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

Japanese parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country's first female prime minister Tuesday.

Tokyo | Japanese parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country's first female prime minister Tuesday.

Takaichi, 64, head of the struggling Liberal Democratic Party, replaces Shigeru Ishiba, who was forced into resignation after two disastrous election losses.

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