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Takaichi Secures Coalition Deal, Set to Become Japan's First Female PM
The LDP formed a new coalition with the Japan Innovation Party after Komeito quit, securing 231 seats and paving the way for Takaichi’s bid as Japan’s first female prime minister.
- The Liberal Democratic Party and the Japan Innovation Party have agreed to form a coalition, supporting Sanae Takaichi's bid to become Japan's first female Prime Minister.
- The coalition will hold 231 seats in the lower house, falling short of a majority, which raises governance challenges.
- Takaichi aims to propose tax cuts and policy reforms but faces challenges in reconciling political and financial concerns.
- The two parties will discuss proposals, including reducing the consumption tax on food and cutting the number of lawmakers in a consultative body.
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The leader of the Liberal Democratic Party becomes the first woman to lead the government of Tokyo. The coalition does not have an absolute majority in parliament, but has prevailed for divisions in the opposition. Ishin will not have its own ministers. In the government agreement the commitment to reduce by 10% the number of parliamentarians and the suspension for two years of the food consumption tax.
She wants to be Japan's "Iron Lady." Sanae Takaichi not only stands for a legal course in foreign and security policy. Can Japan's first head of government cope with the many challenges?
Conservator and nationalist, the 64-year-old leader of the Liberal Democratic Party wins government leadership through a coalition agreement
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