JN Lower House Elections

The historic election victory in Japan for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party has granted Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi the strongest mandate in the country’s postwar era and raised hopes of a shift toward growth-oriented policy. Yet political clarity does not guarantee market clarity. For investors, the more decisive direction of travel still leaves unanswered questions about the scope and scale of fiscal expansion, debt management, the pace of monetary normalization and foreign policy. The handling of these “known unknowns” will ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s gamble that her personal popularity would lead to big election gains for her struggling party paid off hugely. On Monday, she began the process of translating that new power, made manifest in a two-thirds supermajority gained in parliamentary elections the day before, into what she hopes will be sweeping conservative legislation that will shift Japanese security, immigration, economic and social policies. The first steps include reappointing her Cabinet and pushing forward on a delayed budget ...

The yen strengthened in Asian trading on Monday after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi swept to victory in Sunday’s election, abruptly reversing a six-day string of losses as traders bet fiscal stimulus will boost the stock market. The yen overturned a 0.3% decline which saw the currency reach its weakest level in two weeks to strengthen as much as 0.7% before paring gains. It was last trading 0.3% firmer at 156.76 yen against the dollar. The yen also retraced losses against other currencies, which earlier saw it reach its ...

According to NHK reports, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is predicted to take 273 seats and the LDP’s partner, Ishin, to take 24 seats in the Lower House, as of 23:30 pm local time. The exit polls suggested that the LDP is highly likely to obtain a majority on its own, and together with its coalition, it is likely to secure a two-thirds majority – enough to override Upper House vetoes. The coalition's win will give Takaichi more freedom in policy decisions and strengthen her ability to pursue economic and foreign policy goals. ...

Polls opened Sunday in parliamentary elections that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi hopes will give her struggling party a big enough win to push through an ambitious conservative political agenda. Takaichi is hugely popular, but the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, which has governed Japan for most of the last seven decades, is not. She called Sunday’s snap elections, hoping to turn that around. She wants to make progress on a right-wing agenda that aims to boost Japan’s economy and military capabilities as tensions grow with ...

The Japanese yen remains among the weakest FX majors, a trend that has persisted throughout 2026 and the past year. The move has been overwhelmingly macro-driven, with wide rate differentials and ongoing policy divergence continuing to punish yen bulls and undermine mean-reversion strategies. With Japan’s election taking place on Sunday, event risk is rising into the weekend. That combination keeps yen crosses such as AUD/JPY and USD/JPY firmly in focus, particularly as stretched positioning and key technical levels raise the risk of ...