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Japan's ruling conservative party has elected Sanae Takaichi as its new leader, positioning the 64-year-old to be Japan's first female prime minister

Takaichi is among the more conservative candidates leaning to the ruling party's right. A former government minister, TV host and avid heavy metal drummer, she is one of the best known figures in Japanese politics - and a controversial one at that

She faces many challenges, including contending with a sluggish economy and households struggling with relentless inflation and stagnant wages.

She will also have to navigate a rocky US-Japan relationship and see through a tariff deal with the Trump administration agreed by the previous government.

If confirmed as prime minister, one of Takaichi's key challenges will be uniting the party after a turbulent few years which saw it rocked by scandals and internal conflicts.

Last month, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, whose term lasted just over a year, announced he would step down after a series of election defeats that saw the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) governing coalition lose its majority in both chambers of parliament

Prof Jeff Kingston, director of Asian Studies at Temple University in Tokyo, told the BBC that Takaichi was unlikely to have "much success at healing the internal party rift".

Takaichi belongs to the "hardline" faction of the LDP, which believed that "the reason the LDP support has imploded is because it lost touch with its right-wing DNA", he added.

"I think she's in a good position to regain the right wing voters, but at the expense of wider popular appeal, if they go into a national election."

Takaichi has been a long-time admirer of Britain's first female prime minister, Margaret Thatcher. She is now ever closer to fulfilling her Iron Lady ambition.

But many women voters don't see her as an advocate for progress.

"She calls herself Japan's Margaret Thatcher. In terms of fiscal discipline, she's anything but Thatcher," Prof Kingston said.

"But like Thatcher she's not much of a healer. I don't think she's done much to empower women."

[b]Takaichi is a staunch conservative who's long opposed legislation allowing women to keep their maiden names after marriage, saying it is against tradition. She is also against same sex marriage

A protégé of the late former leader Shinzo Abe, Takaichi has vowed to bring back his economic vision, known as Abenomics – which involves high fiscal spending and cheap borrowing.

The LDP veteran is hawkish on security and aims to revise Japan's pacifist constitution.

She's also a regular visitor of the controversial Yasukuni shrine where Japan's war dead including some convicted war criminals are memorialised.

She will likely be confirmed by parliament, although not automatically like her predecessors because the ruling party is in a much weaker position now having lost its majority in both houses.

Source https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2pmy7m72lo

gender equality people smiling to the highest right now.

but the original design of life women were never meant to control men, this not about religion.

Ok...nice one.... please someone complete the remaining amount of words

Kul....real slay queen...I always admire women in a high position.. merited one oooo

I don’t just know why I love everything about Japan

After USA na them ooo

Wow! That's some good news. Where are my feminist who love collecting gbola? This news is for us. Let's celebrate

Very commendable

Competence should come before any social , political or gender differences

I hope she lives up to expectations and delivers good governance

Iron woman,beauty and brain combine together. This can never happen in my country ..

Pootle:
gender equality people smiling to the highest right now.

but the original design of life women were never meant to control men, this not about religion.

nigeria has been ruled by only men. How market? Cho cho cho

ednut1:
nigeria has been ruled by only men. How market? Cho cho cho

the few women given positions in nigeria how market no be by cho cho cho

Another Natasha saga will soon play out,, I wish her wisdom to govern

Pootle:
gender equality people smiling to the highest right now.

but the original design of life women were never meant to control men, this not about religion.

It's not about religion, it's about you being sexist. No sex is supposed to control the other. Matter of fact, a president or prime minister is not some overlord who rules their people. You have a primitive understanding of gender and leadership.

I hope she does well and improve the country.
Congrats

Ttipsy:
I don’t just know why I love everything about Japan

After USA na them ooo

China is Ichi Ban.

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obedience4:
Source https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2pmy7m72lo

I feel happy about this. A huge difference between some whose scion go about planting tares of iyaloja and agbero all over the field while their citizens are sleeping

She better do something about the aging population. Else, Japan will soon sunk under it's human liability load, with fewer you g adults supporting more aged, retired people.

Japan and igbo names sef.

Make them find their roots back home. I wish her well anyway.

If she's competent and capable I'm all for it but south Korea precedent creates skepticism.

The world truly is changing!

We have been here for barely 300,000 years

And in the last 200-300 years, a lot has changed from humans flying in the air, to connecting continents that erstwhile would not have been imaginable, to humans going to extraterrestrial, and even planning on starting off on other planets.

To the advent of the mobile and smart phones we have today...

And now, a female leading a civilization as industrious and advanced as the Japs...

Truly we have come far.

I can only imagine what the earth would be like in another 200 thousand years...

I hope we don't annihilate ourselves with nuclear and artificial intelligence...
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Once we are able to master those and bring them subject to ourselves like we did fire, electricity, and the other numerous phenomenons we were able to conquer and subdue,

Then truly, Man would become the Gods they always dreamt of, wrote about and wish existed.

But then, I wouldn't be here, but my offsprings would, so that leaves me with one task, to leave as many offsprings as I can before I delete from this sphere.

O wrong na , countries will start keeping malice. We won't take it

Pootle:
gender equality people smiling to the highest right now.

but the original design of life women were never meant to control men, this not about religion.

Who designed life like that? Or where is such written?

CoolUsername:
It's not about religion, it's about you being sexist. No sex is supposed to control the other. Matter of fact, a president or prime minister is not some overlord who rules their people. You have a primitive understanding of gender and leadership.

call me whatever suit you, that doesnt change a pin from the truth. they started with this sexist thing before gender equality now it lgbtq mak all of urna jus rest abeg

Pootle:
gender equality people smiling to the highest right now.

but the original design of life women were never meant to control men, this not about religion.

Breaking convention is one ability sapient life possess.

It's maybe an upgrade as the creators continue to work tirelessly in the background. The main tenets and essence will continue come what may.

Pootle:
call me whatever suit you, that doesnt change a pin from the truth. they started with this sexist thing before gender equality now it lgbtq mak all of urna jus rest abeg

Truth this, facts that. You at least have some evidence to back up your claims, yeah?

Gerrard59, what factors influenced her becoming the prime minister?