Key Takeaways
- Sanae Takaichi and Shigeru Ishiba will face off in the runoff for Japan’s ruling party leader.
- Sanae Takaichi will become Japan’s first female Prime Minister if she wins the election.
- Sanae Takaichi is poised to make history as Japan’s first female Prime Minister.
Tokyo: Japan’s Sanae Takaichi and Shigeru Ishiba will face in a runoff in the election of the next head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, who will also become the next prime minister, the results of the first round showed on Friday.
Sanae Takaichi, a 63-year-old, will become Japan’s first female Prime Minister if she wins the election.
