US EditionJapan’s parliament elects Sanae Takaichi as nation’s first female prime minister
- On Tuesday, Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi was elected prime minister by parliament, becoming Japan's first female leader after an alliance with the Japan Innovation Party.
- After Komeito abruptly left the coalition, ending a relationship dating back to 1999 over slush fund scandals, the Liberal Democratic Party struck a last-minute deal with the Japan Innovation Party.
- Parliamentarians approved Takaichi 237-149 in the Lower House and 125-46 in the upper house, while the LDP-JIP coalition holds 231 seats against a 233 majority.
- Facing a shortfall in both houses, Sanae Takaichi must court other parties and deliver economy-boosting measures by late December ahead of talks with U.S. President Donald Trump next week.
- As a protege of Shinzo Abe with hawkish views, Takaichi advocates a stronger military and revising Japan’s pacifist constitution, signaling a rightward shift despite markets rallying.
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5 Things to Know About Japan's First Female Prime Minister
Japan has its first-ever female prime minister after the nation's parliament elected 64-year-old Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday. A few highlights about her from various outlets: Takaichi is nicknamed the "Iron Lady" of Japan because of her admiration of the late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, reports the BBC . That may...
Sanae Takaichi, Opponent of Gender Equality, Becomes Japan’s First Female Prime Minister
In Japan, former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi has made history as the nation’s first female prime minister. Takaichi is an archconservative protégé of the late former leader Shinzo Abe who ran under the slogan “Japan First.” She holds a revisionist view of Japan’s history in World War II and is a regular visitor to the Yasukuni Shrine, where some convicted war criminals are memorialized. Takaichi is a longtime admirer of Britain’s f…
Named this Tuesday, this 64-year-old woman, the first to become Prime Minister, is unsensitive to the feminine cause and prefers a discourse based on order and discipline.
The hard-line conservative Sanae Takaichi was elected Tuesday by Parliament as Japan's first female prime minister, emulating her heroine, the late British leader Margaret Thatcher, after a few weeks of vortex of political disputes.After winning a race only between men to be elected as leader by her ruling Liberal Democratic Party (PLD) on October 5, Takaichi had to fight for support after his party's most moderate coalition partner abandoned hi…
Japan's first female prime minister: Sanae Takaichi takes power
(UPDATE) TOKYO — Japan got its first woman prime minister on Tuesday after Sanae Takaichi, a China hawk and social conservative, forged an 11th-hour coalition deal.Japan’s fifth premier in as many years will lead a minority government and has a bulging in-tray, not least a scheduled visit by United States President Donald Trump next week.The lower house of parliament appointed Takaichi, an admirer of Margaret Thatcher, as prime minister on Tuesd…
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