Here’s how the LDP leader remade Japan’s ruling coalition to become the country’s first female Prime Minister.

The newly elected leader of the Liberal Democratic Party is poised to become the country’s first female prime minister.

By John Geddie TOKYO (Reuters) -Hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi was voted in by parliament as Japan's first female prime minister on Tuesday, emulating her hero, Britain's late leader Margaret

Japan's governing party on Saturday elected Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line ultra-conservative and China hawk, as its new leader, making her likely to become the country's first female prime minister.

Sanae Takaichi secures 237 votes in 465-seat lower house and 125 votes in upper house of parliament - Anadolu Ajansı

Sanae Takaichi, president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is set to be elected Japan's first female prime minister on Tuesday

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.

Sanae Takaichi is officially Japan’s first female prime minister. The leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) was elected to the post on Tuesday after winning four more votes than the required majority.

Lawmakers in Japan elected hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi as prime minister on Tuesday, making her the first woman in modern times to lead the key U.S. ally.