Sanae Takaichi has become Japan’s first female prime minister.
Japan’s parliament has voted in the ultraconservative hardliner, after her party signed a last-minute coalition deal with another right-wing party.
Takaichi replaces Shigeru Ishiba, who resigned after his coalition lost parliamentary elections in July.
It’s seen as a shift to the right, in a country worried about rising prices, a sluggish economy and immigration.
Stephen Nagy is a Visiting Fellow at the Japan Institute of International Affairs.
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