Prime minister will command government with biggest majority in decades

Prime minister’s Liberal Democratic Party gains two-thirds majority in stunning landslide victory

Asia-Pacific markets were set for a higher open with Japan equities expected to lead gains in the region.

Prime minister will command government with biggest majority in decades

Japanese stocked jumped as markets opened on Monday morning, after prime minister Sanae Takaichi won a landslide victory.

Japan's Sanae Takaichi and her ruling Liberal Democratic Party overwhelmingly found the support of voters in a Sunday election, sweeping a supermajority.

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Takaichi is telling a country now encouraged to believe in its strengths to lean in to its true challenges