Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi smiles as she arrives at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, October 21, 2025. (Photo: REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon)

Takaichi, 64, leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, received 237 votes in the election in parliament's 465-seat lower house. She will be sworn in as Japan's 104th prime minister on Tuesday evening to succeed the incumbent Shigeru Ishiba, who last month announced his resignation.

Japanese media reported that the new Cabinet includes all three politicians who ran for LDP president: former LDP Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi as foreign minister, former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi as minister for internal affairs and communications, and former agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi as defense minister.