Sanae Takaichi becomes Japan's first female prime minister

Japan's parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country's first female prime minister Tuesday, a day after her struggling party struck a coalition deal with a new partner expected to pull her governing bloc further to the right.

Takaichi replaces Shigeru Ishiba, ending a three-month political vacuum and wrangling since the Liberal Democratic Party's disastrous election loss in July.

Ishiba, who lasted only one year as prime minister, resigned with his Cabinet earlier in the day, paving the way for his successor.

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TheRavenfreak said:

Good for her on becoming the first female Prime Minster, but her views are garbage lol. I know Japan has always been iffy about immigrants, and their culture is very judgmental. But they're really going to double down on immigrants now, makes me wonder if she'll try to fix the population issue they have going on over there.

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