Tokyo, Feb. 9 -- Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi won a landslide victory in the snap general election, with the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) led by her securing a two-thirds majority in the lower house with coalition partners.
Takaichi - who has the distinctive position of being the country's first ever female premier - along with her allies, the Japanese Innovation Party (Ishin) secured an overwhelming 352 seat majority out of a total 465 seats, with the ruling party alone winning 316 seats, while the Ishin won 36 seats.
Despite snowfall kicking in, the voter turnout also saw a noticeable increase, with a record 55.68% of the population turning up to vote, with the newly-formed Centrist Reform Alliance (CRA - a merger between the Constituti...