WASHINGTON: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hailed a "big victory" for Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in an election on Sunday (Feb 8), declaring that a strong Japan makes the United States "strong in Asia". Takaichi, a conservative, was endorsed by President Donald Trump ahead of the vote, which could give more than two-thirds of the seats to her Liberal Democratic Party, media estimates showed. "The prime minister called a snap election ... and boy, has she had a big victory today,"

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