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Podcast: In-depth News Features | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
Episode: Japan's new foreign minister wastes no time in championing women's causes
Description: Talk about a baptism of fire. Less than a week after becoming Japan's first female foreign minister in almost two decades, Kamikawa Yoko travelled to New York for the United Nations General Assembly. A stern diplomatic test, but she's clearly hit the ground running — especially in the push for improved women's representation on the global stage.