US EditionJapan's Takaichi Wins Landslide in Snap Election, Exit Polls Show
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s coalition won two-thirds of Lower House seats, enabling tax suspension on food and expanded defense spending, with voter turnout near 56%, NHK reported.
- 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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The Courier-Times
Japan election results confirm super-majority for Takaichi's party
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) won 315 seats in weekend snap elections, giving it a two-thirds majority, official results confirmed Tuesday.
Japan Sees Conservative Supermajority
Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party secured a supermajority in the country’s parliamentary elections. The party passed the 310-seat threshold to obtain the supermajority in the 465-seat lower house. The party’s seats are at their highest numbers since the LDP’s founding in 1955. President Trump congratulated Takaichi’s party’s historic victory. “Congratulations to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her Coalitio…
Sydney Morning Herald
Japan’s election result is a geopolitical earthquake and a ‘very big deal’ for Australia
The Japanese people have just given Sanae Takaichi a super-majority in the parliament. It signals a period of great change ahead for one of Australia’s key allies.
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