Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s high-stakes gamble on a snap election has paid off, with voters handing her ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) a big majority Sunday, according to public broadcaster NHK.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s governing coalition is almost certain to win a single-party majority in a key parliamentary election Sunday, according to NHK public television and other major

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's governing party has secured a single-party majority in a key parliamentary election. Takaichi says she is now positioned to pursue her policies.

The governing party of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi secured a sweeping majority in a key parliamentary election on Sunday, Japanese media reported, citing preliminary results. Takaichi, in a televised interview with public television network NHK,

An increased parliamentary majority could allow her to draw Japan closer to the U.S. and spend more on defense and industrial policy.

We start in Japan, where Sanae Takaichi has won a landslide in a snap general election, securing her governing Liberal Democratic Party a supermajority in parliament’s lower house. Stunning supermajority: The LDP had won 316 of 465 seats by the early hours of the morning in Tokyo,

Japan's governing coalition led by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, is projected to have won two-thirds of the seats in the House of Representatives. Ms Takaichi sought and got a clear public mandate in a general election she called just four months after becoming leader of the Liberal Democratic Party.

The governing party of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi secured a two-thirds supermajority in a key parliamentary election Sunday, Japanese media reported citing preliminary results, earning a landslide victory thanks to her popularity.