Sanae Takaichi becomes Japan's first female prime minister
Takaichi, of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, has received 237 of the 465 seats in the lower house.
BarcelonaJapan has a female prime minister for the first time in history. Conservative Sanae Takaichi of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan became the first woman to hold that position in the Asian country on Tuesday, after winning the vote in the Lower House. This was announced by the speaker of the lower house of the Diet, the Japanese national parliament, Fukushiro Nukaga, at the conclusion of the vote count, where she garnered 237 of the 465 votes up for grabs, four more than she needed.
Yoshihiko Noda, leader of the main opposition party, the Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP), came in second with 149 votes. In third place was Yuichiro Tamaki of the Democratic Party for the People (LDP) with 28 votes, followed by Tetsuo Saito of the Buddhist Komeito Party, which recently abandoned its coalition with the LDP after 26 years and obtained 24. The remaining votes were...
Takaichi's victory was joyfully announced in the lower house, whose vote prevailed, while voting in the upper house was still ongoing.
The appointment of Takaichi, 64, was practically assured after he signed an agreement on Monday with the opposition Japan Innovation Party (Ishin), his new coalition partner, to count on its support in the vote, in which the fragmented opposition has not been able to present.
The change of government in Japan comes after Shigeru Ishiba, 68, announced his resignation as prime minister in September—after a year and a half in power—following poor electoral results in the parliamentary elections, which saw the former coalition lose its majority in both houses of the Diet.
Ishiba's resignation prompted primaries within the LDP on October 4, in which Takaichi, one of the profiles of the hardline wing of the party, emerged victorious in the second round.
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