Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Who is Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s possible first female prime minister? Sanae Takaichi won the race to lead Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and will become its first female president. It was her third attempt.

If the former economic security minister is elected as the new prime minister when the Diet reconvenes, she will also become the first woman in Japan to ever assume the office.

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