Japan Election: PM Sanae Takaichi Set for Landslide Win

Japanese Prime Minister Wins Landslide Victory After Promising To Introduce Forks

TOKYO — A new page in history was turned in the Far East this week, with the newly elected Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi winning a landslide victory after promising to introduce forks.

Japan election win boosts Takaichi's foreign-policy hand

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi scored a resounding victory in Sunday's general election, with her Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) securing a commanding two-thirds supermajority in parliament's powerful lower house. Together with its partner, the Japan Innovation Party (Ishin), and several allied independents, the LDP's ruling coalition now has as many as 352 seats in the 465-seat chamber. The massive electoral triumph grants Takaichi a ma…

Japan's Nikkei 225 index jumps 4.5% after Prime Minister Takaichi's ruling party wins a stronger majority in election.

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Japan's ruling party shows best election result in its history

The LDP won 316 mandates, securing a constitutional majority, which opens the way in the future to changing the basic law

Japan's Takaichi forges historic election win

TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's coalition swept to a historic election win on Sunday, paving the way for promised tax cuts that ha...

Sanae Takaichi’s smashing victory promises a new ‘Morning in Japan’

Sanae Takaichi, the Margaret Thatcher of Japan, just won a huge victory in snap elections — a great sign for the forces of civilization against internal stagnation and the bullies in Beijing. Takaichi won leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party in October, signaling a new and optimistic era for the governing party — but immediately...