The 64-year-old — who wears blue suits in tribute to ex-British PM Margaret Thatcher — has been likened to Donald Trump and is expected to move Japan further to the right View 4 Images Takaichi wears blue in honour of Margaret Thatcher (Image: POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

A hard-line conservative dubbed "the female Donald Trump" who once endorsed "Hitler's Election Strategy" has been named Japan's first female prime minister . Sanae Takaichi recommended a book that said the Nazi dictator "offers very important lessons" . ‌

The 64-year-old — who wears blue suits in tribute to ex-British PM Margaret Thatcher — was a protégé of Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister who was assassinated in 2022, and is expected to move Japan further to the right . ‌

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