How do you feel about Japan nominating its first ever female prime minister?

[Cubus]

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (that has ruled Japan since World War II, with short breaks between 1993-94 and 2009-12) has elected their new leader, Sanae Takaichi. She defeated moderate minister of agriculture Shinjirō Koizumi, in a runoff 54%-46%. Due to LDP dominance in Japan's politics, she is likely to be sworn in as the new prime minister of Japan soon.

Takaichi is considered a conservative and a member of the party's right wing. She opposes gay marriage, opposes changes to the Japan's surname law (that requires husband and wife to have the same surname after marriage), supports revision of article 9 of the Japanese constitution (which prohibits Japan from having an army or starting wars) and is neoliberal on economy. She cites Margaret Thatcher as her role model and thus has often been called "Iron Lady" by the japanese press.

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2pmy7m72lo

[Cormac995]

I think if she's who the people vote for and she's the most qualified than the job is hers.

[OlderAndWiser]

Anyone who wants to follow the example of Margaret Thatcher has great potential.

[Twalli]

Wasn't Thatcher conservative?

[OlderAndWiser]

@Twalli Very much so.

[OlderAndWiser]

Thanks for MHO!

[Cubus]

You're welcome

[Twalli]

This nominee seems to be liberal. I mean, I don't actually know what Japanese liberalism is, but she'll be different from Thatcher if elected.

[Cubus]

@Twalli On social issues? Check previous two prime ministers. They were much more liberal than her.

[FunkyMonkee]

Oh, well!!
Quite a few countries have done it! We had our first about 10 years ago.

[Cubus]

Where are you from.

[FunkyMonkee]

America.

[beefcakebradybatson]

Kim Campbell, our (VERY brief) first female Prime Minister, was circa 1993.

[FunkyMonkee]

@beefcakebradybatson We had Bill Clinton in `92 but, everybody knows it was Hitlery that was really the president back then.

[beefcakebradybatson]

Hillary's a racist c**t, but I'd take her as President A TRILLION TIMES over Agent Orange !!!

[FunkyMonkee]

@beefcakebradybatson She is and you must be sick!!!

[beefcakebradybatson]

Sick of Trump, certainly !!!

[FunkyMonkee]

@beefcakebradybatson Can't stand all the great stuff he's been doing, hunh?

[beefcakebradybatson]

Such as turning America Fascist? Oh, SWWWWWWWWWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!

[FunkyMonkee]

@beefcakebradybatson That's the left doing all that!!

[Twalli]

Yet another country that has a female head of state before the US. Eventually we can't hide that we're extremely sexist as a society.

[FunkyMonkee]

Except for Tulsi Gabbard, when have we been offered a good choice?

[Twalli]

@FunkyMonkee I'm not saying we've had a multitude of choices, but we have and haven't elected female heads of state. Some Muslim majority countries have had female heads of state.

[FunkyMonkee]

Well, we had Bill Clinton but everyone knows Hitlery was in charge and we had Joey Biden but everybody knows Jill was in charge so, there's two, so far.

[Twalli]

@FunkyMonkee And most of Woodrow Wilson's presidency was run by his wife, Edith.

[FunkyMonkee]

I don't know about that, he was way before my time.

[Twalli]

@FunkyMonkee Mine too, but I am a historian.

[FunkyMonkee]

My history mostly revolves around records.

[Twalli]

@FunkyMonkee I don't research the World Wars much, but I did when I was younger.

[DrPepper12]

Don't like all of her policies but that's fine

[jamesgoldman]

Sounds good, if only the UK could be so lucky

[Cubus]

They had Truss, except Truss was left-wing on social issues.

[beefcakebradybatson]

It makes Japan more advanced than America.

[TonyMetal___86]

Nothing special about it

[Pterodon]

Couldn’t care less

[Danzigdawson]

Who do you think gives a shit that you don't care?