Never has it won as decisively as it did in a snap election on February 8th, when it took almost 70% of the seats in parliament’s powerful lower house. Takaichi Sanae, the triumphant prime minister, ...

Sanae Takaichi secured a supermajority in Japan’s lower house of parliament, giving her significant power to push a harder ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s big election win paves the way for her ruling party to dominate the crucial lower ...

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), speaks during a press conference at the LDP ...

Japan’s ruling LDP has secured an outright majority in the lower house of parliament, enabling the party to implement its 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 ...

Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s first female prime minister, harnessed her personal popularity and a shift to the right among voters ...

Japan’s conservative Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi swept to a landslide victory in a snap election on Sunday, marking a ...

The concerns over the growing number of non-Japanese in society may offer important insights into the issues informing the country’s 2026 election. An Election Campaign Vehicle of the Opposition ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi promised to exempt food products from an eight percent consumption tax for two years as she announced the dissolution of parliament next ...

Ahead of a snap election in Japan, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has pledged to scrap a tax on food, but a lack of clear funding is unnerving markets and voters. As she announced the dissolution of ...