Japan's Takaichi clinches supermajority with thumping election victory

Japanese stocks swept to all-time peaks on Monday after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's ruling conservatives secured a massive two-thirds majority in the lower house of parliament, giving the charismatic PM a huge mandate to revive the country's moribund economy.

Japan's Takaichi clinches supermajority with thumping election victory
Japanese stocks swept to all-time peaks on Monday after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's ruling conservatives secured a massive two-thirds majority in the lower house of parliament, giving the charismatic PM a huge mandate to revive the country's moribund economy.