Ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi becomes Japan's 1st female prime minister
Japan's parliament elected ultraconservative politician Sanae Takaichi as the country's first female prime minister, just days before a scheduled visit by President Trump.
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Japan has its first female prime minister
Japan's parliament elected the country's first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, on Tuesday morning. CBS News foreign correspondent Anna Coren has more details.
London hosts major sumo wrestling tournament
A major sumo wrestling tournament was held outside of Japan this weekend for only the second time ever. Ramy Inocencio reports from London's Royal Albert Hall.
Sumo wrestling's highest competition held outside Japan for 2nd time ever
The Grand Sumo Tournament is rumbling London's iconic Royal Albert Hall in a rare foreign foray for Japan's centuries-old sport.
Fatal bear attacks in Japan hit record high; another possible victim missing
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Girl's remains identified 14 years after massive tsunami in Japan
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Bear injures 2 in Japanese grocery store, man killed in separate attack
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Sanae Takaichi set to become Japan's first-ever female prime minister
Japan is set to get its first female prime minister, and conservative Sanae Takaichi will have complex political juggling to do from day-1 to keep the job.
Japan may have first female prime minister
Sanae Takaichi is set to become Japan's first female prime minister after the country's ruling party chose the former economic security minister. CBS News' Ramy Inocencio has more details.
Japan's ruling party elects Sanae Takaichi as new leader, likely first female PM
An admirer of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Sanae Takaichi is a protege of the ultra-conservative vision of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Remains of U.S. sailor killed in Pearl Harbor attack identified
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Sailor killed on the day WWII officially ended is accounted for
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Japan's prime minister to step down less than a year after taking office
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Japanese internment camp survivor reflects on the painful history of Heart Mountain
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"De minimis" tax exemption expires
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Japanese man beats his own record as oldest person to summit Mount Fuji
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Bones found at site in Japan where forced laborers died in WWII
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Police apologize at grave of innocent man who died after long detention
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Japan's population crisis
Japan's population has been shrinking for 15 years, with huge implications for the country's economy, national defense and culture. Now, policymakers are working to boost birth rates.
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Americans say this is their "magic number" to retire comfortably
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Ted Bundy's DNA linked to death of Utah teen in 1974, sheriff's office says
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Trump's address on Iran war tonight will lay out timeframe for ending conflict
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Trump admin. lifts sanctions on Delcy Rodriguez, Venezuela's acting president
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States pay contractors millions to comply with Trump law to cut Medicaid rolls
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Trump admin. lifts sanctions on Delcy Rodriguez, Venezuela's acting president
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Activist ship's collision with krill trawler called "deliberate attack"
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U.S. commandos in Ecuador for mission targeting alleged narco-terrorists
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King Charles III to address Congress on April 28
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Kentucky Powerball winner arrested again
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