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Taipei, Oct. 4 (Jiji Press)–Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te “exuberantly” congratulated former Japanese economic security minister Sanae Takaichi on her victory in the leadership election of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Saturday, calling her a steadfast friend of Taiwan. In a post

Tokyo, Oct. 4 (Jiji Press)–Sanae Takaichi, the new leader of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, vowed to focus on efforts to cope with rising prices at her inaugural press conference on Saturday, noting that she will not rule out a consumption tax

Tokyo, Oct. 4 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party elected former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi as its new and first female president on Saturday, making it likely that she will become the country’s first female prime minister. Takaichi, 64, beat agriculture

Tokyo, Oct. 4 (Jiji Press)–Sanae Takaichi, the new leader of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, vowed to focus on efforts to cope with rising prices at her inaugural press conference on Saturday, noting that she will not rule out a consumption tax

Tokyo, Oct. 4 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba called for “solidarity and tolerance” on Saturday after Sanae Takaichi was elected as his successor as leader of the country’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party. “All countries are struggling with conflict and division,” Ishiba

Tokyo, Oct. 4 (Jiji Press)–Sanae Takaichi is on course to make history as Japan’s first female prime minister, after winning the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election on her third attempt. She expanded her support among conservatives by adopting the policy direction

Tokyo, Oct. 4 (Jiji Press)–East Japan Railway Co., or JR East, on Saturday started operating trains decorated with designs of two past Yamanote Line models, ahead of the 100th anniversary of the line’s circular operation on Nov. 1. The two commemorative trains,

Tokyo, Oct. 4 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party elected former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi as its new and first female president on Saturday, making it likely that she will become the country’s first female prime minister. Takaichi, 64, beat agriculture

Tokyo, Oct. 4 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party elected former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi as its new president on Saturday, making it likely that she will become the country’s first female prime minister. Takaichi, 64, beat agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi

Tokyo, Oct. 4 (Jiji Press)–Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi and agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi are set to face off in a runoff in Saturday’s leadership election of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party. In the first round of voting, Takaichi won 183