Takaichi appeared on Babymetal's Metal Radio, a Tokyo FM show hosted by ...
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SANAE TAKAICHI, Japan's new prime minister, is a heavy-metal drummer

Japan recently elected its first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi — and it turns out she’s a die-hard metal fan who grew up listening to Black Sabbath and Deep Purple, she plays the drums, and ...
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Howard Stern Asked Metallica’s Lars Ulrich If He Can Play Rush Covers on Drums

Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, Getty Images / Theo Wargo, Getty Images / Ethan Miller, Getty Images "Straying outside of the Metallica world is not the most comfortable thing for me," he admits, explaining, ...