Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae took a gamble by holding early parliamentary elections as a referendum on her agenda, but the gamble looks like it will pay off as her enormous personal popularity is set to sweep more members of her governing coalition into the Diet.

T akaichi is especially popular with young voters who have been rushing to stores to buy her favorite foods, accessories, and even her signature pink pen.

Reuters on Wednesday cited polls that show Takaichi set to capture up to 300 of the 465 seats in Japan’s lower house due to “Sanamania.” Sanakatsu in Japanese, a term playfully adapted from oshikatsu, the Japanese term for…

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