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Japan's first female prime minister counts on popularity to help party win 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

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Japan’s firebrand leader on track for big election win, exit polls show
Prime Minister Takaichi's party wins a supermajority in Japan's lower house
Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi's Party Secures Landslide Victory In Snap Polls
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 ...

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VIEW Japan's Takaichi set for major lower house victory
Japan holds rare winter elections, PM Sanae Takaichi expected to win: What we know so far
Japan’s Takaichi set to secure big majority in lower house election, NHK predicts
Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party is set to win 274 to 328 of the 465 seats in the chamber, well above the 233 needed for a majority, according to NHK.

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Japan’s Leader Set for Big Win in Snap Election
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Japan election 2026: What makes the ‘rare snap voting’ under PM Sanae Takaichi unique

Japan's first female prime minister stakes her future on snap elections

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.

Will Sunday's snap election gamble pay off for Japan's first female premier?

Sanae Takaichi is popular - but inflation and a diplomatic row with China weigh on voters' minds.