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Japan's Takaichi Formally Reappointed as PM Following Election Victory
Sanae Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party secured a historic two-thirds supermajority in Japan's lower house, enabling her to advance hard-right policies including defense expansion and constitutional revision.
- On Wednesday, Sanae Takaichi was reappointed by Japan's Diet to form her second cabinet after last week's landslide election win.
- Earlier this month, Takaichi dissolved the lower house and called a snap election, with the Liberal Democratic Party winning 316 of 465 seats and the Japan Innovation Party securing 36.
- Takaichi plans to push constitutional change and strengthen defence, pursuing revision to revoke Article Nine, bolstering military capabilities by December, and creating a National Intelligence Agency with an anti-espionage law.
- Market signals and expert cautions underscore fiscal strain from proposed tax and spending measures, with Rahul Anand warning debt interest payments will double between 2025 and 2031.
- On Wednesday, Sanae Takaichi was reappointed as prime minister, and she plans to update FOIP, with Chief Government Spokesman Minoru Kihara stating `Compared with when FOIP was first proposed, the international situation and security environment surrounding Japan have become significantly more severe`.
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Japan's Sanae Takaichi formally reappointed as PM following snap poll victory
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was reappointed Wednesday by Parliament to form her second Cabinet, following last week’s landslide election win that she hopes will allow a hard-right move to the country’s policies.
The country's first woman to hold this post plans to increase military spending and strengthen measures against immigration.
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