US EditionJapan's Takaichi Wins Landslide in Snap Election, Exit Polls Show
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's coalition won up to 316 of 465 seats, marking the largest majority since 1955 and enabling an ambitious fiscal and defense agenda.
- On February 8, 2026, NHK projected Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party and Japan Innovation Party coalition could secure as many as 366 of 465 seats in the lower house of parliament, with the LDP alone winning up to 328 seats.
- Takaichi called the vote after three months in office to seek a mandate for tax cuts, defence spending, and immigration measures.
- Record snowfall in parts of Japan snarled traffic and forced some polling stations to close early, but voters who trudged through snow in Uonuma still cast ballots during Sunday voting.
- Markets reacted to the coalition securing 310 seats, which could override the upper chamber; Keidanren welcomed the stability while Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi urged rapid defence policy moves.
- Analysts warned that China responded with countermeasures by summoning Tokyo's ambassador and urging citizens not to travel, while Donald Trump, U.S. President, endorsed Takaichi and announced her March 19 White House visit amid strong US-Japan trade and security ties.
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Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi won a historic landslide victory in a snap election, giving her conservative Liberal Democratic Party a rare two-thirds supermajority in the lower house of parliament. The LDP captured more than 310 of 465 seats, while the broader ruling coalition secured over 340, according to CNN. It marks the first time since World War II that a single party has achieved such dominance, enabling the government to override…
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Soon after, the Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party LDP basked in a historic election victory, Japan's stocks surged to a record high.The LDP secured 316 out of...
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