(8 Feb 2026) RESTRICTIONS SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Tokyo, Japan - 8 February 2026 1. SOUNDBITE (English) Mayuko Ono, The Associated Press: ++PARTIALLY OVERLAID BY SHOTS 2 TO 4++ "I am inside a ballot counting center in Tokyo. Ballots casted by voters arrived in boxes, which have been opened and now are being counted. Before the counting even started, exit polls showed that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's ruling bloc was likely to win the majority of the House of Representative