Shinzo Abe, a conservative who favors hardline diplomacy and traditional values, was elected Wednesday as the 21st president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, paving the way for him to become Japan’s youngest postwar prime minister.
He will also be the first prime minister born after World War II.
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