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LDP wins supermajority, enables reforms

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party won a two‑thirds majority in Japan's lower house in the snap election, clearing the path for controversial constitutional and military reforms.

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by Daniel P. Aldrich

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Daniel Aldrich

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Under Prime Minister Takaichi, the snap elections provided the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) with a supermajority in the parliament

February 9, 2026 at 2:40 PM

Reposted by Lars P. Feld

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by Alicia Garcı́a-Herrero

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Alicia Garcia Herrero 艾西亞

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#Japan’s #Takaichi landslide victory puts us back positive for stocks and negative for Japanese bonds
aliciagarciaherrero.substack.com/p/japans-tak...

February 9, 2026 at 7:39 AM

by Daniel P. Aldrich

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