News of this from the weekend:
- Japan has agreed a coalition government – paves way for Takaichi PM – yen a little higher
- Yen’s moving the right way now! Takaichi closer to being PM.
Updating now:
- Ishin party leader Yoshimura says mostly agreed on conditions with LDP to form coalition
- Will meet LDP leader Takaichi at 0900 GMT to formalise the coalition agreement
Japan will hold a parliamentary vote to pick a new PM to replace outgoing Shigeru Ishiba on October 21.
This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at investinglive.com.