TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Japan’s Takaichi Sanae is set to become the country’s first female prime minister following a deal struck with a right-wing opposition party, according to reports.

Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party struck the deal with the Japan Innovation Party, also known as Ishin, per Reuters. The LDP and Ishin are aligned on what both see as the threat posed by a more assertive Chinese Communist Party, as well as hardline views on immigration.

The soon-to-be prime minister’s trajectory had been put on hold in recent weeks after long-time LDP coalition partner Komeito backed away from the table over disagreements around security and a funding scandal, per The Guardian. 

Takaichi’s coalition still falls two seats short of the 233 required for a majority in the lower house, but her victory is virtually guaranteed in a runoff vote.

Ishin’s demands for joining forces with the LDP include a suspension of the 10% sales tax for food as well as bans on certain kinds of political donations from businesses and other groups. The party also wishes to see Osaka made into a secondary capital in emergencies and is pushing for social security reform, according to the Guardian.

Takaichi, who regularly visits Tokyo’s controversial Yasukuni shrine — which memorializes Japan’s war dead, including some war criminals — is in favor of revising the country’s pacifist constitution.