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Former defence minister Ishiba to be Japan's PM

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Shigeru Ishiba, the newly elected leader of Japan's ruling party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), reacts at a press conference after the LDP leadership election in Tokyo on September 27, 2024. Former defence minister Shigeru Ishiba will become Japan's next prime minister after winning the ruling party's leadership vote on September 27, 2024 the official count showed. [AFP]

Former defence minister Shigeru Ishiba will become Japan's prime minister next week after winning the conservative ruling party's leadership vote on Friday.

The 67-year-old train lover beat arch-nationalist Sanae Takaichi -- who would have been the country's first-ever woman leader -- 215 votes to 194 in a run-off.

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