Japan’s first female governing-party leader is an ultra-conservative star in a male-dominated group
For gender equality, in an international country, the new president of Japan’s long -term liberal democrats, and probably the next prime minister is an ultra -conservative star of a male -dominated party, which critics call the progress of women.
Sanae Takaichi admired former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is the defender of the conservative vision for Japan.
Takaichi is the first female president of the male ruling party, which is mainly dominated by Japan’s post -war politics.
He was first elected from his hometown Nara to Parliament in 1993, and worked in key party and government duties, including the Minister of Economic Security, Interior and Gender Equality.
Women MPs in the Conservative Liberal Democratic Party, who were given limited ministry duties, often fled as soon as he talked about diversity and gender equality. Takaichi stuck with old -fashioned landscapes preferred by the men’s heavy weights.
Women make up only 15% of Japan’s lower house, stronger than these two parliamentary chambers. Only two of the 47 governors of Japan are women.
Takaichi, a drummer and a motorcycle driver in a heavy metal group, called for a stronger military, more financial expenditure for growth, nuclear fusion, and harder policies in cyber security and immigration.
He promised to increase the female ministers in the government to a great extent. However, experts say that women can really bring the progress back because the leader will have to show loyal to heavy weights. If not, faces a short -lived leadership risk.
Takaichi supported the policy of enabling women to serve traditional good mother and spouse roles. However, recently accepted their struggle with menopause symptoms and stressed the need to train men in women’s health to help at school and work.
Takaichi supports only the male successor of the imperial family, opposes a revision that will allow homosexual marriage and 19th century civil law, separate surnames for married couples, so that women do not put pressure to abandon theirs.
Historical Revisionist and China Hawk. Although he refused to tell what to do as the Prime Minister, he regularly visits the Temple of Yasukuni, which Japan’s neighbors think they are the symbol of militarism.
Political observers say that Japan’s revisionist views on war -time history can complicate ties with Beijing and Seoul.
His hawk stance is a long -term concern for LDP’s long -term partnership with Komeito, a Buddhist -backed party. He says that the current coalition is very important for his party, he says he is open to working with extreme right groups.
