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Japan's ruling party has elected Sanae Takaichi as new leader, and she's likely to become country's first female prime minister

Japan's ruling party has elected Sanae Takaichi as new leader, and she's likely to become country's first female prime minister
general10/4/2025

An admirer of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Sanae Takaichi is a protege of the ultra-conservative vision of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Japan's governing party on Saturday elected former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line ultra-conservative and China hawk, as its new leader, making her likely to become the country's first female prime minister. In a country that r... [5079 chars]