TOKYO -- TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s governing party on Saturday elected former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi as its new leader, making her likely to become the country’s first female prime minister. Takaichi beat Agriculture Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, the son of popular former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, in a runoff in an intraparty vote by the Liberal Democratic Party. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below. Japan’s long-governing party will choose a new leader to replace Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in a key party vote on Saturday, as it hopes to regain public support and stay in power after major election losses . The winner of the Liberal Democratic Party's intraparty vote is likely to be Japan’s next prime minister because the party remains by fa

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