WASHINGTON -- U.S. officials and analysts woke up to news on Saturday that Sanae Takaichi had been elected leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and is likely to become the first woman to lead the country as prime minister.
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Sanae Takaichi, then Japan's internal affairs and communications minister, leaves the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on April 21, 2017. © Reuters
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