{"id":3401,"date":"2025-10-20T12:37:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T12:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/10\/20\/coalition-deal-set-to-make-takaichi-japans-first-female-pm\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T12:37:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T12:37:02","slug":"coalition-deal-set-to-make-takaichi-japans-first-female-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/10\/20\/coalition-deal-set-to-make-takaichi-japans-first-female-pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Coalition deal set to make Takaichi Japan\u2019s first female PM"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Right-wing Japan Innovation Party signs coalition deal with governing LDP, opening way for Takaichi to win vote.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi is set to become Japan\u2019s first female premier after her governing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) signed a coalition deal with a right-wing partner party.<\/p>\n<p>Takaichi and\u00a0Hirofumi Yoshimura, co-leader of the Japan Innovation Party, known as Ishin, signed the coalition agreement in front of reporters at 6pm local time (09:00 GMT) on Monday evening.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 4 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/10\/10\/takaichis-bid-as-japans-1st-female-pm-in-doubt-as-ruling-coalition-splits\">Takaichi\u2019s bid as Japan\u2019s 1st female PM in doubt as ruling coalition splits<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/10\/17\/japan-pm-hopeful-takaichi-avoids-wwii-shrine-visit-amid-political-tussle\">Japan PM hopeful Takaichi avoids WWII shrine visit amid political tussle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/10\/19\/japan-coalition-set-to-back-takaichi-as-first-woman-prime-minister-reports\">Japan coalition set to back Takaichi as first woman prime minister: Reports<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 4 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/10\/20\/japan-to-vote-for-new-pm-amid-political-uncertainty-all-you-need-to-know\">Japan to vote for new PM amid political uncertainty: All you need to know<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Yoshimura had earlier made an\u00a011th-hour announcement that his party was prepared to back a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/10\/20\/japan-to-vote-for-new-pm-amid-political-uncertainty-all-you-need-to-know\">Takaichi premiership<\/a>, providing the LDP with the support it needs to remain in power.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told Takaichi that we should move forward together,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The LDP had appeared on the cusp of losing power when Japan\u2019s legislature meets for an extraordinary session to vote for the next prime minister on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/10\/19\/japan-coalition-set-to-back-takaichi-as-first-woman-prime-minister-reports\">deal<\/a> clears the way for Takaichi to win Tuesday\u2019s vote, which will see her replace incumbent Shigeru Ishiba, who has resigned.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3852025\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3852025\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AFP__20250723__67J86FX__v1__HighRes__JapanUsDiplomacyTradeTariffsPolitics-1753259409.jpg?w=770&#038;resize=770%2C513&#038;quality=80\" alt=\"Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba\" fetchpriority=\"low\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3852025\">If she wins the parliamentary vote, Takaichi will replace the resigning incumbent Shigeru Ishiba as premier [File: Jiji Press\/AFP]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"political-turmoil\">Political turmoil<\/h2>\n<p>Takaichi, a 64-year-old China hawk from the right-wing party, became leader of the LDP earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Her bid to become <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/10\/4\/japans-ldp-elects-takaichi-as-new-leader-likely-to-be-first-female-pm\">Japan\u2019s first female premier<\/a> was disrupted when the centrist Komeito party ended a 26-year alliance with the LDP.<\/p>\n<p>Coming just days after Takaichi\u2019s election as the LDP leader, the move plunged the country into a political crisis.<\/p>\n<p>The Buddhist-backed Komeito said the LDP had failed to tighten funding rules in the wake of a slush fund scandal. It was also unnerved by Takaichi\u2019s ultraconservative positions, including a history of harsh rhetoric on China, despite Takaichi having toned that down recently.<\/p>\n<p>The deal between the LDP and Ishin will deliver a combined 231 seats in the lower house of parliament, two short of a majority, meaning the new coalition will still need support from other parties to push through legislation.<\/p>\n<p>But should the vote for Ishiba\u2019s replacement go to a second-round run-off, Takaichi would only need support from more MPs than the other candidate.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"muted-response-from-women\">Muted response from women<\/h2>\n<p>Despite Takaichi appearing set to break the glass ceiling to become the first female premier, many Japanese women were not celebrating her rise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe prospect of a first female prime minister doesn\u2019t make me happy,\u201d sociologist Chizuko Ueno posted on X, saying her leadership \u201cdoesn\u2019t mean Japanese politics becomes kinder to women\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Chiyako Sato, a political commentator for the Mainichi newspaper, said Takaichi\u2019s policies were \u201cextremely hawkish and I doubt she would consider policies to recognize diversity\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Right-wing Japan Innovation Party signs coalition deal with governing LDP, opening way for Takaichi to win vote. Hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi is set to become Japan\u2019s first female premier after her governing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) signed a coalition deal with a right-wing partner party. 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