Japan's Sanae Takaichi wins a landslide in snap election, exit polls project

Japan’s conservative prime minister Sanae Takaichi has won a landslide victory after she gambled on a high-stakes snap election, exit polls suggest.

Takaichi’s election victory sets the stage for a rightward shift in Japan’s security policies

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s big election win paves the way for her ruling party to dominate the crucial lower house of parliament.
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Will Prime Minister Takaichi's landslide victory resolve or amplify Japan's debt crisis?

Takaichi's landslide election win enables ambitious fiscal policy, but Japan's 230% debt-to-GDP ratio and rising JGB yields present sustainability concerns.

Japan has given Takaichi a landslide win - but can she bring back the economy?

Japan has been battling sluggish growth, mounting public debt and a rapidly ageing workforce.

Fact Check: Japan’s Abe resigned as premier before COVID vaccine rollout, contrary to claims

Shinzo Abe was no longer prime minister of Japan when the country first authorised COVID-19 vaccines, contrary to misleading online claims about domestic inoculation policy that were cited by posts as the motive for Abe’s assassination in 2022.

Lee congratulates Japan's Takaichi on election victory

President Lee Jae Myung on Monday congratulated Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on her party's victory in an election, wishing for Japan's further development under her leadership.

Japan votes in snap election as PM Takaichi takes a gamble

Observers say Sanae Takaichi's personal popularity may boost the ruling party's showing at the polls.

Japan’s election paves the way for faster tightening

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Sunday won a lower-house parliamentary supermajority at snap elections that she had called three weeks ago. The Liberal Democratic Party now controls 316 of 465 seats in parliament, giving the prime minister the ability to pass legislation unimpeded.

Japan's Nikkei 225 crosses 57,000 for the first time as Takaichi secures historic mandate

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party captured a two-thirds supermajority in the 465-seat lower house, public broadcaster NHK reported.
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How Japan’s prime minister will use her massive new mandate

T AKAICHI SANAE gambled her position as Japan’s prime minister by calling a snap election. Her bet has paid off. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) triumphed on February

Japan’s Leader Is Set for a Big Election Win. Here’s What to Know.

Sanae Takaichi, who has proved popular as the first woman to lead Japan as prime minister, was on course for a sweeping mandate after a snap election on Sunday.

In China, consumerism trumps nationalism despite tensions with the US and Japan

In China, consumerism appears to outweigh nationalism regardless of how testy relations have become in recent diplomatic spats with countries like Japan and the United States. It has been common practice for the ruling Communist Party to whip up nationalist sentiment and deploy propaganda condemning countries deemed to be