TOKYO -- Japan's Liberal Democratic Party and Japan Innovation Party said on Friday their talks over a potential coalition have made "great progress" ahead of next week's expected vote by lawmakers to choose the country's new prime minister.
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Sanae Takaichi, the leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, walks towards a room to meet leaders of the Japan Innovation Party in the Diet in Tokyo on Oct. 17. (Photo by Ken Suzuki)
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