Ishiba can certainly be nominated as prime minister because his party controls the lower house of the Japanese parliament.
In the race for the position of leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, Ishiba won against Sanae Takachi, the minister of economic security, who has the opportunity to become the first woman to lead a Japanese government. Ishiba and Takachi faced off in the second round of voting as none of the nine party leadership candidates obtained the required majority in the first round of voting.
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