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LDP’s Takaichi Elected as Japan’s First Female Prime Minister
Sanae Takaichi, president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), was elected as Japan’s first female prime minister in a parliamentary vote on October 21. The new Takaichi Cabinet was launched under a coalition with the Japan Innovation Party (Nippon…
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