"Conservative Sanae Takaichi was elected Japan's first female prime minister after a vote in a lower house of parliament on Tuesday. She immediately set about naming the cabinet that she hopes will bring about the social, economic and national security changes that she will need if her administration is to avoid the short lifespan of many recent Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) governments."
""The first priority for the new prime minister will be to heal the deep rift within the party and to rebuild public trust in the LDP," said Jeff Kingston, director of Asian Studies at Temple University Japan (TUJ). "At the same time, she has to figure out how to make this strange coalition work," he told DW. "At the moment, the alliance appears to be based on vague promises and an agenda with no timeline.""
Sanae Takaichi was elected Japan's first female prime minister by a 237-465 lower-house vote and immediately began naming a cabinet. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is governing in coalition with the right-leaning Japan Innovation Party (JIP), a minority Osaka-based party seeking national expansion. The coalition agreement aligns on hawkish and nationalistic policies but lacks a clear timeline. Takaichi faces urgent tasks: heal deep rifts within the LDP, rebuild public trust, and make the fragile coalition function. Failure risks voter backlash against both parties and an early end to her administration, as recent LDP governments have been short-lived.
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