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Japan has its first
female prime minister. Her name is Sanae Takaichi. She was elected as the country's 104th prime minister on Tuesday. She won 237 votes in the lower house of Japan's Diet (
). Her
, Yoshihiko Noda, won 149 votes. Ms Takaichi takes over from former
Shigeru Ishiba. He was in
for just one year. Takaichi is head of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). To get enough votes to win the election, she had to make an
with the right-wing Japan Innovation Party. She has a
job ahead of her. Japanese people are
about rising prices, job security, a falling
rate, and how to care for the increasing
of old people.
