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Takaichi Seeks to Expand Ruling Bloc as Komeito Presses Conditions, Markets React

She faces coalition arithmetic that requires new partners.

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Deers at Nara Park in Nara, Japan, October 6, 2025. REUTERS/Joseph Campbell
Motoko Shimada, childhood friend and primary school classmate of Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected president leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), speaks during an interview with Reuters at Takaichi’s constituency office in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, Japan, October 6, 2025. REUTERS/Joseph Campbell
A graph on a screen displays Japan's Nikkei share average outside a brokerage, as the Tokyo Stock Exchange started trading after Japan's governing Liberal Democratic Party elected a new leader on October 4, outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, October 6, 2025. REUTERS/Androniki Christodoulou

Overview

  • Sanae Takaichi, newly elected LDP president, is expected to be confirmed next week as Japan’s first woman prime minister.
  • Takaichi met Democratic Party for the People leader Yuichiro Tamaki to explore policy cooperation and potential coalition expansion, while LDP heavyweight Taro Aso held separate talks with the DPFP’s secretary general.
  • Komeito chief Tetsuo Saito warned that party supporters’ concerns must be eased to maintain the coalition, flagging a possible Yasukuni Shrine visit as a diplomatic risk.
  • The LDP–Komeito bloc lacks working majorities in both chambers, and senior officials from the two parties were set to meet Tuesday for coordination.
  • Reports say Takaichi named former finance minister Shunichi Suzuki as LDP secretary general, a choice seen as reassuring markets after stocks rose, the yen weakened, and long-term yields climbed with expectations of fiscal expansion.