Overview
- The House of Representatives gave Takaichi 237 of 465 votes, clearing the threshold to secure the premiership.
- The LDP’s support pact with Nippon Ishin enabled her victory, yet the partners lack a clear majority in the Upper House and must court additional votes.
- She formed a cabinet the same day, with Satsuki Katayama named finance minister in initial appointments.
- The outgoing cabinet of Shigeru Ishiba resigned en masse before the vote, sealing a rapid transfer of power.
- Aligned with Shinzo Abe’s hardline wing, Takaichi backs constitutional revision and a stronger defense posture as she confronts a weak yen, rising living costs, and a fragmented Diet.