Japan PM Takaichi reappointed following election

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Japan's lower house formally reappointed Sanae Takaichi as prime minister on Wednesday (Feb 18), 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.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/y6k6ahwn  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:02Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaiichi was officially confirmed by lawmakers on Wednesday,

00:0810 days after a snap election that saw her Liberal Democratic Party win a landslide victory.

00:15Takaiichi took 354 of the 464 votes cast by members of Japan's House of Representatives.

00:34The governing coalition of her LDP and the Japan Innovation Party currently holds 352 seats in the lower house.

00:42Takaiichi is expected to convene her new cabinet later on Wednesday.

00:47Junya Ogawa, leader of the main opposition centrist Reform Alliance Party, received 50 votes from lawmakers.

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