US EditionJapan's Takaichi woos right-leaning party in race to be prime minister
- On Tuesday, Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi apologized at an informal LDP Diet meeting at party headquarters, accepting responsibility and urging an unprecedentedly flexible policy stance with about 20 members responding.
- After Komeito quit the coalition on Friday, many LDP members deemed the exit unavoidable and urged against hostility to preserve future election cooperation.
- The LDP holds 196 of 465 lower house seats and 100 of 248 upper house seats but lacks a majority; combined with the Japan Innovation Party, they are two seats short, and JIP leaders may support Takaichi if key policies align.
- LDP Secretary General Shunichi Suzuki warned that even if Sanae Takaichi wins she would lead a minority government, while party leaders signalled they will not sever relations with Komeito.
- Having won the LDP leadership on Oct. 4, Sanae Takaichi is pressing ahead and will begin policy talks with the Japan Innovation Party on Thursday to secure support for a vote expected next week.
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ANALYSIS-Japan's fractured politics could ensnarl Takaichi's economic plans
ANALYSIS-Japan's fractured politics could ensnarl Takaichi's economic plans After a wild week, Sanae Takaichi may have found the political support she needs to become Japan's next prime minister - but the new cross-party alliances come with risks that her economic plans get mired in an increasingly fragmented legislature.Japan's lower house of parliament is set to select a prime minister to replace Shigeru Ishiba on October 21, and Takaichi is l…
Takaichi scrambles to form coalition in talks with second-largest opposition party
Japan's long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) began formal coalition talks on Thursday with the second-largest opposition party, with time running out to elect a new prime minister. The…
Japan's Takaichi woos right-leaning party in race to be prime minister
Sanae Takaichi, the newly-elected head of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, held coalition talks on Thursday with leaders of the right-leaning Innovation Party, in a bid to clinch a prime ministerial vote expected next week.
Japan LDP's Takaichi explores coalition with right-leaning party in premiership bid
TOKYO — Japan's weakened Liberal Democratic Party is set to begin policy talks on Thursday with the Japan Innovation Party (JIP) as Sanae Takaichi, the ruling party's new leader, woos an ally to help clinch a prime ministerial vote expected next week. The Nikkei share average rose as prospects appeared to brighten for Takaichi to become Japan's first woman premier, stoking bets on a revival in big spending and loose monetary policy. Takaichi's p…
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