The agreement will prove its effectiveness tomorrow, when Parliament meets in extraordinary session and holds the vote that would give Japan its first female leader in the nation’s history.

According to one of the JIP leaders, Hirofumi Yoshimura, there are still issues to be resolved between the two parties, but his party will not support any candidate from the rest of the opposition.

The official also said that, for the time being, his party will not hold any ministries in the new executive branch.

The leaders of the JIP and the LDP will sign an official document this afternoon, sealing the alliance that will allow the latter to continue leading the Japanese government, as in recent decades.

After 26 years of partnership, the Komeito party decided to break its ties with the LDP following the recent election of Takaichi as its new leader, due to the politician’s ultra-conservative stance.

The LDP has governed the Asian nation almost uninterruptedly since 1945, as, by Japanese tradition, the leader of the main party also serves as prime minister.

The ruling party, in alliance with Komeito, lost its majority in both the lower and upper houses of parliament, leading to the resignation of leader and prime minister Shigeru Ishiba in September and forcing the LDP to hold early elections.

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