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Sanae Takaichi wins historic vote to become Japan's first female prime minister

Sanae Takaichi has won an historic vote to become Japan's first female prime minister ever

The 64-year-old conservative is known as Japan's "Iron Lady" – she's an admirer of the UK's former PM Margaret Thatcher

This is her third attempt at becoming the Japanese leader, and she's the fourth PM in five years from her scandal-hit party, LDP – here's why Japanese PMs change so often

She belongs to the LDP's hardline wing and is a protege of the late former PM Shinzo Abe

Trump had earlier hailed her as a "highly respected person of great wisdom"

Now that she's elected, Takaichi's challenges will include fixing a sluggish economy, navigating a rocky US-Japan relationship and uniting a divided ruling party

A Trump visit, a creaking coalition and a cost-of-living crisis: Japan’s new PM needs a fast start

Sanae Takaichi has made history but will have little time to settle in before negotiating the pitfalls of rising prices, power struggles and a mercurial US president

It is hard to overstate the symbolism of Sanae Takaichi’s achievement on Tuesday in becoming the first female prime minister of Japan, a country that consistently ranks poorly in global gender equality comparisons, not least in politics and business.

However, she will have precious little time to savour her historic appointment.

Takaichi is expected to make good on promises to appoint a cabinet with “Nordic” levels of women, but the challenges of office loom large as Japan’s fifth prime minister in as many years attempts to revive the fortunes of the ruling Liberal Democratic party (LDP) with the support of an inexperienced junior coalition partner.

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