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Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s first female prime minister, harnessed her personal popularity and a shift to the right among voters to achieve a record election win.
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Sanae Takaichi’s governing coalition could win more than two-thirds of the 465-seat lower house, NHK public broadcaster projected.