Overview
- The Diet elected LDP leader Sanae Takaichi as Japan’s 104th prime minister, with Ishin agreeing to support the government from outside the cabinet.
- In her first news conference, Takaichi prioritized inflation relief and ordered revisions of the three security policy documents, while ruling out an immediate dissolution of the lower house.
- The LDP–Ishin agreement seeks roughly a 10% cut to lower-house seats in the current Diet session, a plan already drawing strong opposition party resistance.
- A directive to the health minister called for consideration of easing working-hours regulations, signaling potential labor-policy changes under the new administration.
- Business leaders welcomed the milestone leadership change and pressed for rapid action on price pressures, social security reforms, and trade issues.