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Overseas Media Describe Takaichi on Track to Be 1st Female PM a ‘Milestone in Japan’

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By Takashi Nakagawa and Keiichiro Azuma / Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondents

18:13 JST, October 5, 2025

SEOUL/BEIJING — The New York Times reported Saturday that Sanae Takaichi winning the leadership election of the Liberal Democratic Party put her “on track to become Japan’s first female prime minister, a milestone in a country where women are vastly underrepresented in politics.”

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