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Sanae Takaichi has become Japan's first female prime minister, a significant milestone in the country's male-dominated political landscape.
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Liberal Democratic, Japan Innovation Parties Form Coalition for Takaichi
Takaichi Sanae, head of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), and Yoshimura Hirofumi, representative of the Japan Innovation Party, met at the National Diet in Tokyo at 6 p.m. on the 20th and signed a document for a coalition government.
Formed in 2010 to shake up Japan's political establishment and loosen Tokyo's administrative stranglehold, the Japan Innovation Party, known as Ishin, will now help the ruling Liberal Democratic Party extend seven decades of dominance.
Sanae Takaichi has been elected Japan's prime minister by its parliament, making her the first woman to hold the office.
Following the historic coalition deal between the Liberal Democratic Party and the Japan Innovation Party, unease is growing within b
Liberal Democratic Party leader Sanae Takaichi looks set to become Japan's first female prime minister after the right-leaning Japan Innovation Party, known as Ishin, said it was ready to back her premiership.
Yuichi Yamazaki/Pool via REUTERS TOKYO (Reuters) -Anticipation grew on Monday that Sanae Takaichi will become Japan's first female premier, with the backing of the right-wing opposition Japan Innovation Party,