Oct. 15 (UPI) -- The Japanese Diet is scheduled to vote on the nation's next prime minister on Tuesday, which has political parties angling to gain support for their preferred candidates.
Sanae Takaichi is the president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and is its choice to become Japan's next prime minister, but opposition parties might block her path, according to NHK World.
The LDP has asked the opposition Japan Innovation Party to join its political coalition and support Takaichi's candidacy to replace outgoing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.
The JIP would replace the Komeito party, which last week announced its withdrawal from the ruling coalition.
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