Takaichi wins vote to be Japan's first female prime minister

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Hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi was elected Japan's first female prime minister on Tuesday (Oct 21), shattering the nation's glass ceiling and setting it up for a forceful turn to the right.  Takaichi received 237 votes in the lower house election, topping the majority of the 465-seat chamber.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00佐内君237

00:02高市佐内君を衆議院規則第18条第2項により、本院において内閣総理大臣に指名することに決まりました。

00:30順位を取り組むように順位があります。

00:35平成後に、認可、日本による地区の権利が明るように、決まったものである。

00:40順位を取り組むことがあります。

00:41社会の選択肢が、大体の選択肢を取り組むことができる。

00:43などの有 likely変わったことがあります。

00:45順位を取り組むことがあります。

00:48順位を取り組むことがあります。

00:48ものになり、近代を選択肢 matured、順位の権利が利用しています。

00:53順位が利用される側があります。

00:55more liberal wing of the party. So I think this is significant within the party's politics

01:01to say that the right to recapture the leadership which they haven't really held I think really

01:06since Prime Minister Abe. I mean I think in order for this to have a big impact on foreign

01:11policy she has to last in power for more than a short period of time. I think for a lot

01:17of leaders around the world when they look at Japan and they see there's a new Prime

01:20Minister they don't hold their breath that this person is going to be around long enough

01:24to actually have a significant impact on foreign policy. I think it's going to be interesting

01:27to see how the relationship between Taka Ishii and Donald Trump evolves. I think in terms

01:33of ideology they seem to be closer bedfellows than Trump and Ishiiwa. Obviously they share

01:39quite a nationalistic agenda. They've both said things that are pretty hostile towards

01:44the foreign residents and population of their respective countries. They're both people who

01:49have been on record questioning the right of the media to hold politicians accountable

01:55and to scrutinise political leaders. So that seems like things that they have in common.

02:01But on the other hand she's talking about wanting to revisit the deal that was done over tariffs

02:05to reduce the amount that Japan has promised to invest in the United States. And she's also

02:10a woman over the age of 40 which is not a demographic that Donald Trump tends to do very well with.

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