Takaichi Wins LDP Race, Likely to Become Japan's 1st Female PM
Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator 
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 minister Shinjiro Koizumi, 44, by a vote of 185 to 156 in a runoff in the party election to choose the su...
