Nikkei soars after Takaichi win

Scholar power: 74.8%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 63%, Sociology 16%, Communication & Media Studies 11%, History 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Ian Bremmer	52%	23	74.8%

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57.0%

17.9 h

146

74.8%

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0.558

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by Daniel P. Aldrich

56%

Scholar power: 56.2%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 63%, Sociology 16%, Communication & Media Studies 11%, History 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Daniel P. Aldrich	30%	39	56.2%

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60.0%

3.1 h

0

56.2%

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0.3

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Daniel Aldrich

@danielaldrich.bsky.social

Under Prime Minister Takaichi, the snap elections provided the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) with a supermajority in the parliament

February 9, 2026 at 2:40 PM

by Nikolas K. Gvosdev

64%

Scholar power: 64.4%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 63%, Sociology 16%, Communication & Media Studies 11%, History 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Nikolas K. Gvosdev	62%	12	64.4%

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50.0%

2.0 h

0

64.4%

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0.27

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Nikolas Gvosdev

@fpriorbis.bsky.social

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February 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM

Reposted by Matthew Søberg Shugart

49%

Scholar power: 49.2%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 63%, Sociology 16%, Communication & Media Studies 11%, History 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Matthew Søberg Shugart	75%	43	49.2%

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48.0%

18.2 h

111

49.2%

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0.164

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Reposted by Naomi Wolf

6%

Scholar power: 6.6%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 63%, Sociology 16%, Communication & Media Studies 11%, History 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Naomi Wolf	20%	11	6.6%

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Scholar power

63.0%

23.3 h

2773

6.6%

Ranking score

0.123

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Reposted by Brigid Laffan

35%

Scholar power: 35.3%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 63%, Sociology 16%, Communication & Media Studies 11%, History 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Brigid Laffan	68%	27	35.3%

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Scholar power

55.0%

19.9 h

19

35.3%

Ranking score

0.098

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Reposted by Matthew Søberg Shugart

49%

Scholar power: 49.2%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 63%, Sociology 16%, Communication & Media Studies 11%, History 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Matthew Søberg Shugart	75%	43	49.2%

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54.0%

21.0 h

4

49.2%

Ranking score

0.084

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by Daniel P. Aldrich

56%

Scholar power: 56.2%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 63%, Sociology 16%, Communication & Media Studies 11%, History 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Daniel P. Aldrich	30%	39	56.2%

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Scholar power

69.0%

22.5 h

0

56.2%

Ranking score

0.079

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Daniel Aldrich

@danielaldrich.bsky.social

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi won a sweeping mandate from voters for her economic agenda and tough stances on immigration and China www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/w...

Japan’s Leader Wins in a Landslide, Clearing Way for Hard-Line Agenda

www.nytimes.com

February 8, 2026 at 7:15 PM

by Gerry Hassan

41%

Scholar power: 41.4%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 63%, Sociology 16%, Communication & Media Studies 11%, History 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Gerry Hassan	46%	9	41.4%

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69.0%

22.3 h

0

41.4%

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0.059

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Gerry Hassan

@gerryhassan.bsky.social

Japan's Sanae Takaichi has won a landslide election. She presents herself as a new broom & a break from past leaders with her love of heavy metal & motorbikes. But she is an ultra-conservative & leader of the Liberal Democratic Party who have dominated post-war Japanese politics.

February 8, 2026 at 7:26 PM

Reposted by Lars P. Feld

16%

Scholar power: 16.3%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 63%, Sociology 16%, Communication & Media Studies 11%, History 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Lars P. Feld	23%	50	16.3%

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50.0%

19.3 h

12

16.3%

Ranking score

0.039

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Reposted by Roger A. Pielke

0%

Scholar power: 0.7%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 63%, Sociology 16%, Communication & Media Studies 11%, History 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Roger A. Pielke	1%	49	0.7%

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48.0%

18.4 h

157

0.7%

Ranking score

0.012

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by Urban Affairs

4%

Scholar power: 4.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 63%, Sociology 16%, Communication & Media Studies 11%, History 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Urban Affairs	6%	5	4.0%

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48.0%

3.2 h

0

4.0%

Ranking score

0.011

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Urban Affairs Review

@urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social

"From a Majority to a Minority: How Municipal Mergers in Japan Changed the Distribution of Political Powers and the Allocation of Public Services Within a Merged Municipality” by Kyohei Yamada, UAR 54(3), 2018.