In a country that ranks poorly internationally for gender equality, the new president of Japan's long-governing Liberal Democrats, and likely next Prime Minister, is an ultra-conservative star of a male-dominated party that critics call an obstacle to women's advancement.
Sanae Takaichi, 64, admires former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and is a proponent of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's conservative vision for Japan.
Ms. Takaichi is the first female president of Japan's predominantly male ruling party that has dominated Japan's post-war politics almost without interruption.
She
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