Japan's opposition chooses female, half-Taiwanese leader Renho

When Renho was elected the first female leader for Japan's main opposition Democratic Party on Thursday, she also broke another glass ceiling. She is the first person of mixed descent to hold the position. Her late father was from Taiwan and her mother is Japanese. In Japan, where only 2%-3% of newborn babies are mixed-race, that is significant. But Renho's appointment has not been without controv

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by Mariko Oi