Japan's first female governing-party leader is an ultra-conservative star in a male-dominated group
Sanae Takaichi, an ultra-conservative admired Margaret Thatcher, became the first female leader of Japan's male-dominated Liberal Democratic Party amid low gender equality.
Sanae Takaichi expected to be Japan's first female PM DW 10/04/2025
Conservative hard-liner Takaichi is the former internal affairs minister of Japan. She holds hawkish views on China, and has also visited the controversial Yasukuni Shrine, which memorializes Japan's war dead.