Japan gets its first female prime minister, ending three-month political vacuum

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Japan's parliament has voted to elect the country's first woman prime minister. Ultraconservative San-eye Taka-ichi is among Japanese politicians who have stonewalled measures for women’s advancement. She supports the imperial family’s male-only succession and opposes same-sex marriage and allowing separate surnames for married couples.