Sanae Takaichi, Japan
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Japan's parliament elected Sanae Takaichi as the country's first female prime minister Tuesday, after her party struck a coalition deal expected to pull her governing bloc further to the right.
Hawkish on security policy, dovish on fiscal policy and traditionalist on social policy, she will move her country to the right
Japan elected hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi as prime minister on Tuesday, making her the first woman in modern times to lead the key U.S. ally.