Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi renewed a pledge on Monday to cut a sales tax on food, after a historic election win brightened chances

By Mike Dolan Feb 9 - What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Finance and Markets Asian stocks climbed on Monday after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s thumping election win on Sunday left her poised to enact a raft of expansionary fiscal measures.

Stocks climbed on Monday as investors cheered a result seen as a mandate for the prime minister’s high-spending economic agenda.

Japan's first female premier has called snap elections for Sunday. She seeks a mandate for what could be sweeping changes and possibly a lurch to the political right.

The biggest landslide win in postwar history has given Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi a huge mandate to revitalise the economy, but investors say she has little room to run up deficits or pressure will be quickly back on bonds and the yen.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi won a sweeping mandate from voters for her economic agenda and tough stances on immigration and China.

Japanese politics is certainly not immune from today’s world of disinformation and misinformation. As Sanae Takaichi, the Japanese prime minister, won a landslide majority in Sunday’s snap election,

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TOKYO: Japanese workers' real wages fell in every month of 2025, underscoring the persistence of inflation and bolstering the case for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to continue down a more expansionary fiscal path after she secured a sweeping election victory last Sunday.