TOKYO -- Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is joining the ranks of such globally prominent conservative women politicians as Italy's Giorgia Meloni and France's Marine Le Pen.
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Marine Le Pen, left, leads a conservative movement in France, while Giorgia Meloni, right, does so in Italy. Sanae Takaichi is the new president of Japan's conservative ruling Liberal Democratic Party. (Source photos by Reuters, Kyodo)
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