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Japan Elects Its First Female Prime Minister With Help From Far Right Party That’s Hawkish on Defense, Foreign Policy

History is made as a late political challenge to Japan’s ‘Iron Lady’ fails.

Newly elected Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives at the prime minister's office at Tokyo, Japan, October 21, 2025.
Newly elected Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives at the prime minister's office at Tokyo, Japan, October 21, 2025. AP/Eugene Hoshiko
DONALD KIRK

DONALD KIRK

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