Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) made a deal on Monday to form a coalition with the Japan Innovation Party, generally known as “Ishin,” that should clear away the final obstacles to conservative Takaichi Sanae becoming Japan’s first female prime minister.
Ishin leader Yoshimura Hirofumi admitted on Monday that forming a coalition with Takaichi’s party was a “very difficult decision” because most of the gigantic LDP’s previous partners have “disappeared.”
It was also a big step for Ishin members because the party was founded ten years ago in Osaka, where Yoshimura is the mayor, largely to oppose the dominant LDP on certain key issues, and perhaps eventually replace it.
Ishin is currently the third-largest party in the National Diet, the Japanese parliament.
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