US EditionJapan Election: Can Sanae Takaichi Fix the Economy?
The Liberal Democratic Party won 316 seats, enabling Prime Minister Takaichi to pursue tax cuts, security enhancements, and constitutional amendments with a historic two-thirds majority.
- On Monday, February 9, 2026, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party won a historic two-thirds majority in the House of Representatives, giving her a mandate to pursue a conservative agenda and seek constitutional amendment.
- A record 27.02 million early voters and nearly 1,300 candidates helped produce the landslide for the LDP after last month’s snap election, which aimed to seek a mandate.
- The LDP campaigned to suspend the 8 percent consumption tax on food for two years, and Takaichi said `We bear an extremely heavy responsibility to focus on steadily delivering on the campaign pledges we have made` as discussions accelerate.
- Following the result, markets rallied and the government moved to act quickly as Sanae Takaichi said she will promptly convene a special Diet session to press next fiscal year's budget, while the Nikkei 225 closed 3.9 percent higher in Tokyo markets.
- Washington, D.C., will host talks on March 19 where Takaichi said they will 'reaffirm the unshakeable unity' with the US, while Beijing warned that defence plans could provoke pushback, Trump congratulated her, saying `I wish you Great Success in passing your Conservative, Peace Through Strength Agenda`.
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The fast and the forward: Takaichi landslide will unleash a bolder Japan – European Council on Foreign Relations
Cover image: picture alliance / ASSOCIATED PRESS | Kim Kyung-Hoon What happened Japan’s lower-house elections on Sunday delivered a decisive victory for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). The LDP secured 316 of 465 seats, granting it a two-thirds supermajority in its own right; together with coalition partners, the governing bloc now controls well over three-quarters of the chamber. This supermajority sh…
Japan’s First Female Prime Minister Secures Historic Mandate In Snap Elections
by Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Chief International Correspondent TOKYO (Worthy News) – Japan’s first-ever female prime minister was effectively re-elected as her Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) recorded its strongest performance in snap parliamentary elections in the country’s post-war history. Sanae Takaichi’s LDP won 316 of the 465 seats in the powerful lower house of the National Diet, well above the 233 needed for a majority, official results …
Takaichi says election victory gives her mandate for policy shifts
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Monday that the ruling bloc's landslide victory in the House of Representatives election gives her government a public mandate for "important policy shifts." Takaichi told a press conference a day after the election that Japan needs to depart from its "excessive fiscal austerity" by implementing…
JAPAN FIRST! The Donald Trump of Japan is a woman
Japan has delivered a powerful message to the world: nationalism works. Modernity Exit polls from Sunday’s snap election project Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party securing between 274 and 328 seats in the 465-seat lower house—well above the 233 needed for a majority. With its coalition partner, the total could reach as high as […]
Official election results have been announced in Japan, confirming a convincing victory and a two-thirds majority for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, which won 315 of the 465 seats in the lower house of parliament.
Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae took a big risk by calling an early election, but his calculations paid off, leading the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to a landslide victory: they won 316 of the 465 seats, a rare stability in a country where prime ministers have changed rapidly in recent years. The BBC wrote that analysts say Japan's first female prime minister now has a real chance to transform the world's fourth-largest economy. Japan'…
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