Takaichi’s triumph: On Japan’s snap election results
Sanae Takaichi’s landslide victory in Japan’s February 8 snap election marks one of the most striking political comebacks in its recent history. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) won 316 of 465 seats in Parliament’s lower house, delivering its strongest post-war performance. When Ms. Takaichi became Japan’s first woman Prime Minister in October 2025, the LDP,…
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