Tokyo, Japan — Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi secured a landslide victory in Japan’s parliamentary elections on Sunday.
Results showed Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party winning 316 of the 465 seats in the lower house of Japan’s parliament.
Together with its coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party, which won 36 seats, she secured a total of 352 seats.
With a two-thirds supermajority victory, Takaichi gains strong political backing, passing desired legislation with ease and overriding the upper chamber.
The conservative leader pledged to suspend the 8-percent sales tax on food to help Japanese households cope with rising prices.
She also plans to spend and strengthen Japan’s military capabilities, a plan China criticized.
Shortly after taking office, it can be recalled that she triggered Beijing by publicly outlining how Japan might respond to a potential Chinese attack on Taiwan.
In October last year, Takaichi was elected by both chambers of their National Diet after its previous Japanese PM stepped down from his position.