TOKYO -- Sanae Takaichi, newly elected president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is one of the leading candidates to become Japan's next prime minister, who will be chosen when the Diet convenes for an extraordinary session later this month.
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If elected prime minister, new Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi, left, would become commander-in-chief of Japan's Self-Defense Forces. (Source photos by Sae Kamae and Marina Inoue)
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