Sanae Takaichi, the newly -elected leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), spoke during a press conference at the party headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Saturday, October 4, 2025. The Japanese ruling party elected Takaishi as its first leader today, in a vote that is also likely to determine who Japan will become the following minister. Photographer: Toru Hanai/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Japan Nikki 225 The index jumped more than 4 % to become a record on Monday after the ruling liberal Democratic Party in the country was elected strong conservative Saint -Takaishi as a new leader on Saturday, setting it to become the first prime minister in the country.
Given the government’s economic policy of “high -pressure economy”, Takaychi is likely to ask the Bank of Japan to maintain its equal monetary policy, as Credit CIB wrote in a weekend note after the results, adding that it will be open to raise the rate of 25 basis points by January 2026.
“It is expected that the Takaichi administration, with the awareness that the current economy is weak, is completely the direction of politics into a new approach (complete reform) seeking to expand investment and demand through public and private sectors.”
Likewise, Topix has increased more than 3 % to a standard level.
The Japanese yen weakened 1.45 % trading at 149.59 against the dollar.
Australia rose ASX/S & P 200 0.19 %.
Hong Kong Hang Singh Fahress It is scheduled to open slightly higher with futures contract contracts at 27153, for the previous conclusion of the index of 27140.92.
The Chinese and South Korean markets have been closed for holidays.
Last Friday in the United States, the three main averages closed above. the S & P 500 It fell from Friday’s record, but stuck to the solid weekly gains despite the closure of the US government withdrawn for the third day, as it rose by only 0.01 % in 6,715.79.
the Nasdak It decreased 0.28 % to settle at 22780.51. the Dow Jon’s industrial average It surpassed performance, 238.56 points higher trading, or 0.51 %, ending at 46,758.28. the Russell 2000 It also emerged 0.72 % to close at 2,476.18.
Pia Singh and Shawn Konlon of CNBC contributed to this report.
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2025-10-06 00:16:00