The first polls released after Sanae Takaichi's victory in the Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election on Oct. 4 showed she had strong support. The poll by Kyodo showed over 68% of the respondents had "high hopes" for Takaichi. A Japan News Network poll returned similar results with 66% indicating "high hopes," and over 75% among those describing themselves as LDP supporters. Support for the LDP jumped 4.6 percentage points to about 28%. In line with the other responses, 65% named