Japan’s First Female Prime Minister Secures Historic Mandate In Snap Elections

by Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Chief International CorrespondentTOKYO (Worthy News) – Japan’s first-ever female prime minister was effectively re-elected as her Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) recorded its strongest performance in snap parliamentary elections in the country’s post-war history.Sanae Takaichi’s LDP won 316 of the 465 seats in the powerful lower house of the National Diet, well above the 233 needed for a majority, official results showed.With its coalition partner, the Japan In