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Sanae Takaichi has become Japan's first female prime minister, a significant milestone in the country's male-dominated political landscape.
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese women welcomed the arrival of what they see as a "new era" for Japan as Sanae Takaichi became its first female prime minister on Tuesday, but with a dose of caution about her hawkish political views.
Formed in 2010 to shake up Japan's political establishment and loosen Tokyo's administrative stranglehold, the Japan Innovation Party, known as Ishin, will now help the ruling Liberal Democratic Party extend seven decades of dominance.
Sanae Takaichi has voiced anti-immigrant policies at a time when Japan’s population continues to fall, threatening economic stagnation.
Following the historic coalition deal between the Liberal Democratic Party and the Japan Innovation Party, unease is growing within b
Yuichi Yamazaki/Pool via REUTERS TOKYO (Reuters) -Anticipation grew on Monday that Sanae Takaichi will become Japan's first female premier, with the backing of the right-wing opposition Japan Innovation Party,