Japan’s PM Takaichi reappointed following election win

Liberal Democratic Party president Sanae Takaichi (top centre) stands up to acknowledge the applause after she was selected as Japan’s prime minister.(AFP pic)

TOKYO: Japan’s lower house formally reappointed Sanae Takaichi as prime minister today, 10 days after her historic landslide election victory.

Takaichi, 64, became Japan’s first woman premier in October and won a two-thirds majority for her party in the snap lower house elections on Feb 8.

She has said she wants to bolster Japan’s military, likely further straining relations with China, and is under pressure to boost the weak economy.

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