Takaichi, who is known to be an admirer of Britain's Margaret Thatcher, will get an early opportunity to meet President Donald Trump. They are both due to attend a meeting of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in South Korea at the end of October, and they should find common cause on conservative issues such as immigration.

The heavy-metal-loving, motorcycle-driving Sanae Takaichi (高市 早苗) was elected the first female prime minister of Japan on Tuesday. Wearing a blue suit jacket to reference U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Takaichi is expected to move the country further to the political right.

Takaichi replaces Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, ending a three-month political vacuum and wrangling since the Liberal Democratic Party’s disastrous election loss in July.View on euronews

For most of her life, Sanae Takaichi has loved heavy metal. As Japan’s first female leader, she has many reasons to reach for her sticks

Sanae Takaichi has become Japan's first female prime minister, a significant milestone in the country's male-dominated political landscape.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi plans to announce the launch of a social security reform panel during an upcoming policy speech that will outline the basic policies of her newly formed administration,

Japan’s newly elected Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is preparing a large fiscal stimulus package expected to exceed ¥13.9 trillion (around S$120 billion) to combat inflation. The plan focuses on three key pillars: inflation relief measures,