Japan, Takaichi and Lower House
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Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi wins historic supermajority in snap election, earning Trump's praise for her "landslide victory" and conservative agenda.
Japan's first female Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, brought the ruling Liberal Democratic Party its biggest-ever electoral victory, fueling her ambitions to pursue to a political agenda which she says could "split public opinion.
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.
Japan’s first female prime minister counts on her popularity to help her party win Sunday’s election
Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is seeking to leverage her popularity to help her party win Sunday’s snap election as she pushes her right-wing agenda to boost her country's economy and military capabilities in the face growing tensions with China and an unpredictable Washington.
Takaichi is estimated to have secured a two-thirds majority in Japan's lower house, the best result for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) since elections in 2017 under former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
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,
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Japan's Liberal Democratic Party: an election bulldozer
Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is one of the democratic world's most successful electoral machines, governing for all but four years since its founding seven decades ago. AFP looks at the history of the LDP,
Sanae Takaichi’s governing coalition could win more than two-thirds of the 465-seat lower house, NHK public broadcaster projected.
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.
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President Lee Jae Myung congratulates Japan's Liberal Democratic Party on landslide victory
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,