TOKYO (AP) — Japan's governing party leader, Sanae Takaichi, is on track to become the country’s first female prime minister, after finding a badly needed replacement for a crucial partner that left her Liberal Democratic Party’s coalition. Takaichi, 64, would replace Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in Tuesday’s parliamentary vote. If she's successful, it would end [...]
Ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi on track to become Japan's first female prime minister

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