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How Sanae Takaichi Remade Japan’s Ruling Coalition to Become the Country’s First Female PM

Here’s how the LDP leader remade Japan’s ruling coalition to become the country’s first female Prime Minister.

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Japan’s Sanae Takaichi elected as country’s first female prime minister

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Japan’s first female premier elected in parliamentary vote

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Instant View: Sanae Takaichi becomes Japan's first female prime minister

Conservative nationalist Sanae Takaichi was appointed Japan's first female prime minister on Tuesday in a parliamentary vote that handed her a majority in the lower house.

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Japan elects its own ‘Thatcher’ as first female PM

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Sanae Takaichi elected Japan's first female prime minister - as it happened

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Sanae Takaichi becomes Japan's first female prime minister, as fellow lawmakers select the ultraconservative

"Political stability is essential right now," Takaichi said at Monday's signing ceremony with the JIP leader and Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura.

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No honeymoon for Japan’s first female prime minister Sanae Takaichi

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Sanae Takaichi officially elected Japanese PM; ties with China, US under cautious watch amid Tokyo’s political uncertainties

Japan's Ishin party joins political establishment it vowed to fight

TOKYO (Reuters) -Formed in 2010 to shake up Japan's political establishment and loosen Tokyo's administrative stranglehold, the Japan Innovation Party, known as Ishin,

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Takaichi Seeks Japan Group to Ward Off Risky Foreign Investors

New Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will push for the establishment of an official group to monitor whether investments and takeover bids from abroad pose security risks.

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Japan ruling party proposes higher departure tax for int'l travelers

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday called for hiking the departure tax from the current 1,000 yen ($7) per person, hoping to use the increased revenue to address challenges posed by a surge in inbound tourism.

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Liberal Democratic, Japan Innovation Parties Form Coalition for Takaichi

Takaichi Sanae, head of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), and Yoshimura Hirofumi, representative of the Japan Innovation Party, met at the National Diet in Tokyo at 6 p.m. on the 20th and signed a document for a coalition government.

Japan set for first woman prime minister after ruling party finds coalition partner

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the Japan Innovation Party have agreed to form a coalition government, setting the stage for the country's first woman prime minister, Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday.

LDP-Japan Innovation Party marriage of convenience may face rocky future

Following the historic coalition deal between the Liberal Democratic Party and the Japan Innovation Party, unease is growing within b

Japan has a new leader, and she’s a heavy metal drummer

On Tuesday, Sanae Takaichi, 64, won election as Japan’s prime minister, the first woman to do so in the nation’s history.