Sanae Takaichi will be able to pursue a hawkish agenda now that the LDP has a supermajority in the lower house
Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) led by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi scored a landslide victory in snap parliamentary elections on Sunday.
With a two-thirds majority in the lower house, secured together with coalition partners, the LDP leader will be better positioned to push through more hawkish policymaking.
A hardline conservative, Takaichi was elected as Japan’s first female prime minister last October. She has advocated revising Japan’s pacifist constitution and beefing up the country’s offensive military capabilities…
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