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Japan's parliament elects Sanae Takaichi as nation's first female prime minister

Oct 21, 2025

Japan's parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country's first female prime minister Tuesday. Takaichi, the head of the struggling Liberal Democratic Party, rep…

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