Takaiti Sanae was elected as the country's next prime minister .
Five candidates ran for the top spot.
In the first round,
① former Economic Security Minister Takaichi Sanae got 183 votes.
②Agriculture Minister Koizumi Shinjiro got 164.
③Chief Cabinet Secretary （官房長官）Hayashi Yoshimasa got 134.
④Former Economic Security Minister（前 経済安全保障大臣）、 Current Chairman of the LDP's Policy Research Council（政調会長） Kobayashi Takayuki got 59.
⑤The party's former Secretary-General (事務総長)Motegi Toshimitsu got 49.
Takaichi and Koizumi then went head-to-head in a runoff with Takaichi emerging victorious with 185 votes, to Koizumi's 156.
What is her background so far?
She first entered politics in 1993as a Lower House member .
joined the LDP in 1996 and first entered the Cabinet under Prime Minister Abe Shinzo in 2006.
She served as the Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs（
沖縄及び北方領土問題 特命大臣）.
She later became the first woman to chair the LDP's Policy Research Council（政調会長）.
Takaichi went on to become the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications（総務省大臣）.
She stayed in the role for a record 1,438 days.
She was later appointed Minister for Economic Security（経済安全保障大臣）, where she established the "security clearance" system to better protect sensitive information.
Than now She elected to lead Prime Minister when she was 64years old.
The LDP Chenged Coalition Partner.
she faced her first challenge as leader when the LDP lost its long-time junior coalition partner, Komeito. Komeito leader Saito Tetsuo said the LDP failed to address political funding issues.
the LDP agreed to form a new coalition with the Japan Innovation Party, or JIP. They've agreed to cooperate on policies, including economic and fiscal, foreign, national security, and energy.
