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COLUMN: Military, Political Meaning of Takaichi Landslide
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party won 316 of 465 seats, gaining a record postwar mandate to advance economic and defense policies.
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Sanae Takaichi has the power to change Japan
When Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi called snap elections last month, it was a big gamble. Holding a winter election just four months into her tenure with no real policy record to run on? Staking her sky-high approval ratings – then hovering around 70% – on an untested bet that personal popularity would translate into seats? The conventional wisdom said she was overreaching. The conventional wisdom got torched.Takaichi walked away from t…
On Sunday, February 9, 2026, Japanese voters went to the polls following the early elections led by Sanae Takaichi, who expected to restore the majority to his party, the Liberal Democratic Party (PLD). A widely won challenge: a first count shows that the PLD and its partner, the Innovation Party of Japan, have exceeded the 310 seats needed to obtain a two-thirds majority in the House of Representatives, which has 465 members.
In Sunday's parliamentary elections in Japan, the party of [Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi](https://defence24.pl/geopolityka/nowa-zelazna-dama-japonii-tokio-gotowe-na-przelom-analiza) achieved a historic victory. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner won at least two-thirds of the vote in the Japanese House of Representatives. We spoke with Dr. Oskar Pietrewicz of the Polish Institute of International Affairs about how thi…
The international bridge that became the new point of discord between the U.S. and CanadaThe harsh restrictions imposed by chavismo on political prisoners released and why nothing changed after Maduro's fall in VenezuelaWith a record electoral victory brought about by his growing popularity, Japan's first female prime minister Sanae Takaichi not only managed to rescue his party from failure, but has also promised a "significant political turn" i…
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