Japan PM Takaichi Basks in Historic Election Triumph

2026-02-09 - 03:08

By Hiroshi HIYAM/AFP – Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi savoured an election landslide 8 February, with her ruling party projected to have won a two-thirds majority in the powerful lower house for the first time in its history. If confirmed by official results, the outcome gives Japan’s first female premier a strong mandate to implement