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Sanae Takaichi, Japan's First Woman PM-to-be

Sanae Takaichi, expected to become Japan's first woman prime minister, has positioned herself as a hardline leader focused on national defence and economic security (Credit: AFP)

Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected and staunchly conservative head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is expected to become Japan's first woman prime minister, but that doesn't mean she's a feminist choice, analysts say.

Instead the 64-year-old, who won the party's leadership election Saturday, has positioned herself as a hardline leader focused on national defence and economic security.

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