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Sanae Takaichi expected to become Japan’s first female PM after winning ruling party leadership

Admirer of Margaret Thatcher beat her more moderate rival, Shinjiro Koizumi, to become leader of Liberal Democratic partyJapan is about to get its first female prime minister, after Sanae Takaichi was elected as leader of the governing Liberal Democratic party (LDP) – a victory that should lead to her being installed as the country’s new leader in the middle of the month.Takaichi, a rightwing politician who has voiced admiration for Margaret Thatcher in her quest to build a “strong and prosperous” Japan on the international stage, beat her moderate rival, Shinjiro Koizumi, in a runoff election at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo on Saturday. Continue reading...

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