Voting And Counting Takes Place For LDP Leadership

TOKYO, JAPAN - OCTOBER 4: Newly-elected leader of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Sanae Takaichi (3R) celebrates with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and other candidates, Japan's former Economic Security Minister Takayuki Kobayashi, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, Agriculture Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and former Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, after winning the LDP leadership election on October 4, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) held a leadership election on October 4, 2025, to replace Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who resigned after the party lost its parliamentary majority in both houses of the Diet for the first time since 1955. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon - Pool/Getty Images)