Sanae Takaichi's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and coalition partner Japan Innovation Party have swept the majority of seats in Japan's lower house.
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Japan election becomes high-stakes gamble for Takaichi as personal popularity faces tougher opposition
Japan’s Feb. 8 election is increasingly seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s leadership. Takaichi’s popularity outpaces support for her party amid persistent economic pressures. A ...
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Japan's ruling party vulnerable as snap poll looms
Japan's snap election could upend long standing political alignments, with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi strong personally but her party weakened by scandals, defections and voter frustration over the ...
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi 's governing party secured a two-thirds supermajority in parliamentary elections, Japanese media reported, citing preliminary results. The landslide ...
Team Mirai, a political party founded by software engineers, won 11 seats in Japan’s legislature by promising chatbots, self-driving buses and high-tech jobs.
Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s prime minister and president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, puts pins marking the names of candidates who won lower house elections at the LDP headquarters Sunday in ...
A voter fills in a ballot in the lower house election at a polling station Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte) A voter fills in a ballot in the lower house election at a polling ...
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