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Taiwan’s security blanket may become warmer after Takaichi’s big win in snap polls
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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party secured a two-thirds majority in the lower house on Feb 8.
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TAIPEI – Ties between Taiwan and Japan look set to deepen after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s landslide victory in the Feb 8 snap election.
With her Liberal Democratic Party securing a two-thirds majority in the Lower House – the first time a single party has achieved this in Japan’s post-war history – voters have delivered Ms Takaichi a powerful mandate to advance an ambitious security reform agenda.
