Japan's LDP, Ishin agree to form coalition government, Kyodo says

FILE PHOTO: Japan Innovation Party's policy chief Alex Saito, Secretary-General Hiroshi Nakatsuka and co-leader Fumitake Fujita meet Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)’s leader Sanae Takaichi, Secretary-General Shunichi Suzuki and policy chief Takayuki Kobayashi at Japan's National Diet Building in Tokyo, Japan, October 16, 2025. - Reuters

TOKYO: Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the smaller Japan Innovation Party, known as Ishin, 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 (Oct 19).

LDP leader Sanae Takaichi and Hirofumi Yoshimura, head of the right-leaning Ishin, are set to sign an agreement on their alliance on Monday, Kyodo said.