China’s Foreign Ministry insisted on Thursday that its muted response to Japan electing its first woman prime minister, hardline conservative Takaichi Sanae, was “appropriate” and it would offer nothing more than it has: browbeating her about her support for Taiwan and demands to conform to Communist Party opinions.
Takaichi formalized her ascent to the prime ministership this week after winning a close race to lead the Liberty Democratic Party (LDP), Japan’s dominant conservative party. While the LDP is highly unpopular due to various corruption scandals, the party has clung to power as a result of beneficial alliances with smaller parties of similar ideologies and the absence of any functional major left-wing party. Takaichi almost lost the mandate to become prime minister after one of those parties, Komeito, withdre
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