Japan’s Takaichi Wins Snap Election By Landslide. What You Need To Know

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s coalition won a landslide victory in a general election on Sunday, a result that could significantly alter the country’s relationship with China and lead to deep economic reforms. 

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Takaichi’s decision to hold a snap election just months after her historic rise to power paid off as her Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) was projected to win as many as 328 of the 465 seats in the parliament’s lower house—enough to form a supermajority.