David Farrar: A conservative landslide in Japan

NBC reports:

Japan’s conservative prime minister Sanae Takaichi has won a landslide victory after she gambled on a high-stakes snap election.

Takaichi, who took office in October after being elected leader of the governing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), surpassed the 310 seats needed for a supermajority in the 465-seat lower house, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported from the official election count Sunday evening. The supermajority allows her ruling coalition to override the upper house, where it lacks a majority.

Lushington Brady: Japan Returns to the Polls, Again

Here they go again, for Japan’s long-suffering voters. Just months after electing their fourth prime minister in five years, Japanese voters are going back to the polls for another snap election. The election will decide the future of Japan’s first female leader, who remains hugely popular even as her party’s fortunes remain dire.