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."
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Tears and iron: How Sanae Takaichi gained her political might
Japan's new prime minister owes more to her American mentor than she admits
Sanae Takaichi, far left, with U.S. Rep. Pat Schroeder, center in back, in Washington in 1988. (Photo courtesy of Bert Ramlow)
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