Who is Sanae Takaichi, set to be Japan’s first woman Prime Minister?

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Takaichi is set to replace incumbent Shigeru Ishiba less than a year after the latter entered office last year. Ishiba had announced his intent to resign last month, amid mounting pressure from within the LDP, which has lost its majority in both houses of the parliament, known as the Diet. Story continues below this ad ‘Japan is back!’ Takaichi’s win represents a victory for the right in the LDP, and a departure from the politics of the moderate Ishiba. For a party in crisis, this is being seen as a much needed pivot. As Takaichi herself alluded to in her...