Sanae Takaichi breaks the ‘glass ceiling’ in Japanese politics by becoming the nation’s first female Prime Minister. However, don’t expect radical reforms from her government as she is a far-right conservative & ultranationalist: opposes same-sex marriage, allowing female accession to the Chrysanthemum throne, advocates for stricter immigration policies, media regulation and historical negationism that downplays Japanese war crimes in WWII.
On the other hand, Taiwan and the Philippines would find a friend in her as she is a China hawk, although she is of the view that the pacifist provisions of Japan’s constitution should be changed. It remains to be seen how long she would be able to stay in office.