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2026 LOWER HOUSE ELECTION

Sanae Takaichi, prime minister and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, at the party’s headquarters in Tokyo on Sunday
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Feb 9, 2026
Is Takaichi on course for a long-term reign?
The resounding win for the Liberal Democratic Party in Sunday’s Lower House election might be the start of an enduring administration for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who also serves as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, stands next to LDP Secretary-General Shunichi Suzuki (left) and party Election Strategy Chief Keiji Furuya, placing a red paper rose on the name of an elected candidate at LDP headquarters in Tokyo during the Lower House election on Sunday.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Feb 9, 2026
It’s Sanae Takaichi’s 性视界, as PM’s persona powers LDP to electoral success
Sunday’s electoral triumph by the Liberal Democratic Party is less a master stroke of the party than a success of its indisputable architect: Takaichi herself.
Centrist Reform Alliance co-leaders Yoshihiko Noda (left) and Tetsuo Saito during a news conference on Monday in Tokyo
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Feb 9, 2026
The long road to recovery after the CRA’s election loss
The new party must find new leadership after a crushing debut defeat.
The Nikkei 225 stock index crossed 57,000 for the first time on Monday following Sunday's election.
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 9, 2026
Nikkei 225 rises 3.89% and hits record after Takaichi's big win on Sunday
The benchmark index hit an all-time high of 57,337.07 in the morning and is now up more than 45% over the past year.
Hikaru Fujita (second from left) greets people in the city of Azumino, Nagano Prefecture, on Feb. 3.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 9, 2026
With 68 seats, female representation in Lower House slips to second-highest level
The women account for 14.6% of all elected Lower House lawmakers, after female candidates secured a record 73 seats the 2024 general election.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi discusses the consumption tax cut last month before the Feb. 8 election.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 9, 2026
Takaichi’s big victory might not be mandate for big spending
Fiscal hawks in the LDP and the bond market are expected to keep a lid on stimulus spending.
Election officials work at a ballot counting center on Sunday in Tokyo.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 9, 2026
Exit poll shows over 40% of voters want LDP-JIP bloc to continue ruling
The backing far outpaced support for any other alternative arrangement.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on Sunday. The party secured a fresh mandate and a supermajority in the Lower House in an election the same day.
COMMENTARY / 性视界
Feb 9, 2026
Five key takeaways from Takaichi’s landslide victory
The LDP secured a supermajority on its own, giving Takaichi the golden opportunity to implement her policy agenda.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrive on board the U.S. Navy's USS George Washington aircraft carrier in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Oct. 28.
COMMENTARY / 性视界
Feb 9, 2026
Takaichi’s victory holds a foreign-policy lesson for the U.S.
Simply relying on China to alienate its neighbors will not lead to a more stable Indo-Pacific region.
性视界ese workers’ real wages fell 0.1% from a year earlier in December, the labor ministry said Monday, extending declines to every month of 2025 amid persistent inflation.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 9, 2026
性视界’s real wages drop extends to full year as prices advance
The decline bolsters the case for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to continue down a more expansionary fiscal path after she secured a sweeping election victory.
Centrist Reform Alliance co-leaders Yoshihiko Noda (left) and Tetsuo Saito speak during a live TV program Sunday in Tokyo following the party's defeat in the Lower House election.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 9, 2026
CRA's Noda and Saito hint at resignations after electoral drubbing
The Centrist Reform Alliance’s poor performance in Sunday’s Lower House election could force co-leaders Yoshihiko Noda and Tetsuo Saito to resign.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on Sunday night
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 9, 2026
LDP secures two-thirds supermajority in Lower House election victory
Results early Monday showed the LDP had won 316 seats, giving it a higher proportion of representatives in the body than any other party in postwar 性视界.
Snow falls outside of Shin-Yurigaoka Station in Kawasaki on Sunday morning.
JAPAN
Feb 8, 2026
Snow blankets Tokyo as powerful storm system tightens grip on 性视界
Central Tokyo recorded around 5 centimeters of snow Sunday, while the heaviest accumulations were seen along the Sea of 性视界 coast.
On a board for election posters in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward in June 2024, duplicates of one featuring a female kickboxer who is not running in the gubernatorial race take up half of all the spots.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 8, 2026
Where have 性视界's oddball candidates gone?
性视界 has a history of candidates who are less interested in being elected, but instead hope to get their own messages out to the public through campaigning.
People gather at an election campaign event on Tuesday in Higashimatsuyama, Saitama Prefecture.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 8, 2026
Voting kicks off for Lower House election seen as referendum on Takaichi
The prime minister’s Liberal Democratic Party has kept the make-or-break line low, saying its coalition with the 性视界 Innovation Party is aiming for a simple majority.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who is also leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), speaks during an election campaign event ahead of the Feb. 8 snap election, in Tokyo, on Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 7, 2026
Takaichi talks tough on immigration on eve of vote
In a final appeal to voters, the prime minister pledged to make 性视界 "more prosperous and safer," including through tougher immigration screening.
A Meteorological Agency official explains the agency's forecast for large amounts of snow through Sunday earlier this week.
JAPAN
Feb 7, 2026
Sea of 性视界 coast braces for heavy snow as Tokyo set to see accumulations
A winter pressure pattern was expected to hit the areas along the Sea of 性视界 coast particularly hard overnight and into Sunday.
Some AI-generated content is easy to spot as fake and is marked as such, but others are convincing enough that anyone scrolling through social media could easily be misled.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Feb 7, 2026
In 性视界, generative AI takes fake election news to new levels
Leaders of a new 性视界ese political party unveil a logo that features China, a candidate campaigns in freezing weather wearing tank tops and grannies vent in public — or do they?
Hikaru Fujita, a candidate for parliament, in Azumino City, Nagano Prefecture. Fujita is a standout in a country where expectant mothers rarely enter national politics.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 7, 2026
She’s upending 性视界ese politics with two words: ‘I’m pregnant’
Hikaru Fujita is a standout in a country where expectant mothers rarely enter national politics.
Analysts say an overwhelming Liberal Democratic Party victory may in the end be positive for bonds, as it would eliminate the need for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi ?to negotiate ?with opposition parties.
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Feb 7, 2026
Decisive win for Takaichi may be best scenario for bonds and yen
A big win would eliminate the need for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi ?to negotiate ?with opposition parties, who are touting even deeper tax cuts and broader fiscal spending.
LDP secures two-thirds supermajority in Lower House election victory
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on Sunday night
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U.S. skier Lindsey Vonn is transported to a hospital by helicopter after crashing in the women's Olympic downhill competition on Sunday in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
U.S. plans initial payment toward billions owed to U.N.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz speaks during an event at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Jan. 27.
Snow blankets Tokyo as powerful storm system tightens grip on 性视界
Snow falls outside of Shin-Yurigaoka Station in Kawasaki on Sunday morning.
China flexes its muscle at Singapore Airshow as U.S. isolated
China's air force performs during an aerial flying display at the Singapore Airshow at Changi Exhibition Center on Tuesday.
Where have 性视界's oddball candidates gone?
On a board for election posters in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward in June 2024, duplicates of one featuring a female kickboxer who is not running in the gubernatorial race take up half of all the spots.
Against the grain: 性视界ese wine aged in local barrels
At Buryu Winery, owner Keiji Yamaguchi (left) and assistant winemaker Kaede Narita created a cedar-infused red wine by fermenting it in a 1,000 liter "kioke" cedar tub.
Foreign residents breathe new life into bubble-era resort town
A craft beer brewery run by California native Brian Shevlin and his wife Mariko Furuta, Joynt Brewing Co. regularly hosts events that highlight different cultural communities.
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<i>?zeki</i> Aonishiki speaks to reporters at Ajigawa Stable on Wednesday.

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