Takaichi earned 185 votes against Koizumi’s 156 in a runoff after none of the five candidates in the party leadership race secured a majority in the first round of voting.
From the BBC article (since I’m not subscribed to this site):
Takaichi is a staunch conservative who’s long opposed legislation allowing women to keep their maiden names after marriage, saying it is against tradition. She is also against same sex marriage.
A protégé of the late former leader Shinzo Abe, Takaichi has vowed to bring back his economic vision, known as Abenomics – which involves high fiscal spending and cheap borrowing.
The LDP veteran is hawkish on security and aims to revise Japan’s pacifist constitution.
From the BBC article (since I’m not subscribed to this site):
sigh
The fuck? She doesn’t know anything about Japanese traditions, does she?
she even kept her own name??
“traditionalists” frequently don’t