A voter casts their ballot in the House of Representatives election at a polling station in Tokyo on Feb 8, 2026. [Photo/Agencies] Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party is ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, center, puts a rose above her name at the Liberal Democratic Party’s headquarters on Sunday, indicating that she won her seat in the House of Representatives election on ...

The average age of people who won seats in Sunday's Lower House election was 54.7 years old, slightly younger than in the previous Lower House election in 2024 when the average age was 55.6. Six ...

Sanae Takaichi, Japan's prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), during a news conference at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, Feb 9, 2026. Takaichi’s ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi answers questions in a television program interview following the Lower House election voting, at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo on Sunday (Feb. 8, 2026). TOKYO – ...

Japan's ruling party scored its biggest electoral win in its seven-decade history Sunday, due mostly to the popularity of its first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi. Japan's first female prime ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi won a landslide legislative victory, with her Liberal Democratic Party ...

Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), led by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, has secured a sweeping victory in Sunday’s snap lower house elections, according to preliminary results cited by ...

Tokyo, Feb. 8 (Jiji Press)--Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party, are seen winning at least 310 seats in Sunday's House of Representatives ...

Japanese stocks have jumped to a record high as media outlets call PM Sanae Takaichi's landslide election win a "historic victory" The coalition between the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and ...

The governing party of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi secured a two-thirds supermajority in a key parliamentary election on Sunday (February 8, 2026), Japanese media reported, citing preliminary ...

Japan's influential business lobbies on Sunday welcomed the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's securing of a majority in the day's House of Representatives election. Yoshinobu Tsutsui, chairman of the ...