President Donald Trump celebrated the election of the right-wing Sanae Takaichi as the likely next prime minister of Japan .

Takaichi is set to become the first female prime minister of Japan after she won the presidency of the Liberal Democratic Party, which has ruled Japan almost uninterrupted since 1955. Feminists on the left aren’t celebrating, however, as Takaichi has distinguished herself as a hard-line conservative.

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Japanese LDP President Sanae Takaichi and President Donald Trump. (AP)

“Japan has just elected its first female Prime Minister

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