The aspiring leader of the conservative faction known as ‘Abe’s stomach’ Sanaye Takaichi would become the first-ever woman to occupy the position of prime minister in Japan.
Japan’s ruling party will hold new leader elections on Friday and the new leader will probably take over as the country’s Prime minister. There are nine candidates standing up for the punchas, and poised for the tight race are three which may end to run off.
The new leader will take charge all this as tensions simmer at a near record against the backdrop of increasing living costs resulting from high inflation and a weaker yen. The state of Japan is also faced with other developments; tensions between nations particularly between Japan and the neighboring countries are also on the rise.
So this is all that you need to be knowing about Sanae Takaichi: The potential first woman prime minister of Japan —
- Being a veteran in politics from the extreme right of the Liberal Democratic Party, Takaichi booed expensive birth certificates and relocation, promising only economic development with hard nationalism in the eyes of the country defensives focusing on development of cyberspace and space buffer.
- Takaichi, nonetheless, endeavored to stick close to her campaign economics despite these criticisms. SHe opposed prop 8 which sought ban on same sex marriage and construed silly gender reforms.
- She has also fought against legislative efforts to allow married women to keep their maiden names. The conservatism she appears to carry also comes from her close association with some of the most radical figures in the Abe faction and her admiration for British PM Margaret Thatcher.
- If all goes according to the plan, the aspirant who is sixty-three years of age is likely to shatter inordinate barriers in Japan’s socio-economics which is laden with masculine politics and business leadership.
- Nevertheless, Yuasa has caused outrage in South Korea and China for her visits to Yasukuni Shrine which honors Japan’s dead soldiers and that of convicted war criminals due to Japan’s invasion campaigns during the first half of the twentieth century East Asia region countries beyond Japan including Korea China and Taiwan-Etc.
- According to a Reuters news report, Takaichi’s economic policies will seek a mix of interest rate cuts subsequent to the BOJ’s recent rate increase and a push for ‘strategic’ deficit financing to create employment and increase disposable income.
