WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday praised Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, with her win setting the stage for her to be the next prime minister and the first-ever woman in the post.
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U.S. President Donald Trump called Japan's presumptive prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, "a highly respected person of great wisdom and strength." © Reuters
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