Tokyo, Oct 16, 2025 (AFP) - Japan's Takaichi in formal talks with opposition for new coalition

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2025-10-16

Japan's long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is set to start formal coalition talks on Thursday with the second-largest opposition party, possibly paving a way towards electing the nation's first woman prime minister. Japan fell into political limbo last week after the Komeito party, the LDP's junior partner, left the ruling coalition after 26 years. In a bid to find new partners, the LDP's new leader Sanae Takaichi met on Wednesday with he......

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