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Japan Likely Will Have Its First Woman Prime Minister

Takaichi formed a coalition with the Japan Innovation Party after the moderate Komeito party left, aiming to strengthen military spending and address economic challenges, analysts say.

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Sanae Takaichi will likely become Japan's first female prime minister, thanks to a coalition between her party and a right-wing party. She is a security hawk.

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Ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi set to become Japan’s first female prime minister

Sanae Takaichi is on track to become Japan’s first female prime minister, after her governing party secured a crucial coalition partner.

·Washington, United States
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Japan likely will have its first woman prime minister

Sanae Takaichi will likely become Japan's first female prime minister, thanks to a coalition between her party and a right-wing party. She is a security hawk.

·Washington, United States
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Possible Prime Minister in Japan Worried Brazilians

The election of the former Minister of Security to the Small Econ, Sanae?Takichi, to the President of the Party?Liberal?Democr tic (PLD), on 4 October, can open the way for the first woman to become the first woman to take up the task?minister in the history of Japan o. Read more (10/20/2025

·São Paulo, Brazil
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UPI broke the news in Washington, United States on Monday, October 20, 2025.
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