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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“Sanae Takaichi has been elected new prime minister.” This was announced by the spokesman for the lower House of the Diet (the national parliament of Japan) on Tuesday, officially approving the appointment of Sanae Takaichi, an ultra-conservative policy of the Liberal Democratic Party (PLD), who won four more votes than needed—237 out of 564. This is a very significant milestone in a society where the gap between women and men remains representa…
Japan's first Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, is very conservative. Politically, she does not tolerate migration and could try to transfigure Japan's past of war.
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…
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