TOKYO -- Sanae Takaichi, Japan's first female prime minister, knows what it takes to be a trailblazer and celebrates people of similar ambition such as her hero Margaret Thatcher.
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Sanae Takaichi poses with Margaret Thatcher, her longtime role model. (Photo courtesy of Sanae Takaichi)
TOKYO -- Sanae Takaichi, Japan's first female prime minister, knows what it takes to be a trailblazer and celebrates people of similar ambition such as her hero Margaret Thatcher.