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Having called a snap election in attempt to consolidate her popularity, Sanae Takaichi has led the LDP to the biggest election victory in history. So how did she pull this off? And will this spell the end of Japan’s tumultuous political struggles?
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Sources:
Election results:
https://news.web.nhk/senkyo/database/shugiin/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Japanese_general_election#Results
Collapse of LDP-Komeito coalition:
https://eastasiaforum.org/2025/12/30/japans-komeito-exposes-the-logic-of-coalition-survival/
New LDP-Ishin coalition:
https://eastasiaforum.org/2025/11/27/takaichis-japan-enters-an-era-of-fragile-coalitions/
Party platforms:
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260127/p2a/00m/0na/015000c
LDP win a landslide:
https://english.kyodonews.net/articles/-/70080
https://www.ft.com/content/0456cd13-8eda-40fd-90f3-b16d986e50ad
What now?
https://asia.nikkei.com/politics/japan-election/what-now-for-takaichi-post-election-5-things-to-know
Potential economic/market implications:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-08/historic-win-pits-takaichi-s-vision-of-japan-against-the-markets?srnd=homepage-europe
Potential constitutional revision:
https://defence-blog.com/japan-pushes-constitutional-change-to-recognize-military-forces/
00:00 – Intro
00:39 – Background
03:30 – Snap election
05:47 – Results & analysis
08:01 – Sponsored content
