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Tokyo [Japan], September 27 (ANI): Japan’s former Defence Minister Shigeru Ishiba is set to become the country’s next prime minister after winning the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election on Friday. Ishiba, 67, in a runoff vote, defeated economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, Kyodo news outlet reported. Takaichi received 194 votes to Ishiba’s 215, narrowly missing the chance to become Japan’s first woman prime minister. Takaichi had contested against Kishida in 2021. The vote comes after Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s announcement in August that he would not stand for re…

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