A vote in parliament to choose a replacement for outgoing Shigeru Ishiba is expected on Oct. 15. Takaichi is favored as the ruling coalition holds the largest number of seats. Takaichi, the only woman among the five LDP candidates, prevailed in a runoff against the more moderate Shinjiro Koizumi, 44, who was bidding to become Japan’s youngest modern leader.
søndag 5. oktober 2025
Right-wing Sanae Takaichi is set to be Japan’s first female prime minister
Japan’s ruling party picked hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi as its head on Saturday, putting her on course to become the country’s first female prime minister in a move set to jolt investors and neighbors. The Liberal Democratic Party, which has ruled Japan for almost all of the postwar era, elected Takaichi, 64, to regain trust from a public angered by rising prices and drawn to opposition groups promising stimulus and clampdowns on migrants.
A vote in parliament to choose a replacement for outgoing Shigeru Ishiba is expected on Oct. 15. Takaichi is favored as the ruling coalition holds the largest number of seats. Takaichi, the only woman among the five LDP candidates, prevailed in a runoff against the more moderate Shinjiro Koizumi, 44, who was bidding to become Japan’s youngest modern leader.
A vote in parliament to choose a replacement for outgoing Shigeru Ishiba is expected on Oct. 15. Takaichi is favored as the ruling coalition holds the largest number of seats. Takaichi, the only woman among the five LDP candidates, prevailed in a runoff against the more moderate Shinjiro Koizumi, 44, who was bidding to become Japan’s youngest modern leader.
