After winning critical vote
\nTakaichi likely to be approved by Japan\u2019s less-powerful upper house and sworn in as 104th premier this evening
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\nHardline conservative Sanae Takaichi was set to become Japan\u2019s first female prime minister on Tuesday after winning a critical vote in parliament\u2019s lower house.
\nAn acolyte of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and an admirer of Britain\u2019s Margaret Thatcher, Takaichi received 237 votes in the lower house election to choose the next premier, topping the majority of the 465-seat chamber.
\nHer victory shatters the glass ceiling in a country where men still hold overwhelming sway and puts Japan, a close US ally, on a forceful shift to the right.
\nHer victory comes after her Liberal Democratic Party, which has governed Japan for most of its postwar history, agreed to a coalition deal with the right-wing Japan Innovation Party, known as Ishin.
\nTakaichi will likely be approved by the less-powerful upper house and sworn in as Japan\u2019s 104th prime minister this evening to succeed the incumbent Shigeru Ishiba, who last month announced his resignation to take responsibility for election losses.
\nBut her elevation is unlikely to be feted as a sign of progressive change, marking instead a turn to the right on immigration and social issues. After years of deflation, Japan is now grappling with rising prices, something that has sparked public anger and fuelled support for oppositions groups including the far-right Sanseito party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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