"Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's entire cabinet resigned en masse on Wednesday, February 18, triggering a constitutional procedure that will see Japan's parliament, the Diet, reappoint her to the country's highest office the same day. The move - a standard but politically loaded mechanism under Japan's parliamentary system - allows Takaichi to reshuffle her ministerial lineup, consolidate factional loyalties, and signal the policy priorities of what amounts to a second-term government without ever having faced the electorate again."
"Under Japan's constitution, a mass cabinet resignation does not indicate a political crisis in the way it might in other parliamentary democracies. It is, instead, a tool - one that allows a sitting prime minister to reconstitute her government, reward allies, sideline rivals, and recalibrate her administration's focus. Takaichi, who became Japan's first female prime minister after winning the Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election in late 2024, is deploying this mechanism at a moment when her government faces mounting pressures on multiple fronts."
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s entire cabinet resigned en masse on February 18, triggering a constitutional procedure that will see the Diet reappoint her the same day. The move allows a sitting prime minister to reshuffle ministers, consolidate factional loyalties, and signal policy priorities for what amounts to a second-term government without a new election. The lower house reappointed Takaichi and she is expected to unveil a reshuffled cabinet within hours. Financial markets responded with cautious optimism as the Nikkei rose partly on renewed optimism about Takaichi’s big-spending plan. Takaichi, Japan’s first female prime minister after the late-2024 LDP election victory, is positioned as a fiscal expansionist.
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