Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae‘s wager on a snap election paid off spectacularly Sunday, with her Liberal Democratic Party securing an unprecedented single-handed two-thirds majority in the 465-seat lower house – a feat the party has never previously achieved, according to public broadcaster NHK.
The conservative leader, 64, who took office as Japan‘s first female prime minister in October 2025, dissolved parliament after merely three months in power and staked her political future on the outcome, vowing to step down if her coalition lost its majority. The gambit succeeded beyond expectations, with her party clearing the 310-seat supermajority mark that enables overriding the upper chamber.
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