Japan PM’s big election win could mean more beef with Beijing

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s thumping election win has blunted domestic opposition to her hawkish security agenda, encouraging plans to press ahead with a defense expansion that China has condemned as a return ​to militarism. As the scale of her government’s historic victory became clear on Sunday — capturing 352 of the 465 seats in the lower house — Takaichi said she would “work flat out to deliver” an agenda that includes building a military strong enough to deter Chinese threats to its islands, including those close to Taiwan.

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