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Oct. 21 (UPI) --Sanae Takaichi was elected prime minister of Japan on Tuesday, becoming the first woman to lead the country. Japan's House of Representatives announced in a statement that Takaichi had ...

Oct. 20 (UPI) --Sanae Takaichi likely will become Japan's first female prime minister, thanks to a coalition between her party, the Liberal Democratic Party, and the right-wing Japan Innovation Party.