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By Rocky Swift and Tom Westbrook TOKYO, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The biggest landslide win in postwar history has given Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi a huge mandate to revitalise the economy, but investors say she has little room to run up deficits or pressure will be quickly back on bonds and the yen.
T AKAICHI SANAE gambled her position as Japan’s prime minister by calling a snap election. Her bet has paid off. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) triumphed on February
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 Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Sunday won a lower-house parliamentary supermajority at snap elections that she had called three weeks ago. The Liberal Democratic Party now controls 316 of 465 seats in parliament, giving the prime minister the ability to pass legislation unimpeded.
Heavy snowfall in Japan forced some polling places to close early, fueling concerns about the impact to voter turnout, reported The New York Times. Yoshihiko Noda, a leader of the CRA, raised concerns about peoples' ability to vote, warning that "not being able to do so is a denial of democracy."
Sanae Takaichi, who has proved popular as the first woman to lead Japan as prime minister, was on course for a sweeping mandate after a snap election on Sunday.
As investors rush to price in Sanae Takaichi’s stunning general election win in Japan, they will be looking closely at what the prime minister’s historic two-thirds supermajority means for households. Food prices and the banking system will be where politics most directly meets markets.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's call for a snap election had rattled markets and triggered a sharp selloff in Japanese government bonds.
Polls are predicting a landslide for Sanae Takaichi on Sunday, which would give her direct public backing as she seeks to boost Japan’s defense capabilities.
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party captured a two-thirds supermajority in the 465-seat lower house, public broadcaster NHK reported.