"Japan's parliament on Tuesday elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country's first female prime minister, ending a three-month power struggle after disastrous election losses in July for the governing Liberal Democratic Party. Takaichi, 64, replaces Shigeru Ishiba, who lasted just a year as prime minister. The struggling LDP joined the country's right-wing Japan Innovation Party to form the fragile alliance enabling Takaichi's election. Takaichi still lacks a majority in both houses of parliament, throwing prospects for a successful premiership into doubt from the outset."
"While Takaichi breaks a glass ceiling for women in Japan as the country's first female head of government, she is well known for her hostility to women's rights, gender equality, and diversity. Takaichi opposes same-sex marriage, separate surnames for married couples, and female succession for Japan's imperial family. While Japan has made slow but steady progress in the fight for marriage equality over the last decade, those gains are likely to stop while Takaichi is in office."
Japan's parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as prime minister, marking the first female head of government. She leads a fragile coalition between the Liberal Democratic Party and the Japan Innovation Party and lacks a majority in both houses of parliament. Takaichi opposes same-sex marriage, separate surnames for married couples, and female succession to the imperial family. She questioned the phrasing of an LGBT Awareness Promotion Bill as minister in 2023 and in 2021 claimed the bill's definition of discrimination was vague, while also saying there should be no prejudice against sexual orientation or gender identity.
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