TOKYO: Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party and the Japan Innovation Party have broadly agreed to form a coalition government, setting the stage for the country’s first female prime minister, Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday. Sanae Takaichi, leader of the conservative LDP, and Hirofumi Yoshimura, head of the smaller right-leaning group, known as Ishin, are set to sign an agreement on their alliance on Monday, Kyodo said. Calls to the LDP and Ishin headquarters to seek comment went unanswered outside business hours.

Liberal Democratic Party leader Sanae Takaichi appears back on track to becoming Japan first female prime minister.

TOKYO: Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party and the Japan Innovation Party have broadly agreed to form a coalition government, setting the stage for the country’s first female prime…

LDP's Sanae Takaichi needs to find coalition partners from opposition to become Japan's first female prime minister.

The right-wing opposition Japan Innovation Party, known as Ishin, said it was ready to back hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi's premiership.

Officials confirm media reports that Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic party will join forces with rightwing Nippon Ishin

TOKYO: Japan’s ruling LDP will sign a coalition deal later Monday, its new partner party said, paving the way for Sanae Takaichi to become the country’s first woman premier and…

Right-wing Japan Innovation Party pledges support for governing LDP, opening way for Takaichi to win vote.

Firmata l'intesa davanti ai media, un giorno prima che la Camera bassa votasse il prossimo primo ministro (ANSA)

TOKYO, 20 OTT - Il partito di governo giapponese Ldp e il suo partner minore hanno firmato un accordo di coalizione, aprendo la strada a Sanae Takaichi per diventare la prima…

TOKYO, 20 OTT - Il partito di governo giapponese Ldp e il suo partner minore hanno firmato un accordo di coalizione, aprendo la strada a Sanae Takaichi per diventare la prima…

Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner signed an agreement Monday, setting the stage for Sanae Takaichi to become the...

Sanae Takaichi will likely become Japan's first female prime minister, thanks to a coalition between her party and a right-wing party. She is a security hawk.

È la prima donna a guidare il governo giapponese

She will now form a government within the day

The ultraconservative was elected on Tuesday after her party struck a coalition deal with the Japan Innovation Party, expected to pull her governing bloc further to the right.

Appointment clinched via a last-minute coalition deal, but government remains without a majority.

Il Parlamento giapponese ha eletto Sanae Takaichi come prima donna primo ministro del Paese, un giorno dopo che il suo partito, in difficoltà, ha siglato un accordo di coalizione…

TOKYO: Japan’s parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday, a day after her struggling party struck a coalition deal…

A staunch conservative, she takes over as Japan grapples with rising cost-of-living and mounting debt.

All'annuncio della sua elezione in Parlamento, Takaichi si è alzata in piedi e ha fatto un profondo inchino. L'ultraconservatrice Sanae...