Tokyo, Oct. 4 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party elected former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi as its new president on Saturday, making it likely that she will become the country’s first female prime minister. Takaichi, 64, beat agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi by a vote of 185 to 156 in a runoff in the party election to choose the successor to outgoing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. The runoff was held after none of the five candidates, also including Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, former LDP Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi and former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi, garnered a majority in the first round of voting. END [Copyright The Jiji Press, Ltd.]
Takaichi Elected New Leader of Japan’s Ruling LDP
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