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Japan's First Female PM Wins a Historic Landslide
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Summary
- Sanae Takaichi — Japan's first woman prime minister since October 2025 — led the Liberal Democratic Party to a landslide in the February 8, 2026 general election.
- The LDP won an outright two-thirds supermajority with at least 316 lower-house seats, the most ever for a single party in the chamber.
- Analysts credited Takaichi's popularity, especially among young voters — one poll found over 80% of people in their 20s backed her cabinet.
The question
Takaichi's supermajority gives Japan its most stable government in years.
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