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In elections for Japan’s Lower House held in early February, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) led by President Takaichi Sanae scored an historic victory, with the government parties winning more than two-thirds of the seats. [2]

TOKYO -- It's just over a month since Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's ruling Liberal Democratic Party won a landslide victory in the country's lower house election. [3]

TOKYO -- Sanae Takaichi, Japan's new prime minister, says she looks to former British leader Margaret Thatcher as her political role model, with some Western media, such as the Financial Times, going so far as to dub her "Japan's iron lady." CommentT... [4]

TOKYO -- Sanae Takaichi, Japan's first female prime minister, knows what it takes to be a trailblazer and celebrates people of similar ambition such as her hero Margaret Thatcher. (confirmed by 2 sources) [5]

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi delivered her first policy address to parliament on Friday, three days after being voted into office by Diet members. [6]

TOKYO -- Sanae Takaichi, the leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, was elected the country's 104th prime minister on Tuesday by lawmakers in parliament, becoming the country's first woman to hold the office. [7]

Japan leadership raceJapan's Sanae Takaichi: national security hawk and Abenomics torchbearer FIrst female prime minister is a fiscal dove and disciple of late PM Shinzo Abe Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democrati... [8]

Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff and editorial writer at Nikkei. He spent seven years in China as a correspondent and later as China bureau chief and was the 2014 recipient of the Vaughn-Ueda International Journalist prize. [9]

Sources
[1] MM www.scmp.com · 2026-03-26 · 75% match

Sanae Takaichi

[2] TH thediplomat.com · 2026-03-27 · 75% match

Takaichi Sanae and the Constitutional Revision Debate

In elections for Japan’s Lower House held in early February, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) led by President Takaichi Sanae scored an historic victory, with the government parties winning more than two-thirds of the seats.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2026-03-14 · 75% match

Video: Is Sanae Takaichi's honeymoon over?

TOKYO -- It's just over a month since Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's ruling Liberal Democratic Party won a landslide victory in the country's lower house election.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-11-10 · 75% match

Tears and iron: How Sanae Takaichi gained her political might

TOKYO -- Sanae Takaichi, Japan's new prime minister, says she looks to former British leader Margaret Thatcher as her political role model, with some Western media, such as the Financial Times, going so far as to dub her "Japan's iron lady." CommentT

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-10-21 · 75% match

Who is Japan's 'Iron Lady' Sanae Takaichi?

TOKYO -- Sanae Takaichi, Japan's first female prime minister, knows what it takes to be a trailblazer and celebrates people of similar ambition such as her hero Margaret Thatcher.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-10-28 · 75% match

Transcript: Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi's policy speech to the Diet

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi delivered her first policy address to parliament on Friday, three days after being voted into office by Diet members.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-10-21 · 75% match

Sanae Takaichi elected as Japan's first female prime minister

TOKYO -- Sanae Takaichi, the leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, was elected the country's 104th prime minister on Tuesday by lawmakers in parliament, becoming the country's first woman to hold the office.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-10-04 · 75% match

Japan's Sanae Takaichi: national security hawk and Abenomics torchbearer

Japan leadership raceJapan's Sanae Takaichi: national security hawk and Abenomics torchbearer FIrst female prime minister is a fiscal dove and disciple of late PM Shinzo Abe Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democrati

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-11-27 · 75% match

Analysis: How Sanae Takaichi can thaw Japan's relations with China

Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff and editorial writer at Nikkei. He spent seven years in China as a correspondent and later as China bureau chief and was the 2014 recipient of the Vaughn-Ueda International Journalist prize.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-10-04 · 75% match

Japan LDP election: How Sanae Takaichi's big day unfolded

TOKYO -- Lawmakers and rank-and-file party members of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) today picked Sanae Takaichi as its first female leader -- and likely the nation's first woman prime minister -- to replace the outgoing Shigeru Ishiba

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