Who is Japan’s first female prime minister? Sanae Takaichi in her own words - From international tourism, immigration, women’s maiden names, and visits to a controversial wartime shrine, Takaichi has

Sanae Takaichi is officially Japan’s first female prime minister. The leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) was elected to the post on Tuesday after winning four more votes than the required majority.

Hawkish on security policy, dovish on fiscal policy and traditionalist on social policy, she will move her country to the right

Conservative nationalist Sanae Takaichi became Japan's first female prime minister on Tuesday in a parliamentary vote that handed her a majority in the lower house, pushing the benchmark Nikkei to records.

Takaichi, who is known to be an admirer of Britain's Margaret Thatcher, will get an early opportunity to meet President Donald Trump. They are both due to attend a meeting of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in South Korea at the end of October, and they should find common cause on conservative issues such as immigration.