Overview

• Kyodo reports that Sanae Takaichi and Ishin co-leader Hirofumi Yoshimura are scheduled to sign the agreement on Monday.
• Ishin lawmakers intend to vote for Takaichi in Tuesday’s parliamentary ballot to choose the prime minister.
• The framework includes LDP commitments to pursue a ban on corporate and other organizational donations and to deliver food sales-tax relief.
• Ishin has proposed scrapping the sales tax on food for two years, while the LDP has floated exemptions for food items.
• The deal follows Komeito’s exit from its 26-year partnership with the LDP and creates a pathway to Japan’s first woman prime minister.