Newly-elected leader of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party Sanae Takaichi (right) celebrates with Shigeru Ishiba, who resigned as prime minister after the party lost its parliamentary majority. Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon - Pool/Getty Images
Sanae Takaichi came out top in a male-dominated race to lead Japan’s ruling party on Saturday, putting her on course to emulate her hero, former British leader Margaret Thatcher, and become her country’s first female prime minister.
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