Japan's ruling conservative party has elected Sanae Takaichi as its new leader, which makes her set to become the country's first-ever woman prime minister. This comes after former PM Shigeru Ishiba last month announced that he would step down after a series of election defeats. Takaichi, 64, beat agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi in a runoff vote to become the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) new leader.

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