Who is Sanae Takaichi, Japan's first female prime minister?

Sanae Takaichi's ascent to lead Japan surprised the country's political elite. The conservative became the country's first female prime minister this month. She just signed a rare-earth minerals deal and a document pledging to a new "golden age" of U.S.-Japan relations with President Trump.

Host Scott Tong gets the latest from Kiyoteru Tsutsui. He’s the director of the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center and the Japan Program at Stanford University.