Japan PM Takaichi signals deeper security ties after election win: Video
Japan’s Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader Sanae Takaichi said voters had endorsed sweeping policy changes after her ruling coalition secured a super-majority in Sunday’s snap lower house election.
Speaking at a press conference in Tokyo, Takaichi said the result gave her a clear mandate to pursue reforms. “Yesterday, the public gave me a strong push to follow through with the policy shift at all costs. I would like to express my sincere gratitude,” she told reporters.
She said the planned changes would focus on a more proactive fiscal approach, a major reinforcement of national security policy and stronger government intelligence capabilities.
Takaichi added that her government would move quickly to capitalise on the electoral victory. “We have no time to linger in the afterglow of victory. We will promptly convene a special session of the Diet and work to pass next year’s budget and related bills as quickly as possible,” she said.
Subject to parliamentary approval, the prime minister said she intends to travel to the United States next month for what she described as “in-depth” talks with President Donald Trump.
She also reaffirmed Tokyo’s commitment to strengthening regional and global partnerships, saying Japan would deepen cooperation with the United States, South Korea, the Philippines and Australia, as well as with Italy, the United Kingdom and countries in the Global South.
The election outcome gives Takaichi’s coalition at least two-thirds of seats in the powerful lower house, a threshold that would allow it to push legislation through with relative ease and potentially pursue constitutional changes.
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