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Japan’s Sanae Takaichi emboldened by landslide victory in snap elections

Japan’s Sanae Takaichi emboldened by landslide victory in snap elections

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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi places a red paper rose above the names of each elected candidate during the legislative elections at her party’s headquarters in Tokyo, on February 8, 2026. KIM KYUNG-HOON/AFP The “Sanamania” was evident in the polls. It swept through the ballot boxes. The wave of support for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi enabled the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to win the snap elections held in Japan on Sunday, February 8. With 316 seats (out of 465) in the House of Representatives, up from 198, the conservative party gained an overwhelming majority. The opposition, crushed, appears more weakened and fragmented than ever. A proponent of “work, work, work, work,” the head of government now has free rein to enact her policies of fiscal stimulus, strengthen Japan’s security posture – particularly in response to China and in cooperation with the United States – and tighten immigration controls, giving full expression to her nationalist impulses. “We have the heavy responsibility to honor the electoral promises we made,” said Takaichi, who came to power in October …

PM Sanae Takaichi’s party wins supermajority in Japan snap elections | Elections News

PM Sanae Takaichi’s party wins supermajority in Japan snap elections | Elections News

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Listen to this article | 4 mins info Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s party has won a landslide in Japan’s general election, securing a supermajority in the country’s lower house of parliament. Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) won 316 of the 465 seats in the powerful lower house in Sunday’s election, well above the 233 needed for a majority, according to results collated by public broadcaster NHK. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list “We have consistently stressed the importance of responsible and proactive fiscal policy,” Takaichi told reporters after media projections showed her party triumphing in the snap election. “We will prioritise the sustainability of fiscal policy. We will ensure necessary investments.” A voter casts her ballot at the polls on February 8, 2026 in Osaka, Japan [Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images] While Takaichi is hugely popular, the ruling LDP, which has governed Japan for most of the last seven decades, has struggled due to funding and religious scandals. The PM called Sunday’s snap elections only after three months, in hopes of turning the party’s political fortunes. …

Japan election: PM Sanae Takaichi’s ruling coalition projected to win two-thirds majority

Japan election: PM Sanae Takaichi’s ruling coalition projected to win two-thirds majority

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Japan’s ruling coalition is set to win a two-thirds majority in the lower house election, media projections showed on Sunday (Feb 8), in what would be a big victory for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) alone had already secured the 233 seats needed for a majority around 90 minutes after polls closed.  Her party is projected to win as many as 328 seats, which would be its best-ever result, national broadcaster NHK reported. When Takaichi took office in October, the LDP was 37 seats short of a majority in the lower house – a position that worsened when Komeito, its coalition partner, broke away and joined hands with the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party to form the Centrist Reform Alliance. Follow live updates: Source link

Japan’s PM Sanae Takaichi set to win big in snap legislative elections

Japan’s PM Sanae Takaichi set to win big in snap legislative elections

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Japanese Prime Minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party, Sanae Takaichi (center), delivering a campaign speech in Tokyo, January 27, 2026. KAZUHIRO NOGI / AFP Elected thanks to a fragile coalition agreement necessitated by several defeats of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi took the gamble of dissolving the lower house on January 23. With support from nearly 70% of voters – especially among young people and women, who admire her style, her pink pen and her black Hamano leather handbag – Takaichi has skillfully stayed ahead of rival parties on major issues and deftly sidestepped tricky questions. She is poised to help her party regain the absolute majority lost in the 2024 legislative and 2025 upper house elections. By contrast, the opposition, divided and inaudible, faces the threat of a rout. According to a Nihon Keizai poll conducted from February 3 to 5, the LDP could win 261 seats, up from 198 in the outgoing assembly and well above the simple majority threshold of 233 seats. Although its coalition …

Japan’s first female prime minister Sanae Takaichi gains popularity

Japan’s first female prime minister Sanae Takaichi gains popularity

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TOKYO — Miho Kubota is a superfan of Japan’s newest and first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi. So much so that the 28-year-old recently traveled four hours to visit Takaichi’s hometown, eat a Takaichi-themed lunch, check out the 1991 Toyota Supra that Takaichi drove in her 30s, and return home with a swag bag full of Takaichi-themed souvenirs. Source link