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

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Japan's parliament has elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister. Takaichi, the head of the struggling Liberal Democratic Party, replaces Shigeru Ishiba, who was forced into resignation after two disastrous election losses.

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