Lai congratulates Takaichi, LDP on victoryStaff writer, with CNAPresident William Lai (賴清德) last night congratulated Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on their historic landslide victory in Japan's general election earlier in the day. President William Lai, right, meets then-Japanese lawmaker Sanae Takaichi at the Presidential Office in Taipei during her visit in April last year. The LDP, which held 198 seats before the election, won 316 yesterday, securing the biggest majority for a single party in postwar Japan. The LDP and its coalition partner the Japan Innovation Party now jointly hold 352 seats. The snap election was held after Takaichi, Japan's first female prime minister, decided to dissolve the Diet three months after she took office.

Source: Taipei Times February 09, 2026 06:31 UTC