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Japan picks a hardline nationalist as its first female prime minister

Japan has chosen a hardline nationalist as its first female prime minister. She's shattered a glass ceiling, but she's no feminist, and her ruling coalition, she admits, faces grave challenges.

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Anthony Kuhn is NPR's correspondent based in Seoul, South Korea, reporting on the Korean Peninsula, Japan, and the great diversity of Asia's countries and cultures. Before moving to Seoul in 2018, he traveled to the region to cover major stories including the North Korean nuclear crisis and the Fukushima earthquake and nuclear disaster.
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