Japan’s parliament on Tuesday elected conservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister, a historic first that comes one day after her struggling party struck a coalition deal with a new partner that would pull her governing bloc further to the right.
Lawmakers in the lower house of the National Diet of Japan elected Takaichi with 237 votes, more than what was needed for a simple majority. Earlier, she won the vote in the less powerful upper house.
