Overview
- Takaichi won the House of Representatives vote to become Japan’s 104th prime minister and immediately began assembling her cabinet.
- Reporting indicates Minoru Kihara is set for chief cabinet secretary, Shinjiro Koizumi for defense and Yoshimasa Hayashi for internal affairs, with Ryosei Akazawa reported to lead METI and Satsuki Katayama expected to take finance.
- The Liberal Democratic Party secured outside support from Nippon Ishin, which will not take cabinet posts and will second its Diet affairs chief as a prime ministerial aide.
- The LDP–Ishin agreement prioritizes accelerating revisions to the three security documents through a ruling‑party framework, with attention to drones, AI and sustainment.
- The partners plan to pursue roughly a 10% cut to lower-house seats in the extraordinary Diet session and to move a deputy‑capital initiative next year, drawing early pushback from regional leaders.