Japanese main opposition party elects 1st female leader

On Thursday, Japan's main opposition Democratic Party selected Renho Murata as its new leader and first female to lead the party. Rehnho, 48, has served in the upper house of Japan's Diet, or parliament, for more than a decade, and before that she was a model and TV news anchor. Her easy win over two male opponents follows a good few months for women in Japan's government, Motoko Rich notes at The New York Times, following the election of Tokyo's first female governor, Yuriko Koike, and appointm...