The first leader of the Government Party of Japan is an ultra conservative star in a group dominated by men

Tokyo (AP)-in a country that is poorly located internationally for gender equality, the new president of the long-term liberal Democrats of Japan, and probably the next prime minister, is an ultra conservative star of a party dominated by men that critics call an obstacle to the progress of women.

Sanae Takaichi, 64. Admires former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher and is a defender of Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Conservative vision for Japan.

Takaichi is the first president of the predominantly masculine ruling party in Japan who has dominated the postwar policy of Japan almost without interruption.

First chosen for the Parliament of his hometown of Nara in 1993, he has served in key and governmental positions, including the Minister of Economic Security, Internal Affairs and Gender Equality.

The legislators in the Liberal Democratic Conservative Party who received limited ministerial positions have been rejected as soon as they talked about diversity and gender equality. Takaichi has stayed with outdated views favored by the heavyweights of the male party.

Women comprise only about 15% of Japan’s low house, the most powerful of the two parliamentary chambers. Only two of Japan’s 47 prefectural governors are women.

Takaichi, a drummer in a band of heavy metals and a motorcycle rider as a student, Takaichi has requested a stronger and more fiscal military expense for growth, the promotion of nuclear fusion, cybersecurity and the hardest policies in immigration.

She promised to drastically increase the female ministers in her government. But experts say that he could actually delay the progress of women because, as a leader, he would have to show loyalty to the influential male heavyweights. If not, risk a short -term leadership.

Takaichi has supported LDP policy that women serve in their traditional roles of being good mothers and wives. But he also recently recognized his struggles with menopausal symptoms and emphasized the need to educate men about female health to help women in school and work.

Takaichi supports the succession only for men of the imperial family, opposes same -sex marriage and a review of the civil law of the nineteenth century that would allow separate surnames for married couples so that women are not pressed to leave their own.

She is a history revisionist in China War and Falcon. Regularly visit the Yasukuni sanctuary, which the residents of Japan consider a symbol of militarism, although he has refused to say what he would do as Prime Minister.

Political observers say that their revisionist opinions about the history of the Japan War can complicate ties with Beijing and Seoul.

Its auxiliary position is also a concern for the LDP Life Association with Komeito, a moderate party backed by Buddists. While he has said that the current coalition is crucial for his party, he says he is open to work with extreme right groups.