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Yuriko Koike seeks to become Japan's first female prime minister
• www.telegraph.co.ukYuriko Koike, a former television news presenter, launched her campaign with a promise to rejuvenate the world's second-largest economy if she is selected to replace Yasuo Fukuda, who resigned last week after just a year in office.