Ex-defence minister Ishiba to emerge Japan’s PM

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. After his victory was announced at the

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