Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi won a sweeping mandate from voters for her economic agenda and tough stances on immigration and China.

With a straight-talking style and an image as a hard worker that have won her support, especially with younger voters, Takaichi has accelerated military spending to counter China,

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi 's governing party is almost certain to win a single-party majority in a key parliamentary election Sunday, NHK public television and other major networks say, citing their exit polls.

Sanae Takaichi, Japan's first female prime minister, is betting on her personal popularity, hoping to succeed where her party failed just last year: delivering a clear public mandate for the long-ruling but deeply unpopular Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan was on course for a big win in a snap parliamentary election on Sunday, setting the stage for her to impose policies that could drastically reshape the country’s military,

Polls are predicting a landslide for Sanae Takaichi on Sunday, which would give her direct public backing as she seeks to boost Japan’s defense capabilities.

NHK says Takaichi’s ruling coalition led by her Liberal Democratic Party could win more than two-thirds of the 465-seat lower house, the more powerful of the country’s two-chamber parliament.

Trucks equipped with loudspeakers blasted political messages across normally serene neighborhoods. Japan’s campaign machine went into high gear this week as candidates for Parliament made their final pitches to voters ahead of a snap election on Sunday.