Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi wins historic supermajority in snap election, earning Trump's praise for her "landslide victory" and conservative agenda.

PM Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party is likely to win between 274-328 seats in the Lower House, higher than the 233 seats needed for a majority, NHK says.

Welcome to the Daily News Brief, CFR’s flagship morning newsletter summarizing the top global news and analysis of the day.  Top of the Agenda Incumbent conservative parties won sweeping victories in Japan and Thailand’s snap elections yesterday,

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.

The governing party of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi secured a two-thirds supermajority in a key parliamentary election Sunday, Japanese media reported citing preliminary results, earning a landslide victory thanks to her popularity.

Sanae Takaichi’s governing coalition could win more than two-thirds of the 465-seat lower house, NHK public broadcaster projected.

The LDP’s landslide win gives it over a two-thirds majority in Japan’s lower house, paving the way for a constitutional amendment to Japan’s postwar constitution. Takaichi has announced that she is seeking to amend the constitution to expand the scope of the nation’s self-defense forces.

President Lee Jae Myung on the 9th extended "sincere congratulations" on the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), led by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, securing a landslide victory in the House of Representatives,