Sanae Takaichi Elected Prime Minister of Japan; Keeps All Cabinet Appointees from Previous Term

The Yomiuri Shimbun
17:15 JST,
February 18, 2026
Sanae Takaichi was elected as the prime minister at a special Diet session Wednesday. She formed her second Cabinet that evening, reappointing all ministers from her first Cabinet after they resigned en masse at an extraordinary Cabinet meeting in the morning.
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