Elections are only the first of Sanae Takaichi’s challenges
By Sreedev Krishnakumar
Election results released on Sunday vindicated Japan’s prime minister Sanae Takaichi’s gamble to have snap polls in Japan. With a 75.7% seat share for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) led alliance in the House of Representatives, her government will now have the biggest majority in Japan since the end of the second world war. The import of the victory notwithstanding, Takaichi’s government and Japan face tough policy choices. The charts below summarise this.
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Japan’s snap election gamble paid off for PM Sanae Takaichi, who now have the biggest majority in the lower house since World War 2. The import of the victory notwithstanding, Takaichi’s government and Japan face tough policy choices. Today's Number Theory breaks […]
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