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Hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi is almost certain to become Japan's first female prime minister on Tuesday, after the right-wing opposition Japan Innovation Party, known as Ishin, said it was ready to back her premiership.

"I told Takaichi that we should move forward together," Ishin's co-leader and Osaka governor Hirofumi Yoshimura told reporters in the western Japanese city on Monday. He will meet with Takaichi at 6 p.m. (0900 GMT) to conclude the alliance, he added.

Yoshimura and Ishin's other boss, Fumitake Fujita, will join party lawmakers earlier at 2 p.m. (0500 GMT) to discuss the coalition.

Investors' anticipation of a deal that could lead to higher government spending weakened the yen and pushed

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