"Sanae Takaichi made history on Tuesday when she became Japan's first female prime minister. But hours after she was elected by MPs, it was evident that female under representation in the country's political establishment would continue when she appointed just two women to her cabinet. Takaichi had promised levels of female representation in her government comparable to those in Iceland, Finland and Norway."
"She opposes revising a 19th-century law requiring married couples to use the same surname, arguing that allowing women to retain their maiden names would chip away at traditional family values. She also opposes calls for changes to succession laws to allow female members of the imperial household which has few male heirs to become reigning empresses. She has spoken out against discrimination towards members of the LGBTQ+ community, but opposes same-sex marriage."
Sanae Takaichi became Japan's first female prime minister while appointing only two women to a 19-member cabinet. She had promised female representation comparable to nations such as Iceland and Finland, yet her cabinet included Satsuki Katayama as finance minister and Kimi Onoda as economic security minister. Predecessors appointed similarly low numbers, with a recent record of five women under Fumio Kishida. Takaichi is an ultra-conservative in the Liberal Democratic Party, aligned with a hawkish coalition partner and holding revisionist wartime views. She has advocated for women's health but opposes changing surname and imperial succession laws and same-sex marriage.
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