The LDP is seen as shifting further to the right: It was only able to elect Takaichi by forming an alliance with a right-wing populist party, after losing its longtime coalition partner earlier this ...

Japan's Nikkei share gauge extended its record-breaking rally on Tuesday as fiscal dove Sanae Takaichi cleared a parliamentary vote to become the nation's next prime minister.

Takaichi received 237 votes, topping the majority of the 465-seat chamber, according to a lower house staff.