US EditionTakaichi Secures Coalition Deal, Set to Become Japan's First Female PM
The LDP formed a new coalition with the Japan Innovation Party after Komeito quit, securing 231 seats and paving the way for Takaichi’s bid as Japan’s first female prime minister.
- Sanae Takaichi has become Japan's first female prime minister after signing a coalition agreement with the Japan Innovation Party on October 20, 2025.
- Takaichi's coalition agreement follows the Komeito party's exit from their 26-year alliance with the Liberal Democratic Party.
- The Liberal Democratic Party, despite this coalition, remains short of a majority in the lower house, needing 233 votes for a prime minister election.
- Takaichi's political stance includes fiscal expansion and support for Taiwan.
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The leader of the Liberal Democratic Party becomes the first woman to lead the government of Tokyo. The coalition does not have an absolute majority in parliament, but has prevailed for divisions in the opposition. Ishin will not have its own ministers. In the government agreement the commitment to reduce by 10% the number of parliamentarians and the suspension for two years of the food consumption tax.
She wants to be Japan's "Iron Lady." Sanae Takaichi not only stands for a legal course in foreign and security policy. Can Japan's first head of government cope with the many challenges?
Conservator and nationalist, the 64-year-old leader of the Liberal Democratic Party wins government leadership through a coalition agreement
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