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Sanae Takaichi is on track to become Japan's first female prime minister after her party secured a crucial coalition partner
Takaichi replaces Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, ending a three-month political vacuum and wrangling since the Liberal Democratic Party’s disastrous election loss in July.View on euronews
Staunch conservative Sanae Takaichi was elected Japan’s first female prime minister by parliament on Tuesday, in a landmark moment for the historically patriarchal country where both politics and workplaces are dominated by older men.
Japan's parliament elected ultraconservative politician Sanae Takaichi as the country's first female prime minister, just days before a scheduled visit by President Trump.
Here’s how the LDP leader remade Japan’s ruling coalition to become the country’s first female Prime Minister.
Schroeder, who died in 2023, was the first woman to represent Colorado in the U.S. House, serving the First Congressional District for 24 years after being elected in 1972 at the age of 32. She was a feminist icon, a pioneer for women’s rights and one of the most influential Democrats in Congress during her tenure.
Sanae Takaichi is the first woman chosen to serve as Japan's prime minister. She favors a strong military, a strong economy — and a strong drum riff.