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Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), who has previously suffered a hand injury, speaks to the media in front of a board displaying the names of LDP candidates at the LDP headquarters on general election day in Tokyo, Japan, February 8, 2026. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool REUTERS - Kim Kyung-Hoon 03:23 Japan's PM Sanae Takaichi set to win parliamentary election Asia / Pacific Issued on: 08/02/2026 - 14:46

The governing coalition of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi 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. NHK says Takaichi’s governing 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. Details by FRANCE 24 correspondent in Tokyo, Gavin Blair.