Japan elects its first female prime minister

[Jose Garcia]

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Source: The Telegraph

Sanae Takaichi decisively won a run-off vote against the more centrist Shinjiro Koizumi
Election of Sanae Takaichi underlines a broader shift to the Right in Japanese politics
Japan is set for its first female prime minister after Sanae Takaichi was elected leader of the governing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in Tokyo on Saturday.

A popular nationalist known for taking a hard line on China, 64-year-old Mrs Takaichi decisively won a run-off vote against the more centrist Shinjiro Koizumi, underlining a broader shift to the Right in Japanese politics.

Widely seen as the successor of Shinzo Abe, the former prime minister assassinated while campaigning for election in July 2022, Mrs Takaichi has repeatedly described herself as Japan’s Margaret Thatcher.

Mrs Takaichi, who was famously a drummer in a heavy metal band in university, softened her tone during the election campaign but is now likely to shift the LDP to the Right.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/japan-elects-first-female-prime-074658752.html

[travelingthrulife]

1. Gross.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. She admires Margaret Thatcher. I'm not impressed.

[chia]

3. She opposes same-sex marriage and allowing married couples to have separate surnames

Takaichi favours revising Japan's pacifist postwar constitution to recognise the role of its expanding military.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/inspired-by-thatcher-japan-s-pm-in-waiting-takaichi-smashes-glass-ceiling/ar-AA1NQeHb

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. Duplicate. Plan: check before AND after. Plan 2: self-delete

[Yonnie3]

5. Locking as a duplicate

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