Takaichi, who is known to be an admirer of Britain's Margaret Thatcher, will get an early opportunity to meet President Donald Trump. They are both due to attend a meeting of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in South Korea at the end of October, and they should find common cause on conservative issues such as immigration.

The acolyte of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is likely to make a sharp turn to the right on immigration and defence.

The heavy-metal-loving, motorcycle-driving Sanae Takaichi (高市 早苗) was elected the first female prime minister of Japan on Tuesday. Wearing a blue suit jacket to reference U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Takaichi is expected to move the country further to the political right.

Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae is set to announce that she aims to complete the review of three national security documents by the end of next year with an eye to strengthening Japan's defense capabilities.

By Mariko Katsumura and Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) -Hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi was elected Japan's first female prime minister on Tuesday, shattering the nation's glass ceiling and setting it up for a forceful turn to the right.

TOKYO (Reuters) -The approval rating for Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's cabinet stands at 64.4%, higher than the initial ratings of her predecessors Shigeru Ishiba and Fumio Kishida, a Kyodo news agency poll showed on Wednesday.

Japanese stocks have room to run after the “Takaichi trade” helped drive them to a record peak, according to UBS Global Wealth Management. “Japanese equities rallied to an all-time record high on Tuesday,

Japan's new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, said on Tuesday she hoped the central bank would conduct monetary policy to sustainably achieve 2% inflation driven not just by rising raw material costs but also by wage gains.