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Sanae Takaichi Becomes Japan’s First Woman Prime Minister After LDP–Ishin Pact

Parliament confirmed her with simple majorities, opening an early test for a fragile new governing alignment.

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Primeira mulher a liderar o Japão, Takaichi mantém agenda conservadora
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Overview

  • Takaichi won 237 votes in the lower house and 125 in the upper house and will formally assume office after the imperial audience.
  • The LDP’s new pact with Ishin delivers 231 combined lower‑house seats, with Ishin backing her in the Diet while declining immediate cabinet posts.
  • Takaichi named Satsuki Katayama as finance minister, the first woman to hold the role, as markets priced in fiscal stimulus with a weaker yen and a Nikkei rally.
  • Her platform favors fiscal expansion and tax cuts alongside higher defense spending, stricter immigration controls and a push to revise the postwar constitution.
  • With the LDP–Komeito alliance dissolved, she must court additional opposition support for budgets and stimulus, and she is expected to meet President Trump in Tokyo next week.