Japan’s Takaichi to pursue conservative agenda after election landslide

By Anthony Kuhn

Japan’s first female Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, brought the ruling Liberal Democratic Party its biggest-ever electoral victory, fueling her ambitions to pursue to a political agenda which she says could “split public opinion.”

(Image credit: Keisuke Hosojima)

Japan’s first female Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, brought the ruling Liberal Democratic Party its biggest-ever electoral victory, fueling her ambitions to pursue to a political agenda which she says could “split public opinion.”

(Image credit: Keisuke Hosojima)

Source:: https://www.npr.org/2026/02/09/nx-s1-5706602/japan-takaichi-conservative-agenda-election-landslide