"LDP looks set to secure 316 seats in Japan's 500-member house, marking its best result since its founding in 1955. Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has promised to cut taxes and keep her cabinet intact as she celebrated her Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) landslide victory in Sunday's general election. Takaichi's pledge on Monday came as projections by the NHK broadcaster showed the conservative LDP securing 316 seats in the 500-member National Assembly and winning a historic two-thirds majority in the lower house."
"The results marked the best result for the LDP since its founding in 1955, surpassing the previous record of 300 seats won in 1986 under then-Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone. LDP's junior partner Japan Innovation Party won 36 seats, while the main opposition Centrist Reform Alliance managed to keep only 49 of the 172 seats it previously held. Analysts credited the LDP's triumph to the extraordinary popularity of Takaichi, who is Japan's first female leader,"
The LDP secured 316 seats in Japan's 500-member National Assembly, achieving its best result since 1955 and winning a historic two-thirds majority in the lower house. The Japan Innovation Party won 36 seats as LDP junior partner. The Centrist Reform Alliance retained only 49 of its former 172 seats. Analysts credited the LDP's triumph to Sanae Takaichi's extraordinary popularity as Japan's first female leader. Takaichi pledged to cut consumption taxes, including suspending the 8 percent food sales tax for two years, and to keep her cabinet intact. The landslide gives the LDP scope to pursue changes to security, immigration and economic policies.
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