Japan’s ruling party secures historic election victory – but challenges lie ahead

EPISODE · Feb 10, 2026 · 2 MIN

Japan’s ruling party secures historic election victory – but challenges lie ahead

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Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s conservative Liberal Democratic party (LDP) has secured the biggest election victory seen in Japan since the end of the second world war. In elections on February 8, it won 316 seats out of a total of 465 in the lower house of Japan’s parliament. The Japan Innovation party, its junior coalition partner, secured a further 36 seats. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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