US EditionUS Treasury Chief Hails 'Big Victory' for Japan PM Takaichi in Election
Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party won 316 of 465 seats, marking Japan’s largest postwar majority, with U.S. Treasury chief praising the election outcome.
- On Sunday , US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hailed a `big victory` for Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, saying a strong Japan makes the United States `strong in Asia`.
- After becoming Japan's fifth premier in October, Takaichi called a snap vote following President Donald Trump's endorsement last week, aiming to strengthen her party.
- The House of Representatives, Japan, had all 465 seats up for election, with the LDP winning 316 seats and reaching 352 coalition seats.
- Kuo Yu-jen said the result enables the Takaichi administration to push a proposed US$57.8 billion defense budget, with about one-third aimed at the Southwest Islands.
- Taiwan's President William Lai and AIT Director Raymond Greene congratulated Takaichi, while Trump announced her White House visit on Mar 19, seeking closer US-Japan-Taiwan coordination.
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US Treasury chief hails 'big victory' for Japan PM Takaichi in election
WASHINGTON: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hailed a "big victory" for Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in an election Sunday (Feb 8), declaring that a strong Japan makes the United States "strong in Asia"
US Treasury’s Bessent calls Japan’s Takaichi a ‘great ally’
WASHINGTON, Feb 8 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent praised Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi as a great ally after her ruling coalition's landslide election victory on Sunday, noting her endorsement by President Donald Trump...
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