What to expect in Diet vote for new PM

Liberal Democratic Party leader Sanae Takaichi looks set to become Japan's first female prime minister after the right-leaning Japan Innovation Party, known as Ishin, said it was ready to back her ...
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Baseball: Fighters beat Hawks to force PL Climax Series final stage decider

The Nippon Ham Fighters beat the SoftBank Hawks 7-1 on Sunday for their third straight win in the Pacific League Climax ...

Baseball: Hawks clinch PL decider against Fighters, advance to Japan Series

Livan Moinelo threw seven dominant frames and Hikaru Kawase singled in the go-head run in the fifth inning as the SoftBank ...
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Takaichi set to become PM as LDP, Japan Innovation agree on coalition

TOKYO -- Sanae Takaichi, leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is set to become Japan's first female prime minister after the LDP and the Japan Innovation Party formally signed a coalition ...
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Sanae Takaichi elected as Japan's first female prime minister

TOKYO -- Sanae Takaichi, the leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, was elected the country's 104th prime ...