Overview
- Takaichi won the lower-house vote 237–149 over Yoshihiko Noda, becoming Japan’s 104th prime minister.
- The Liberal Democratic Party secured a working majority through a new alliance with Nippon Ishin after Komeito left the coalition, with support from some independents reported.
- The outgoing cabinet of Shigeru Ishiba resigned earlier to enable the parliamentary selection of a new leader.
- She is forming a new cabinet, and Japanese media report Toshimitsu Motegi is likely to be foreign minister and Shinjiro Koizumi defense minister.
- Early priorities include reviews of defense strategy, potential increases in military spending and an intelligence body proposal, alongside plans to end a fuel-tax surcharge, extend energy subsidies and weigh a 0% consumption tax on food during a Diet session running to 17 December.