Japan

Sanae Takaichi won a landslide in Japan's parliamentary election on Sunday, securing a two‑thirds lower‑house majority and sending Tokyo stocks to record highs.

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Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's ruling Liberal Democratic Party won a projected two-thirds majority in Japan's lower house in Sunday's election, boosting chances of revising the pacifist constitution.

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Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party won an unexpectedly large electoral victory, sending the Nikkei to a record high and lifting Asian markets while bond and currency investors remained skeptical.

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Ilia Malinin held off a resurgent Japan to help the United States retain the Olympic team figure skating title at the Milano Cortina Games, with host Italy taking bronze.

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