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Is Sanae Takaichi Japan’s Margaret Thatcher – or its next Liz Truss?

Under the slogan “#ChangeLDP”, Japan’s long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has elected Sanae Takaichi as its new leader. Pending a vote in the Diet’s lower house later this month, she is poised to become Japan’s next prime minister — and the first woman ever to hold the post.

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Surprise in Japan’s leadership race jolts financial markets as the dollar soars against the yen

Sanae Takaichi favors looser fiscal and monetary policies, raising expectations that Tokyo will issue more debt while the central bank rethinks rate hikes.

Fortune

Japan’s ruling party sets Sanae Takaichi to likely become first female PM

Takaichi replaces Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba as the party hopes to regain public support and stay in power after major election losses.

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Japan's first female governing-party leader is an ultra-conservative star in a male-dominated group

In a country that ranks poorly internationally for gender equality, the new president of Japan’s long-governing Liberal Democrats is one of the most conservative members of the male-dominated party seen as an obstacle to women’s advancement

The Independent UK

Sanae Takaichi: the new leader of Japan’s Liberal Democratic party who cites Thatcher as an influence

Takaichi, likely to become Japan’s first female PM, is a rightwinger who has been critical of China and focused on migration in her campaign

The Guardian - AU

Japan poised to get first female PM after Sanae Takaichi wins ruling party leadership

Margaret Thatcher admirer beat her more moderate rival to become leader of Liberal Democratic party

The Guardian - UK

Sanae Takaichi, Japan's First Woman PM-to-be

Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected and staunchly conservative head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is expected to become Japan's first woman prime minister, but that doesn't mean she's a feminist choice, analysts say.

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Who is Sanae Takaichi? Japan’s ‘Iron Lady’ poised to be first woman prime minister

Sanae Takaichi is to succeed prime minister Shigeru Ishiba as she wins in run-off against Shinjiro Koizumi

The Independent UK

Japan's Bruised Ruling Party To Pick Yet Another Leader

Japan's ruling party elects its fifth leader in as many years Saturday, charged with reviving its flagging fortunes as a new anti-immigration grouping snaps at its heels.

International Business Times

Japan’s next leader may be its first woman as LDP seeks change

The new party president is still likely to become prime minister because the LDP still has the most seats in the lower house

The Independent UK

Anti-foreigner sentiments are on the rise across Japan. Politicians have noticed

All five candidates competing in Saturday's governing Liberal Democratic Party leadership vote to replace outgoing Shigeru Ishiba as prime minister are vowing tougher measures on foreigners

The Independent UK

Number of injuries among tourists up as Nara deer population hits record levels

Other challenges include increase in traffic accidents and incidents of deer venturing into urban areas in search of food

The Independent UK

Generational change or gender breakthrough, whoever Japan’s next PM is will have a mountain to climb

Two candidates have emerged as favourites to head Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party, ahead of the party vote next week

The Guardian - AU

Japan PM Candidate Vows 'Nordic' Gender Balance

The only woman in the leadership race for Japan's ruling party vowed Monday to improve the gender balance in her cabinet to "Nordic" levels and to ensure "peaceful" coexistence with foreigners.

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China Critic Takaichi Joins Party Race, Could Become Japan's First Woman Leader

Japanese political hawk and strident China critic Sanae Takaichi said on Thursday she will run in the ruling party's leadership election, a campaign that could make her Japan's first woman prime minister.

Al Jazeera

Japan’s ruling LDP to pick new leader after PM Ishiba resigns

The embattled party faces mounting pressure over soaring rice prices, declining birth rates and immigration.

The Independent UK

Who could replace Shigeru Ishiba as Japan’s prime minister?

The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) faces critical leadership contest

The Conversation

Why did Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba resign? And who might replace him?

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has bowed to weeks of pressure from within his party and announced his resignation, less than a year after taking office.

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Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba Resigns, Hopes Trump Trade Deal Will Be Executed By His Successor

Shigeru Ishiba, Japan’s Prime Minister, has stepped down following substantial election setbacks. This development comes at a pivotal moment for Japan’s economy, which ranks as the fourth-largest globally.

International Business Times

Japan PM Ishiba Says He Will Resign

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Sunday he would step down after less than a year in power, during which he lost his majority in both houses of parliament.

International Business Times

Japan PM Decides To Quit As Opponents Seek Leadership Election: Reports

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has decided to step down, local media reported on Sunday, as members of his ruling party seek to hold a new leadership race following disastrous upper house elections.

International Business Times

'#Ishiba Don't Quit': Unlikely Support Grows For Japan PM

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's future is uncertain but an unlikely campaign for him to stay was growing online this week, including from people who are his natural political opponents.

The Independent UK

Japan election results plunge country into political crisis as ruling coalition loses majority

Prime minister Shigeru Ishiba called the snap election to try and secure a strong mandate from the public after a damaging corruption scandal – but Monday morning’s results have done the opposite

The Conversation

Why did Japan’s new leader trigger snap elections only a week after taking office? And what happens next?

Japan’s new prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, has been in the job for just over a week. But today, as had been widely expected, he dissolved Japan’s parliament, the Diet, triggering a snap election for later this month. It’s the fastest dissolution by a postwar leader in Japan.

International Business Times

Japan's Next PM Eyes Snap Election, Reports Say, As Stocks Sink

Japan's incoming prime minister Shigeru Ishiba is poised to call snap elections for October 27, local media reported Monday, as equities plunge on a strong yen and fears that tax hikes are on the cards.

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