Political analysts view Sanae Takaichi’s decisive election victory as a sign voters want stability and strong leadership amid economic pressures. Japanese voters have handed Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi a powerful mandate, delivering her Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and coalition partner Japan Innovation Party (Ishin) a crushing victory in Sunday’s (Feb 8) lower house election.  The ruling bloc secured 352 of the 465 seats in the chamber – a two-thirds supermajority that allows the