It was a risky gamble to call a snap election. But now Japan’s Sanae Takaichi is basking in the strongest majority for a Japanese government since World War II.

The outcome is Liberal Democratic Party's best in its history. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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TOKYO, Japan — Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) won 315 seats in weekend snap elections, giving it a two-thirds majority, official results confirmed Tuesday. The ...

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The result is the Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) best ever, giving Sanae Takaichi a mandate to shape the nation of 123 million over the next four years.

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Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party won the recent Lower House election by a landslide. The result is likely to have a broad impact on Tokyo's relations with the United States and beyond, says ...

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