"Her victory in the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) leadership election came after she secured a majority in a runoff vote against Agriculture Minister Shinjiro Koizumi. The 85-year-old Taro Aso, the LDP's most powerful kingmaker and a former prime minister, backed Takaichi and reportedly influenced Saturday's party vote in her favor. Former prime minister Taro Aso, an influential LDP veteran, endorsed TakaichiImage: Kyodo/picture alliance Takaichi is now expected to appoint Aso, a political ally of the assassinated ex-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, as the deputy prime minister."
"LDP members hope to see Takaichi halt the decline of a party that has ruled Japan for almost all of the post-World War II era. Under the previous party leader and current Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, the ruling LDP lost its majority in both houses of parliament due to growing public dissatisfaction with a declining standard of living and rising immigration."
Sanae Takaichi won the Liberal Democratic Party leadership after securing a majority in a runoff against Agriculture Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and is poised to become Japan's first female prime minister. The influential LDP elder Taro Aso backed Takaichi and is expected to be appointed deputy prime minister. LDP popularity has declined after losses under previous leader Shigeru Ishiba and a donation scandal linked to Fumio Kishida, driven by public dissatisfaction over living standards and rising immigration. Takaichi pledged to rebuild the party by mobilizing all generations and is expected to continue Shinzo Abe's market-friendly, nationalist and traditionalist policies. A parliamentary vote to confirm her is scheduled for October 15.
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