LDP wins supermajority, enables reforms

Scholar power: 54.3%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 60%, Law 10%, Economics 10%, Sociology 10%, Communication & Media Studies 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Daniel P. Aldrich	29%	39	54.3%

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51.0%

3.4 h

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54.3%

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0.18

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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

Reposted by Naomi Wolf

6%

Scholar power: 6.3%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 60%, Law 10%, Economics 10%, Sociology 10%, Communication & Media Studies 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Naomi Wolf	19%	11	6.3%

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Scholar power

54.0%

23.6 h

2773

6.3%

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0.077

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by Gerry Hassan

41%

Scholar power: 41.4%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 60%, Law 10%, Economics 10%, Sociology 10%, Communication & Media Studies 10%

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

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64.0%

22.6 h

0

41.4%

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0.047

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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

by Daniel P. Aldrich

54%

Scholar power: 54.3%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 60%, Law 10%, Economics 10%, Sociology 10%, Communication & Media Studies 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Daniel P. Aldrich	29%	39	54.3%

Formula for scholar power: 3 × author's field match × √author's h-index

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66.0%

22.8 h

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54.3%

Ranking score

0.068

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

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...