In Japan, former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi has made history as the nation’s first female prime minister. Takaichi is an archconservative protégé of the late former leader Shinzo Abe who ran under the slogan “Japan First.” She holds a revisionist view of Japan’s history in World War II and is a regular visitor to the Yasukuni Shrine, where some convicted war criminals are memorialized. Takaichi is a longtime admirer of Britain’s first female prime minister, Margaret Thatcher. She has consistently opposed legislation that would allow women to keep their maiden names after marriage. She’s also opposed to marriage equality.